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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791692603321

Autore

Costa Kelli Ann

Titolo

Coach fellas [[electronic resource] ] : heritage and tourism in Ireland / / Kelli Ann Costa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Walnut Creek, CA, : Left Coast Press, c2009

ISBN

1-315-43223-4

1-315-43225-0

1-59874-798-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Heritage, tourism, and community

Disciplina

338.4/791417

Soggetti

Tourism - Ireland

Tourism - Employees - Attitudes

Tourists - Attitudes

Ireland Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-238) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Figures and Tables; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Tourism: A Consideration of the Literature; Chapter 2: Heritage Tourism and Discourse in Ireland; Chapter 3: Heritage and Archaeology in Ireland; Chapter 4: Representing Ireland's Heritage; Chapter 5: Participants in Irish Tourism; Chapter 6: Tourists in Ireland; Chapter 7: The Coach Fellas; Chapter 8: Components of Irish Coach Tourism; Chapter 9: Conclusion; Epilogue/Postscript; Notes; References; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Coach Fellas are known to almost all tourists who traverse the Irish countryside. Ostensibly bus drivers, they are also the tour guides who provide the crucial component in the branding of "people, place, and pace" upon which Irish heritage tourism depends. Kelli Costa's ethnography of these highly trained and informed working class men highlights a previously ignored component of the tourism industry. She also demonstrates their importance in providing a visitor-specific vision of heritage that contrasts with the realities of contemporary economic development.