Inter, multi, y transdisciplinariedad del turismo

Over time, the study of tourism has started from different social disciplines such as economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology, geography, among others, which is why inter, multi and transdisciplinary approaches have been used in order to know and understand what is the tourism. Notably, there are various definitions of tourism which vary among themselves, depending on the point of view that is given to the concept (whether as a phenomenon, activity, science, among others) or the scope of training of the person who defines it (economy, sociology, psychology, statistics, geography, among others), this situation has led to proposing various approaches to study tourism. This article seeks to describe the inter, multi and transdisciplinary of tourism, to determine that approach is the most appropriate to understand the essence of tourism knowledge. Among the authors consulted for the development of this article are Moreira, Lopez and De Abreu (2015), Dos Santos (2009), Rocha Centeno (1992), Castillo and Lozano (2006), Castano (2005), Campodonico and Chalar (2010, 2017), Morin (2001), among others. For this purpose, the design of documentary research was considered, based on the analytical hermeneutics, which allows to interpret the vision of different authors and / or scholars who have approached the subject and to be able to recognize the most suitable perspective to understand the essence of the tourist knowledge. It was determined that with the interdisciplinary approach it is possible to get a little closer to knowing the essence of tourist knowledge, however, the most appropriate is the transdisciplinary one since it addresses, in a more comprehensive way, the various aspects and approaches that cover the tourism knowledge.