Political Impacts of Tourism: A Critical Analysis of Literature

Tourism and politics are inexorably allied. There exists adequate literature on the nexus between political ideologies public institutions yet, there is hardly any explicit attention paid to field of tourism research. It may perhaps due impression that ‘politics all about power.’ In fact, Gramscian’ s notion ‘power-over’ in context preserving cultural hegemony confines prospects discourse ‘power-itself’. This was contested through a poststructuralist thought, ‘power-to’, proposed by Michel Foucault. Thus, present paper extends thought exploring potential areas shape outlook industry critical analysis literature. The study argues associated effects at same time also means promote showcase ideology.