Tourism and pilgrimage in foreign anthropology and sociology: Introduction to the discussion

The article presents the main foreign concepts that allow us to consider tourism from the perspective of two sciences — anthropology and sociology. Research allows you to dive into interesting discussions about how tourism has been studied. Separately, the discussion of the connection between tourism and pilgrimage, which continues to this day, is considered. The pilgrim/tourist dichotomy is recognized by many scientists as outdated, but in a number of studies it nevertheless acts as a conceptual basis.