I NEOLOGISMI DEL TURISMO NELL’ITALIANO CONTEMPORANEO

Abstract

In the last decades, changes in the touristic sector have resulted in the appearance of many
neologisms in Italian language. These new terms reflect various cultural, social, economic and
technological changes, providing an overall linguistic image on the evolution of tourism. The
article analyses the main tourism-related neologisms, classifying them into thematic fields
(sustainable, identity, cultural, sanitary, digital, spatial, social tourism and other forms,
psychological aspects and negative aspects of tourism), citing official sources (dictionaries, online
press and specialized websites) which attest to their use and spread. The goal is to propose a critical
perspective on the emerging lexicon and contribute to the metalinguistic reflection on the
relationship between language, culture and the transformations of today’s society.