Resumen

PINTO, Roque. Rite, Cultural Change and the Cyclical Nature of Tourism. Estud. perspect. tur. [online]. 2011, vol.20, n.5, pp. 1144-1153. ISSN 1851-1732.

This text seeks to present the general model of tourism according to a cyclical perspective, where the activity is understood like a space-time extraordinary and ritualized, considering that the tourist experience is likely to promote changes in the conduct of the tourist on their society of origin, representing a relatively important factor of socio-cultural changes.

Palabras llave : Tourism; Rite; Cultural change.