Time and tourism attraction

The purpose of this theoretical research note is to establish a link between the works of Leiper (1990) [Tourist Attraction Systems. Annals of Tourism Research, 17, 367-384] and Caccomo and Solonandrasana (2002) [Reflexions autour du Concept d'Attraction Touristique: Analyse et Taxonomie. Revue de Recherche en Tourisme UQAM (Canada), 3, 68-71] on tourist attraction theory. More precisely, this note shows that these two classifications can be linked by a common unit of measurement: time. In this way a contribution is made to tourist attraction theory. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.