Beschreibung:
This book asks the question; why is it that tourism matters? It looks at how it is we do tourism and learn to be tourists when we are on holiday. Tourism is a dynamic way of being that may facilitate or hinder intercultural exchange. The ways in which we do tourism and the places in which we are tourists raise practical, material and emotional questions about tourist life. This book draws on both empirical work and a range of theoretical frameworks, arguing that tourism matters precisely because of the lessons it can teach us about living everyday life with others.
Section One - Living the Tourist Life1. Why Tourism Matters2. The Give and the Take3. Doing Being TouristsSection Two - Packing the Travel Bag4. Packing5. Packers of Culture6. Bag-sized StoriesSection Three - Unpacking the Travel Bag7: New Habits8: Exchanging Stories9: Changing SpacesSection Four - After Tourism10: The Return to Routine11: Conclusions