Abstract

SCHENKEL, Erica  and  ALMEIDA GARCIA, Fernando. Tourism Policy and State Intervention: The Case of Argentina. Perf. latinoam. [online]. 2015, vol.23, n.46, pp.197-221. ISSN 0188-7653.

The very limited of political science analysis on tourism is explained by the primacy of the economic outlook that conceives tourism phenomenon as a simple consumer activity linked to private sector. However, political science is a cornerstone for understanding tourism, provides concepts and methodological tools that enhance the study of tourism. From this approach, we analyze the evolution of Argentina tourism policy taking as a reference production models economic-tourist. In this sense, we identify the main functions that takes tourism as a public issue in the country determined by the evolution of a social, economic and political context, which is structured according to existing international patterns. We point out the existence of an economic development model based on tourism.

Keywords : tourism policy; public policy; product models; public functions; intervention; Argentina.