CONCLUSIONS: Tourism and Social Psychology

Abstract

This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book presents an overview of the issues and concepts in tourism and social psychology. It examines the relationship between sociology, psychology, and social psychology. The book presents the relationship between tourism and its human side; sociology, psychology, and social psychology that are fundamentally interrelated to shed light on some overlooked characteristics of tourism in conceptual and practical terms. It explains the contributions of Gordon Allport and the social contact theory to the forefront while laying the foundations towards a new radical understanding of racism as well as the hostilities to foreign tourists. The book explains how the social context affects behavior has been an important research question generator in the axis of social psychology. It discusses the importance of social comparison theory in tourist behavior. © 2022 Dogan Gursoy and Sedat Çelik.