Tourism constitutes one of the most important economic and social activities incontemporary societies. This has not always been the case and, in fact, we must placethe birth of modern tourism and its material culture in the transition from the 19thto the 20th century. This book deals with this tourism in a very specific geographicalspace, the countries of southern Europe, and on a chronology centered on the 20thcentury and focusing on the different pillars of sustainability: economic, social andenvironmental.The aim of this book is to analyze how the maritime and coastal tourism gave birthto a new economy and material culture during the Twentieth century, focusing ondifferent countries and regions in southern Europe. Today this part of Europe is stillthe most important tourist destination in the world.
