I NEOLOGISMI DEL TURISMO NELL’ITALIANO CONTEMPORANEO

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.