Voyage. Studies on Travel and Tourism (Voyage. Jahrbuch für Reise- & Tourismusforschung) is the leading interdisciplinary periodical for tourism research in Germany. The focus is on cultural studies

Cultural studies

Cultural studies is an academic field grounded in critical theory and literary criticism. It generally concerns the political nature of contemporary culture, as well as its historical foundations, conflicts, and defining traits. It is, to this extent, largely distinguished from cultural...

, sociology

Sociology

Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...

 and history of travel and tourism. Voyage was founded in 1997, the editor in chief is Hasso Spode

Hasso Spode

Hasso Spode is a German historian and sociologist.After his childhood in East Germany, Hasso Spode flew to West Berlin where he studied philosophy, history, theology and sociology...

(Berlin) and the publisher is Profil-Verlag (Munich). The series or journal, respectively, appears approximately once a year, each issue having a special topic, e.g. 'Why do we travel?' or 'Booked emotions'; the latest issue (2009) deals with 'Tourism Histories'. The language is German, the summaries of the articles are in English.

External links

• Homepage of Voyage http://hist-soz.de/voyage
• Voyage page of the humanities net H-Soz-U-Kult http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/zeitschriften/id=165&view=print