Tourists, Signs and the City - The Semiotics of Culture in an Urban Landscape (Hardcover, New Ed)

Drawing upon the literature of landscape geography, tourism studies, cultural studies, visual studies and philosophy, this book offers a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the interaction between urban environments and tourists. This is a necessary prerequisite for cities as they make themselves into enticing destinations and compete for tourists' attention. It argues that tourists make sense of, and draw meaningful conclusions about, the places in which they tour based upon the interpretation of the signs or elements encountered within the built environment, elements such as graffiti and lamp posts. The writings of the American pragmatist Charles S. Peirce on interpretation provide the theoretical model for explaining the way in which mind and world, or thoughts and objects, result in tourists interacting with place. This theoretical framework elucidates three applied studies undertaken with foreign visitors to the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Based upon extensive ethnographic field work, these studies focus on tourists' interpretation of the urban landscape, with particular attention paid to the encounters with national culture, the role of architecture and the importance of the prosaic in urban tourism.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Directions in Tourism Analysis
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Michelle M. Metro-Roland
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	182
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-7809-0
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > Tourism industry Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7546-7809-1
Barcode:	9780754678090

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