Abstract
This paper argues that the emergence of critical scholarship is important for further theorisations about tourism. It seeks to challenge the reader to think beyond the traditional notion of tourism and stresses the importance of emic and situated approaches to research. By drawing on the work of Martin Heidegger and his concept of being-inthe-world the paper emphasises that everyday life cannot be separated either from tourists or from researchers who act as culturally situated story-tellers. Tourism is presented as a phenomenon that can tell us about the world – a proposal which summons a theoretical shift as to what tourism is and does and what can be and can do. The contribution of this paper lies in a theoretical and philosophical domain and highlights the importance of exploring the multitude of meanings which inform our understanding/s in and of tourism.
