The article studies the phenomenon of domestic tourism in the countries of the South, presented as under-documented in the scientific literature, more particularly in Tunisia. It explores and questions empirically the tourist space of the city of Tunis through the tourist practices of Tunisians and Maghrebis. It uses mixed methods: qualitative (non-participant observation and semi-structured interviews) and quantitative (survey) to propose a theorization of the concept of personal tourist capital (PTC). Therefore, the article shows that the tourist necessarily has a PTC which influences and is influenced in relation to a well-defined tourist environment that includes several factors: human, generational, cultural, identity, geographic, historical, etc.

The article studies the phenomenon of domestic tourism in the countries of the South, presented as under-documented in the scientific literature, more particularly in Tunisia. It explores and questions empirically the tourist space of the city of Tunis through the tourist practices of Tunisians and Maghrebis. It uses mixed methods: qualitative (non-participant observation and semi-structured interviews) and quantitative (survey) to propose a theorization of the concept of personal tourist capital (PTC). Therefore, the article shows that the tourist necessarily has a PTC which influences and is influenced in relation to a well-defined tourist environment that includes several factors: human, generational, cultural, identity, geographic, historical, etc.