Depathologizing the tourist syndrome

Heimtun, Bente

doi:10.1177/1468797608092513

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“…Friendships are part of women's 'bonding social capital' and perhaps their strongest social tie (Putnam, 2001: 22). As has been identified in previous research (see for instance Gordon, 1994;Green, 1998;Heimtun, 2007;Segraves, 2004;Trimberger, 2005), such friendships can be very important to women in terms of maintaining their sense of community, social integration and well-being in a society (including tourism spaces) marked by familism and couples, so the stakes are very high if friendships are threatened by conflict.…”

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confidence: 90%

‘Wish YOU Weren’t Here!’: Interpersonal Conflicts and the Touristic Experiences of Norwegian and British Women Travelling with Friends

Heimtun¹,

Jordan

2011

Tourist Studies

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Tourism is often portrayed by the tourism industry, tourists themselves and tourism scholars as a liminoid site of escape, happiness and freedom from constraint. For many, however, holidays do not live up to this expectation. This paper challenges the dominant tourism discourse of holidays as sites of unproblematic pleasure in examining contestation, conflicts and negotiations between women and their travelling companions. Drawing on conceptualizations of in-group interpersonal conflicts and theorization of the mobile social identities of women travellers, we explore the impact of holiday conflicts on women’s holiday experiences and friendships. The findings of this qualitative study of female tourists from Norway and the UK suggest that women adopt various strategies to deal with open and hidden conflicts that may threaten their friendships and holiday experiences. Such strategies include avoidance of conflict through compromise, negotiation of appropriate holiday behaviours prior to travel, or ultimately choosing to travel solo.

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confidence: 90%

‘Wish YOU Weren’t Here!’: Interpersonal Conflicts and the Touristic Experiences of Norwegian and British Women Travelling with Friends

Heimtun¹,

Jordan

2011

Tourist Studies

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“…(Jill) In Jill's example she is using her travel to create new relationships: the destination is used as a "centre for physical and emotional exchange" (Trauer & Ryan, 2005, p. 482). Talking about shared holiday experiences helps maintain relationships (Heimtum, 2007), even new relationships as in Jill's case. Jill has remained in touch with the woman she met at the train station and they have formed a strong bond with plans to holiday together in the future.…”

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confidence: 94%

Identity and tourism mobility: an exploration of the attitude–behaviour gap

Hibbert

Dickinson

Gößling

et al. 2013

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

122

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This paper explores the attitude-behaviour gap from an identity perspective in order to better understand why tourists act sustainably at "home" but not when "away". The majority of tourism-related CO 2 emissions stems from transport. Behavioural change is a possible way to reduce those emissions. However, research indicates that instigating behavioural change within tourism is problematic, because of the attitude-behaviour gap. Studies suggest that understanding the role of identity and tourism mobility could explain this gap; this paper researches that idea, using a narrative approach to explore the travel life histories of 24 participants, with a second interview to examine how interviewees viewed their tourism activity in the light of environmental debates and concerns. Data were analysed using thematic and narrative-based dialogic/performance approaches. The paper reveals how a need for personal identity can influence travel behaviour and that identity plays a significant role in travel decisions, sometimes overriding cost and environmental issues. The power of social identity is explored, noting increasingly powerful global VFR networks, along with the search for future selves, the need for personal differentiation and issues of multiple identities. Suggestions are made for ways to use identity research into policies seeking to achieve behavioural change.

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“…By contrast, the tourist syndrome is characterised by a pattern of 'looseness', 'grazing behaviour' and 'frailty' (Franklin, 2003, pp. 207-209; also see Heimtun, 2007). Bauman elaborated that:…”

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Intimations of postmodernity in sports tourism at the Tour de France

Lamont

McKay

2012

Journal of Sport & Tourism

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Despite the burgeoning literature on sports tourism research in the area is dominated by descriptive and anachronistic typologies. Consequently, some scholars have called for greater connectivities between sports tourism and related academic specialities. Accordingly, this paper uses a case-study of the 2011 Tour de France to suggest how sports tourism research can benefit from the sociological perspective of postmodernism. We support our argument by focusing on processes of embodied subjectivities and perceived authenticity among members of a commercially organised cycling and spectating trip.

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Depathologizing the tourist syndrome

Cited by 52 publications

References 70 publications

‘Wish YOU Weren’t Here!’: Interpersonal Conflicts and the Touristic Experiences of Norwegian and British Women Travelling with Friends

‘Wish YOU Weren’t Here!’: Interpersonal Conflicts and the Touristic Experiences of Norwegian and British Women Travelling with Friends

Identity and tourism mobility: an exploration of the attitude–behaviour gap

Intimations of postmodernity in sports tourism at the Tour de France

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