Off the beaten track tourism: a new look at tourism performances
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Performances turísticas, Turismo off the beaten track, Turistas-residentes, Virada das mobilidadesAbstract
In large cities, it is common for individuals to aspire not only to enjoy tourist areas but also to discover authentic and everyday places. Off-the-beaten-track tourism is an alternative model situated in locations not associated with the conventional tourist imagination. Furthermore, although not discussed in tourism studies, it is common for residents to engage in tourist practices. For this reason, the objective of this essay is to understand how the relationships between off-the-beaten-track tourism and the performances of residents as tourists are configured. To this end, the mobility shift was adopted to contrast the traditional concept of tourism with attitudes and activities that can be considered touristic. This discussion reinforces that there are gaps (epistemological and political) that need to be overcome for the continuation of research agendas on proximity tourism as a sustainable and authentic measure, provided it considers the local community.
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Cahyanto, I., Pennington-Gray, L., & Thapa, B. (2012). Tourist-resident interfaces: using reflexive photography to develop responsible rural tourism in Indonesia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 21(5), 732-749 https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2012.709860
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_________. (2001). Performing tourism, staging tourism: (Re)producing tourist space and practice. Tourist Studies, 1(1), 59-81 https://doi.org/10.1177/146879760100100104
Franklin, A. (2003). Tourism. An Introduction. London: Sage.
Gale, T. (2009). Urban beaches, virtual worlds and “The End of Tourism”. Mobilities, 4(1), 119-138. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450100802657996
Gravari-Barbas, M. (2013). Aménager la ville par la culture et le tourisme (City development through culture and tourism). Paris: Le Monitreur.
Hayllar, B., Griffin, T., & Edwards, D. (2008). City Spaces, Tourist Places: Urban Tourism Precincts. Elsevier.
Júnior, J., Fonseca, C., Candido, D., & Santos, G. (2024). O que define um turista? Da teoria à compressão dos gestores de destinos. Revista Turismo em Análise, v.35, 1-15 https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-4867.v35p1-15
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Kunz, J., & Castrogiovanni, A., & Pimentel, M. (2022). Paisagens no Turismo: entre os paradigmas do olhar e da performance. Londrina, PR: Geografia, 31(1), 9-29.
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Lago, A. (2025). Turismo urbano e cidades globais: Análise de São Paulo sob a ótica das mobilidades. Dissertação (Turismo) - Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo.
Larsen, J. (2019). Ordinary tourism and extraordinary everyday life: re-thinking tourism and cities. In R. Frisch & N. Stors., L. Stoltenberb & Sommer, C. (Eds.). Tourism and everyday life in the city. London: Routledge.
MacCannell, D. (1976). The Tourist: A New Theory of the Leisure Class. New York: Schocken Books.
Maitland, R; Newman, P. (eds.). (2009). World Tourism Cities: Developing tourism off the beaten track. Routledge.
___________. (2010). Everyday life as a creative experience in cities. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, 4(3), 176-185 https://doi.org/10.1108/17506181011067574
___________. (2019). Extending the frontiers of city tourism: suburbs and the real London. In: Smith, A., & Graham, A. (eds.). Destination London: The Expansion of the Visitor Economy. London: University of Westminster Press, p.15-35.
Matoga, L., & Pawlowska, A. (2018). Off the beaten track tourism: a new trend in the tourism development in historical European cities: A case study of the city Krakow, Poland. Current Issues in Tourism, 21(14), 1144-1169 https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2016.1212822
Molina, S. (2003). O pós-turismo. São Paulo: Aleph.
Nicolau-Netto, M., Miraldi, J. (2017). Turismo de luxo: a produção do destino e a denegação do social. Revista Pós Ciências Sociais, 14(28), 191-218.
Noguero, F. (2010). El concepto del turismo según la OMT. In M. Nechar & A. Panosso-Netto. Epistemología del turismo: estudios críticos. México: Trillas, 174-201.
OMT. (1994). Recomendaciones sobre estadísticas del turismo. Organización Mundial del Turismo. Nova Iorque: Nações Unidas.
Page, S., & Hall, X. (2003). Managing urban tourism. Harlow: Pearson Education.
Pakman, E. (2014). Sobre as definições de turismo da OMT: uma contribuição à história do pensamento turístico. Trabalho apresentado no XI Seminário da Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Turismo (ANPTUR), 24, 1-20.
Pimentel, M. (2013). A experiência turística e a imaginabilidade da paisagem urbana. Revista Rosa dos Ventos, 5(3), 421-438.
Rolnik, R. (2022). São Paulo: O planejamento da desigualdade. São Paulo: Fósforo.
Russo, A. (2016). Las nuevas fronteras del estudio del turismo: retos conceptuales y epistemológicos. Revista CIDOB, n.113, 15-32 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24897278
Scarles, C. (2009). Becoming tourist: renegotiating the visual in the tourist experience. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 27(3), 465-488 https://doi.org/10.1068/d1707
Seeler, S., Luck, M., & Schanzel, H. (2022). Paradoxes and actualities of off-the-beaten-track tourists. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 53, 216-224 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2021.06.004
Selby, M. (2004). Understanding urban tourism: image, culture & experience. Londres, Nova Iorque: I. B. Taurus & Co Ltda.
Severini, V. (2014). Turismo e Hospitalidade Urbana: repensando a sustentabilidade das grandes cidades. III Encontro da Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo (ENANPARQ) “Arquitetura, cidade e projeto: uma construção coletiva”.
Sheller, M., & Urry, J. (2004). Places of play, places in play. In: Sheller, M., & Urry, J. (org.). Tourism mobilities: places to play, places in play. London: Routledge, 1-10.
Singh, D., Giucci, G., & Jirón, P. (orgs.). (2018). Términos clave para los estudios de movilidad en América Latina. Buenos Aires: Editorial Biblos.
Stors, N. (2022). Constructing new urban tourism space through Airbnb. Tourism Geographies. An International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment, 24(4-5), 692-715 https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2020.1750683
Tintarev, N., Flores, A., & Amatriain, X. (2010). Off the beaten track: a mobile field study exploring the long tail of tourist recommendation. In Proceedings of the 12th international conference on human computer interaction with mobile devices and services, 209-218. https://doi.org/10.1145/1851600.1851636
Urry, J. (1995). Consuming places: a review of new studies. London: Routledge.
______, & Larsen, J. (2021). O olhar do turista 3.0. São Paulo: Edições SESC.
Villaça, F. (1998). Espaço intra-urbano no Brasil. São Paulo: Studio Nobel.
Zukin, S. (2010). Naked city: the death and life of authentic urban places. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Lago, A. (2026). Off the beaten track tourism: a new look at tourism performances. Ateliê Do Turismo, 10(1), 8 - 18, e24714. https://doi.org/10.55028/qnab6s02
