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Travel narratives have been recorded since the invention of writing, surviving as myths, epics, official records, diaries, and personal accounts. Despite this long history, their significance remains largely absent from contemporary studies of travel and tourism. Bringing together philosophical, historical, and anthropological perspectives, this book examines what these narratives reveal about the nature of travel experience. It shows how accounts from the past illuminate the enduring fascination with what lies beyond everyday life. Situating tourism within a longer history, it argues that, despite its contested impacts, travel reflects a persistent human impulse that continues to shape contemporary practices.
Jaap Lengkeek has had a long and illustrious career at the University of Wageningen where he worked from 1985 onwards, and was responsible for the MSc Leisure, Tourism and Environment and part of the BSc Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning. In 2006 he became the President of the Research Committee on International Tourism (RC50) of the International Sociological Association. His last appointment after his retirement in 2008, was as academic director of the Breda University of Applied Sciences until 2012.
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Preface
Chapter 1. Stories and Reality
Chapter 2. Beyond the Borders of the World
Chapter 3. Egyptians on Their Way to Elsewhere
Chapter 4. Classical Exploring
Chapter 5. Over Land, on Sea, and through the Air
Chapter 6. Roman Poetry and the Pleasures of Travel
Chapter 7. Tales of Devout Journeys
Chapter 8. Travelling Traders and Diplomats
Chapter 9. Along Roads of Wonder
Chapter 10. Paradise on Another Continent
Chapter 11. Destruction and Compassion
Chapter 12. Sailor's Tales
Chapter 13. Maps, Words and Illustrations
Chapter 14. Grand Tours, for Learning and Curiosity
Chapter 15. Terra Incognita, Strange Lands
Chapter 16. for Deeper Understanding
Chapter 17. Lonesome Roads
Chapter 18. Africa Unveiled
Chapter 19. a Reporter's Travelogues
Chapter 20. Touristic Adventures
Chapter 21. Stories of Tourism
Conclusion: Crossing Borders
References
Index