The Facultad de Administración de Empresas Turísticas y Hoteleras, of the Universidad Externado de Colombia, invites scholars, researchers and specialists in tourism to publish in the journal Turismo y Sociedad (ISSN: 0120-7555; E-ISSN: 2346-206X), to disseminate the results of scientific and technological research on this activity. The journal is distributed national and internationally. It started as an annual publication in 2002 and it has been published twice a year since 2015.

The journal seeks to open an academic exchange of ideas, views and debate and has the aim to present scientific and technical papers which have not been published in other journals and are the product of theoretical or research practice. It also seeks to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the areas of leisure, recreation and tourism planning, sustainable tourism, economy and tourism, management of tourism, culture and tourism research, tourism policies and impacts of tourism in Colombia, Latin America and the world through case studies. The journal has also a space for research experiences of students in these areas.

The journal contributes to the analysis of two fundamental axes of the sector: the territories and businesses. Territories understood as natural, cultural and symbolic and tourist service providers that are part of the value chain. It is open to academics, researchers, specialists and scholars of tourism, at various industry players, planners and business-tourism-and all those interested in tourism as a multidimensional phenomenon for whom is a reference tool.


Social Capital and Creative Tourism Ecosystem in Mazatlán
El capital social y ecosistema turístico creativo en Mazatlán

Ana María Larrañaga Núñez, Ana Laura Herrera Prado, Margarita Guadalupe Zazueta Hernández

Summary views 76 | PDF views 11 | pp. 129-153

Tourism Experience: Methodological Proposal for Its Design and Application
Experiencia turística: propuesta metodológica para su diseño y aplicación

Diana Carolina López Anacona, Luz Marina Ardila Barragán, Ángela Rocío Chantre Astaíza

Summary views 37 | PDF views 10 | pp. 155-183

Silver Tourism: An Approach to Seniors’ Expenditure
Silver Tourism: An Approach to Seniors’ Expenditure

José Luis Sánchez Ollero, Francisco Sánchez Cubo, Ricardo Urrestarazu Capellán

Summary views 40 | PDF views 2 | pp. 231-249

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