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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.
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.
How do we re-theorize tourism? By drawing less on the Foucauldian
notion of 'tourism as gazing' and instead focusing on the social
construction of meaning in the landscape, this insightful book
provides an innovative and compelling new approach to tourist
studies. Arguing that in any view of the landscape and in tourism
generally there is a multiplicity of insider and outsider meanings,
the book grounds tourism studies within the framework of social
theory, and particularly in the social theoretic approaches to
landscape. Bringing together specialists in tourism and landscape
studies to discuss the relationships between the two, it finds that
issues of identity are a common thread and are raised with regard
to the social construction of landscape and its portrayal through
tourism. The international studies range in scale from regional to
national, personal to political, and from local residents to
international tourists, highlighting the multiplicity of
interpretations and meanings between these scales.
How do we re-theorize tourism? By drawing less on the Foucauldian
notion of 'tourism as gazing' and instead focusing on the social
construction of meaning in the landscape, this insightful book
provides an innovative and compelling new approach to tourist
studies. Arguing that in any view of the landscape and in tourism
generally there is a multiplicity of insider and outsider meanings,
the book grounds tourism studies within the framework of social
theory, and particularly in the social theoretic approaches to
landscape. Bringing together specialists in tourism and landscape
studies to discuss the relationships between the two, it finds that
issues of identity are a common thread and are raised with regard
to the social construction of landscape and its portrayal through
tourism. The international studies range in scale from regional to
national, personal to political, and from local residents to
international tourists, highlighting the multiplicity of
interpretations and meanings between these scales.
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