Aegean Geographical Journal

Abstract

The main motivation for the emergence of the study was to update the article, written years ago under a similar title, and to re-evaluate the changing geography, tourism and cultural relations. Why and how do geography, tourism and cultural relations change conceptually and practically? What are the reflections of these changes on space and people? What is the role of tourism geography in the analysis of geography-tourism-culture-heritage-the context of cultural tourism, social changes, Covid-19 pandemic, emerging technologies, national and transnational preservation and planning approaches? The study, starting with these questions, has been tried to be created by considering the current approaches of geography and tourism.
The changes experienced by the phenomenon of geography and tourism in different periods, their relations with culture, and spatial interactions have been analysed with an analytical method in the study. In the light of national and international tourism geography literature, thematic review including qualitative and interpretative analysis was used in the study. The study aims to draw attention to new approaches in cultural tourism by looking at changing needs and diversifying research issues from the perspective of tourism geography instead of solving the conceptual expansions and problems of geography, culture, cultural heritage and cultural tourism.
Tourism geography constitutes an important context in the change of geography, tourism, culture, cultural tourism relations at the international level and in the development of the new cultural tourism. Differences in terms of conceptual and practical in cultural tourism, changing geography-tourism-culture relations and limitations in the number and quality of international publications are among the striking findings of the study.