A sociological comparative reading on the aspects of the tourist phenomenon through the book The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler and the book Letters from Lima by Shaun Randall

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In recent years, Travel Literature has become a popular research object and functions sometimes as a historical source, sometimes as evidence of early anthropology and sometimes as a cultural testimony for the reception of the other, of the foreigner. At the same time, travel is a primordial act and has always been a source of knowledge acquisition. Thus, touring other places forms a two-way relationship between travelers and locals that operates on the forces of tourism demand and tourism supply. However, changes in life values, environmental awareness and the development of technology have created new consumption patterns. This alienated tourist wants to experience original tourist experiences and is interested in alternative forms of tourism. On the tourism supply side, the quantity of products and the quality of environmental resources are among the most critical factors in choosing a holiday destination. Capturing tourism experiences within the new context succeeding mass tourism is a challenge for comparative study. This paper attempts to study two books that comparatively capture travel experiences. The books "The Tourist Attraction" by Sarah Morgenthaler and "Letters from Lima" by Shaun Randall present, each in their own way, journeys that are part of a new and emerging form of tourism, slow tourism.