Beschreibung:
This engaging book argues that tourists - be they on a package tour or immersing themselves in local cultures - are not passive consumers of either destinations or their interpretations, but that they actively occupy a multi-sensory, embodied experience.
1. Introducing The Cultures of Tourism Understanding Tourism From Flâneur to Choraster? Tourism, Experience and Space The Structure of Tourist CulturesPART I: TOURIST SELVES2. The Tourist Experience Functions and Formulations Typologies of Experience Authenticities and Alternatives3. Tourism and Identity Time to Escape Identity and the Traveller Self Stories and Narratives4. Encountering the Other (Inter)Cultural Dominance Hosts and Guests Gender, Sex and TourismPART II: TOURIST SPACES 5. The Landscapes of Tourism Tourist Cultures, Tourist Space Touring Nature Cityscapes of Travel6. Global Tourism, Local Cultures Valuing the Local Backpackers and Global Wanderers Hybrid Travel Cultures7. Tourism, Space and Representation Image, Memory and Imagination Post-tourism and Beyond ¿Thirdspace¿ of the Traveller Self8. Conclusion