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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163888403321

Autore

Edelheim Johan R.

Titolo

Tourist Attractions : From Object to Narrative / / Johan R. Edelheim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK; ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Channel View Publications, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-84541-544-2

1-84541-543-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Tourism and Cultural Change

Disciplina

338.4791

Soggetti

Tourism - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures, Tables and Boxes -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue: ‘So, what’s wrong with the Old Way?’ -- 1. Defining TAs -- 2. Managing TAs -- 3. Maintaining TAs -- Interlude A -- 4. Reading TAs -- 5. Forming TAs -- 6. Forging TAs -- Interlude B -- 7. Experiencing TAs -- 8. Performing TAs -- 9. Remembering TAs -- Epilogue -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tourist attractions constitute the metaphorical 'heart' of tourism. This book aims to both deconstruct and construct what tourist attractions are, how we perceive them and how we can enhance our understanding of what attracts us as tourists. The volume reaches beyond current ideas about the ways tourist attractions are created, shaped and packaged. It focuses on the importance and subjective nature of identity, memory, narrative and performance in the tourist experience to find new ways of analysing and managing tourist attractions. The book will appeal to researchers and students in tourism and destination management and heritage and indigenous tourism.