Tourism, transport and integration: an analysis from connectivity and mobility

Abstract

This paper is based on the supposition by international organizations that tourism is a cause of integration. Therefore, it is explained conceptual and analytical notions of transport, as a main element of tourism and a lens through it is possible to elucidate integration. The objective of this work is to analyze integration in terms of connectivity and mobility, choosing transport as a unit of analysis, at the national and local level. Consequently, a brief conceptual notions about transport and its relationship with tourism are outlined, especially from the origins of organized tourism, internationally and in Argentina. For one hand, it is presented the accessibility by transport network in order to understand the radial diagram of the main tourist transport systems at a national level. For the other hand, a case study is carried out, analyzing the mobility and integration which that are deployed through the social practices of tourists in the City of Buenos Aires destination.