Dean MacCannell
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520257825
- eISBN:
- 9780520948655
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520257825.001.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, American and Canadian Cultural Anthropology
Is travel inherently beneficial to human character? Does it automatically educate and enlighten while also promoting tolerance, peace, and understanding? This book identifies and overcomes common ...
More
Is travel inherently beneficial to human character? Does it automatically educate and enlighten while also promoting tolerance, peace, and understanding? This book identifies and overcomes common obstacles to ethical sightseeing. Through its unique combination of personal observation and in-depth scholarship, it ventures into specific tourist destinations and attractions: “picturesque” rural and natural landscapes, “hip” urban scenes, historic locations of tragic events, Disney theme parks, beaches, and travel poster ideals. The book shows how strategies intended to attract tourists carry unintended consequences when they migrate to other domains of life and reappear as “staged authenticity.” Demonstrating each act of sightseeing as an ethical test, it shows how tourists can realize the productive potential of their travel desires, penetrate the collective unconscious, and gain character, insight, and connection to the world.Less
Is travel inherently beneficial to human character? Does it automatically educate and enlighten while also promoting tolerance, peace, and understanding? This book identifies and overcomes common obstacles to ethical sightseeing. Through its unique combination of personal observation and in-depth scholarship, it ventures into specific tourist destinations and attractions: “picturesque” rural and natural landscapes, “hip” urban scenes, historic locations of tragic events, Disney theme parks, beaches, and travel poster ideals. The book shows how strategies intended to attract tourists carry unintended consequences when they migrate to other domains of life and reappear as “staged authenticity.” Demonstrating each act of sightseeing as an ethical test, it shows how tourists can realize the productive potential of their travel desires, penetrate the collective unconscious, and gain character, insight, and connection to the world.
Marja-Liisa Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki, Jukka Jokimäki, Esa Huhta, and Pirkko Siikamäki
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780520273092
- eISBN:
- 9780520953895
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520273092.003.0006
- Subject:
- Biology, Ornithology
Northern tourist destinations are like towns with high numbers of people during the peak season and the urban structure of the nearby landscape. In this study, our aim was to investigate the effects ...
More
Northern tourist destinations are like towns with high numbers of people during the peak season and the urban structure of the nearby landscape. In this study, our aim was to investigate the effects of tourist destinations on nest-predation risk, potential nest-predator abundance, and the assemblages of birds across an urban gradient from uninhabited forests via tourist destinations to towns in northern Finland. Both predation on artificial ground nests and the abundance of corvids increased with urbanization, while the proportional abundance of ground-nesting species decreased with urbanization. Our results indicated that seasonal ski resorts may have negative impacts on birds, and more attention should be paid to area planning in tourist destinations and their surroundings.Less
Northern tourist destinations are like towns with high numbers of people during the peak season and the urban structure of the nearby landscape. In this study, our aim was to investigate the effects of tourist destinations on nest-predation risk, potential nest-predator abundance, and the assemblages of birds across an urban gradient from uninhabited forests via tourist destinations to towns in northern Finland. Both predation on artificial ground nests and the abundance of corvids increased with urbanization, while the proportional abundance of ground-nesting species decreased with urbanization. Our results indicated that seasonal ski resorts may have negative impacts on birds, and more attention should be paid to area planning in tourist destinations and their surroundings.
Kuo-Liang Wang and Chung-Shu Wu
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- February 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226386775
- eISBN:
- 9780226386782
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226386782.003.0011
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, South and East Asia
This chapter investigates the factors responsible for the changing competitiveness in international tourism of eight countries in Southeast and East Asia. The findings reveal that barriers of tourist ...
More
This chapter investigates the factors responsible for the changing competitiveness in international tourism of eight countries in Southeast and East Asia. The findings reveal that barriers of tourist services matter and that when China began to encourage tourists, the attractiveness of other destinations in the region fell. The result also indicates that individual tourist decisions appear to be quite responsive to changes in the relative costs of different tourist destinations.Less
This chapter investigates the factors responsible for the changing competitiveness in international tourism of eight countries in Southeast and East Asia. The findings reveal that barriers of tourist services matter and that when China began to encourage tourists, the attractiveness of other destinations in the region fell. The result also indicates that individual tourist decisions appear to be quite responsive to changes in the relative costs of different tourist destinations.
James Mak
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824832438
- eISBN:
- 9780824871802
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824832438.003.0009
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Pacific Studies
This chapter highlights eight main lessons that can be learned from Hawaii’s experience in developing a premier destination since statehood. First, it argues that tight and pervasive government ...
More
This chapter highlights eight main lessons that can be learned from Hawaii’s experience in developing a premier destination since statehood. First, it argues that tight and pervasive government control is not always necessary to produce a dream destination. Second, the government can exacerbate or be a solution to tourism’s ills. Next, the chapter contends that taxing tourism need not harm tourism. Furthermore, admission fees are an excellent source of revenue to pay for the upkeep of popular natural attractions. In addition, responsibility to raise revenues should go hand in hand with the responsibility to spend. Also, incentives may not be necessary to induce tourism investment. The next lesson is that money spent on collecting basic tourism data is well spent. And finally, in developing tourism, the welfare of residents must be paramount.Less
This chapter highlights eight main lessons that can be learned from Hawaii’s experience in developing a premier destination since statehood. First, it argues that tight and pervasive government control is not always necessary to produce a dream destination. Second, the government can exacerbate or be a solution to tourism’s ills. Next, the chapter contends that taxing tourism need not harm tourism. Furthermore, admission fees are an excellent source of revenue to pay for the upkeep of popular natural attractions. In addition, responsibility to raise revenues should go hand in hand with the responsibility to spend. Also, incentives may not be necessary to induce tourism investment. The next lesson is that money spent on collecting basic tourism data is well spent. And finally, in developing tourism, the welfare of residents must be paramount.
P. Nicole King
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781617032516
- eISBN:
- 9781617032523
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781617032516.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Social History
In 1949, Alan Schafer opened South of the Border, a beer stand located on bucolic farmland in Dillon County, South Carolina, near the border separating North and South Carolina. Even at its ...
More
In 1949, Alan Schafer opened South of the Border, a beer stand located on bucolic farmland in Dillon County, South Carolina, near the border separating North and South Carolina. Even at its beginning, the stand catered to those interested in Mexican-themed kitsch—sombreros, toy piñatas, vividly colored panchos, salsas. Within five years, the beer stand had grown into a restaurant, then a series of restaurants, and then a theme park, complete with gas stations, motels, a miniature golf course, and an adult-video shop. Flashy billboards—featuring South of the Border’s stereotypical bandit Pedro—advertised the locale from 175 miles away. An hour south of Schafer’s site lies the Grand Strand region—sixty miles of South Carolina beaches and various forms of recreation. Within this region, Atlantic Beach exists. From the 1940s onward, Atlantic Beach has been a primary tourist destination for middle-class African Americans, as it was one of the few recreational beaches open to them in the region. Since the 1990s, the beach has been home to the Atlantic Beach Bikefest, a motorcycle festival event that draws upward of 10,000 African Americans and other tourists annually. This book studies both locales, separately and together, to illustrate how they serve as lens for viewing the historical, social, and aesthetic aspects embedded in a place’s culture over time. In doing so, the book engages with concepts of the “Newer South,” the contemporary era of southern culture.Less
In 1949, Alan Schafer opened South of the Border, a beer stand located on bucolic farmland in Dillon County, South Carolina, near the border separating North and South Carolina. Even at its beginning, the stand catered to those interested in Mexican-themed kitsch—sombreros, toy piñatas, vividly colored panchos, salsas. Within five years, the beer stand had grown into a restaurant, then a series of restaurants, and then a theme park, complete with gas stations, motels, a miniature golf course, and an adult-video shop. Flashy billboards—featuring South of the Border’s stereotypical bandit Pedro—advertised the locale from 175 miles away. An hour south of Schafer’s site lies the Grand Strand region—sixty miles of South Carolina beaches and various forms of recreation. Within this region, Atlantic Beach exists. From the 1940s onward, Atlantic Beach has been a primary tourist destination for middle-class African Americans, as it was one of the few recreational beaches open to them in the region. Since the 1990s, the beach has been home to the Atlantic Beach Bikefest, a motorcycle festival event that draws upward of 10,000 African Americans and other tourists annually. This book studies both locales, separately and together, to illustrate how they serve as lens for viewing the historical, social, and aesthetic aspects embedded in a place’s culture over time. In doing so, the book engages with concepts of the “Newer South,” the contemporary era of southern culture.
Derek Winterbottom
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780853237167
- eISBN:
- 9781846313653
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780853237167.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter examines the economic history of the Isle of Man from 1830 to 1996, which, it explains, can be divided into five main phases. These include the period from 1830 to 1863, in which most of ...
More
This chapter examines the economic history of the Isle of Man from 1830 to 1996, which, it explains, can be divided into five main phases. These include the period from 1830 to 1863, in which most of the population were struggling financially; from 1863 to 1914, which witnessed unprecedented growth; and the disruption of the island's career as a tourist destination from 1914 to 1945. The chapter also describes the re-establishment of the tourism industry from 1945 to 1970 and its replacement by the financial industry as the main source of economic prosperity in the 1980s and 1990s.Less
This chapter examines the economic history of the Isle of Man from 1830 to 1996, which, it explains, can be divided into five main phases. These include the period from 1830 to 1863, in which most of the population were struggling financially; from 1863 to 1914, which witnessed unprecedented growth; and the disruption of the island's career as a tourist destination from 1914 to 1945. The chapter also describes the re-establishment of the tourism industry from 1945 to 1970 and its replacement by the financial industry as the main source of economic prosperity in the 1980s and 1990s.
Stacy C. Kozakavich
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780813056593
- eISBN:
- 9780813053509
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813056593.003.0008
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
Reconstructions and restorations at intentional community sites, such as Shaker and Moravian villages, are popular tourist destinations and valuable resources for public education. How do these sites ...
More
Reconstructions and restorations at intentional community sites, such as Shaker and Moravian villages, are popular tourist destinations and valuable resources for public education. How do these sites present past groups' ideals within a modern societal context that largely contradicts many of their fundamental principles? How can visitors seek inspiration from intentional communities' unique efforts to enact or embody societal change when modern reconstructions often focus on quaint agrarian lifestyles that celebrate nostalgia for a shared, uncontested past, or highlight small innovations and inventions that align with our American ideals of individualism and entrepreneurial spirit? This chapter seeks to open a broad conversation among archaeologists about our role in interpreting and presenting community pasts as acts of social critique. Moving forward, we must acknowledge the modern social and political assumptions and motivations behind our interpretations of past communities, whether they are picturesque visions of an imagined simpler time, critical reflections on the discriminatory beliefs entwined with many group's histories, or calls to rekindle a movement or spirit from which we can learn today.Less
Reconstructions and restorations at intentional community sites, such as Shaker and Moravian villages, are popular tourist destinations and valuable resources for public education. How do these sites present past groups' ideals within a modern societal context that largely contradicts many of their fundamental principles? How can visitors seek inspiration from intentional communities' unique efforts to enact or embody societal change when modern reconstructions often focus on quaint agrarian lifestyles that celebrate nostalgia for a shared, uncontested past, or highlight small innovations and inventions that align with our American ideals of individualism and entrepreneurial spirit? This chapter seeks to open a broad conversation among archaeologists about our role in interpreting and presenting community pasts as acts of social critique. Moving forward, we must acknowledge the modern social and political assumptions and motivations behind our interpretations of past communities, whether they are picturesque visions of an imagined simpler time, critical reflections on the discriminatory beliefs entwined with many group's histories, or calls to rekindle a movement or spirit from which we can learn today.
