Sustainable Tourism and Rural Community Development in Arkansas
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Tourism exists in many forms and appeals to different types of travelers. The typology below (Smith 1989) is helpful in understanding the potential appeal of natural and cultural regions in sustainable tourism studies.

 

Recreational Tourism:
  • Marketed by the "three s's"-sand, sea, and sex
  • Travelers range from middle to upper-class backgrounds
  • Represents escapism, and the freedom to indulge in sensory experiences
  • Host-guest relations vary according to seasonality
 
Department of Anthropology, Old Main 330, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR  72701
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