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

• Autore: Costa Kelli Ann
• Pubblicazione: Walnut Creek, CA, : Left Coast Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/791417
• Soggetto topico: Tourism - Ireland; Tourism - Employees - Attitudes; Tourists - Attitudes
• Soggetto geografico: Ireland Description and travel
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Coach fellas
• ISBN: 1-315-43223-4; 1-315-43225-0; 1-59874-798-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817634103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Heritage, tourism, and community.