Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53410#.VMG4XSzQrzE Author(s) Nicolò Costa Affiliation(s) State University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy . ABSTRACT Guido Martinotti (M) has been one of the most relevant representatives of the applied sociology in Italy. The paper explains the origins ad developments of his ideas and researches on the links between urban transformations, tourism/hospitality and human mobilities and the application to the reform of the Italian academic system with the introduction of new courses on tourism (1999-2001). M and John Urry (U) are the pioneers in the new intersectorial and interdisciplinary approach to the study of tourism included in the broader context of advanced-economy cities, of the cities of information flows, intense exchanges and accelerated mobilities. M stressed a new direction in planning the local community and “hospitable city” between ...
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