| Tourists and Tourism: Identifying with People and Places Contributor(s): Abram, Simone (Editor), MacLeod, Don (Editor), Waldren, Jackie D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1859739008 ISBN-13: 9781859739006 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1997 Annotation: The fact that tourism is a major global industry forecast to continue its dramatic growth well into the twenty-first century is often cited as a rationale for its analysis. However, while the connection between individual locations and the world's global markets is an obvious product of tourism, the heart of the tourist experience is the construction of identity: the relation of the traveller to resident populations; the participants' views of themselves and others; tourists' search for authenticity and their testing of boundaries. This book significantly furthers current debates on tourism by asking important and vexing questions about the nature of the tourist experience: 'folk museums' that forget many of the 'folk' who live in the areas represented; the environments and events that are shaped to meet the 'imagined dreams' of tourist spectators; the categorization of visitors and returnees who take up residence and participate in the construction of 'local' identities; the evolving meanings associated with indigenous culture, tradition, heritage, representation, reality and authenticity. In renegotiating the definitions of tourism for the new millennium, this book represents a major contribution to an emerging and highly topical area of study. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Travel | Special Interest - Ecotourism |
| Dewey: 338.479 |
| LCCN: 97202749 |
| Series: Ethnicity and Identity |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.56" W x 8.84" (0.91 lbs) 260 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The fact that tourism is a major global industry forecast to continue its dramatic growth well into the twenty-first century is often cited as a rationale for its analysis. However, while the connection between individual locations and the world's global markets is an obvious product of tourism, the heart of the tourist experience is the construction of identity: the relation of the traveller to resident populations; the participants' views of themselves and others; tourists' search for authenticity and their testing of boundaries.This book significantly furthers current debates on tourism by asking important and vexing questions about the nature of the tourist experience: 'folk museums' that forget many of the 'folk' who live in the areas represented; the environments and events that are shaped to meet the 'imagined dreams' of tourist spectators; the categorization of visitors and returnees who take up residence and participate in the construction of 'local' identities; the evolving meanings associated with indigenous culture, tradition, heritage, representation, reality and authenticity. In renegotiating the definitions of tourism for the new millennium, this book represents a major contribution to an emerging and highly topical area of study. |
Contributor Bio(s): Abram, Simone: - Simone Abram is a Lecturer, at the University of Sheffield. Waldren, Jackie D.: - Jackie D. Waldren is at the University of Oxford.MacLeod, Don: - Don Macleodis an Independent Scholar. |