Prospects in tourism history: Evolution, state of play and future developments

Walton, John K.

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2009.05.010

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“…This cohort would have grown up during the period of emerging cheap overseas holidays at the expense of holidaying at home in the UK (Walton, 2000(Walton, , 2009, so nostalgia for UK seaside towns may not be as prevalent; as such, this research contradicts the current literature. The middlelife migrants were making destination migration choices on finding a suitable location to live by the sea based on their perceptions, and their choice of Bexhill-on-Sea was fashioned by a range of migration factors and associated migration typologies, such as counter-urbanisation and experiences gathered from elsewhere, rather than a nostalgic preference for a specific location.…”

Section: We Had Friends That Had Moved From Aylesbury To Bexhill Andmentioning

confidence: 82%

“…In turn, these affect people both visiting and living in seaside towns. Human social, cultural and economic capital shapes the personality of a place through migrants in search of work, living on benefits or moving for retirement purposes (Agarwal, 1997(Agarwal, , 1999(Agarwal, , 2002Walton, 2000Walton, , 2009Beatty et al, , 2006Beatty et al, , 2008Shaw and Williams, 2004;Thomas and Dorling, 2007). Only recently has there been a greater insight into seaside towns' economic performances, with a notable number of papers presenting some interesting statistical findings on change, not least 'The Seaside Economy'…”

Section: Declines In English Seaside Resortsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Historically, many seaside towns' development came about from creative entrepreneurial landed gentry, business individuals or municipal capitalists (Morgan, 1992;Williams, 1997, 2002;Walton, 2000Walton, , 2009Russell and Faulkner, 2004;Russell, 2006a). Today's investors are more likely to be the large business corporations, such as supermarkets, or pension fund holders, pursuing regeneration based on urban and retail-led commercial returns, which appear to exclude the entrepreneurial spirit and creativity of past seaside investments (Urry, 1994;Hearn, 2008Hearn, , 2010CABE, 2010).…”

Section: Hastings and Bexhill-on-sea Regenerationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Seaside town regeneration and the interconnections between the physical environment, key agencies and middle-life migration

Leonard

2015

Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events

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Seaside resorts' fortunes have changed over the past half a century, and as a consequence many of the towns' physical environments and inhabitants have altered. Many grew in population size through in-migration, particularly as a result of retirement, which took over from the holiday industry as a process that changed the socio-economic and cultural structures of these places. Bexhill-onSea, East Sussex is among those seaside towns that have undergone such changes, fuelled by exogenous forces but also influenced by key agencies actions that have been a catalyst for altering the physical environment which encouraged the in-migration of middle-life people and the retired. This thesis analyses the effect of these changes and the role key agencies have had. In particular, it argues the changing nature of retirement in-migration of 'middlelifers' (aged 50-70), those approaching or entering retirement, has had a profound effect on the town. This thesis disputes conventional retirement migration theories identifying a new form of 'lifestyle-affirming' migration.Based on empirical findings from semi-structured interviews with key agencies and middle-lifers, as well as desktop research, the methodology adopts a Lamarckian conceptual and theoretical perspective of socio-economic and cultural evolution that focuses on the influence on socio-economic change of the physical environment, key agency actions and middle-life migration. The thesis evidences both Darwinian and Lamarckian perspectives on evolutionary socio-economic change are useful for understanding resorts but at a local level human agency is a key component able to influence the cultural 'circonstances' which allows for changes in the physical environment and adaptation of the socio-economic, cultural and human capital of the seaside town. In Bexhill-onSea the elected officials and resident community were agencies that influenced socio-economic change and evolution.The town attracted middle-life migrants based on their personal experiences elsewhere that they imprinted on the town and from images and labels that were attached such as 'Costa Geriatrica'. Their choice of destination was constructed on 'gut-feel' from fleeting visits and perceived images that appealed to those middle-lifers who felt they would 'fit-in' with likeminded people and the town's culture. They brought their previous habitus and life experiences into an environment that is stable, quiet, safe and unchanging and best suits their social class disposition. This 'lifestyle-affirming' migration and 'personality-fit' was a significant and key finding in the research arguing for a new conceptualisation of middle-lifer and retirement migration of wanting to 'live by the sea' in a town that reflects their 'personality' and habitus, thus revealing more complicated forms of retirement or semi-retirement mobility. As middlelifers influence the nature of migration to seaside towns the consequential impact could be significant and questions the robustness of current retirement migration typologi...

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Section: We Had Friends That Had Moved From Aylesbury To Bexhill Andmentioning

confidence: 82%

Section: Declines In English Seaside Resortsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Hastings and Bexhill-on-sea Regenerationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Seaside town regeneration and the interconnections between the physical environment, key agencies and middle-life migration

Leonard

2015

Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events

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“…Therefore, TBL should be part of the strategic scope of all organizations, including the accommodation establishments. Cruise ships, carrying guests from one destination to another (Dowling, 2006;Mendes & Silva, 2012;OMT, 2008;Tarlow, 2012), are considered travelling hotels (Agarwal, 2002;Papatheodorou, 2004;Walton, 2009) comparable to competitors such as resorts (Dowling, 2006;Fonseca, 2012;V. A. dos Santos, 2009).…”

Section: Sustainable Developmentmentioning

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The convergence of environmental sustainability and ocean cruises in two moments: in the academic research and corporate communication

Ramoa

Flores

Stecker

2018

RBTUR

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Concerns for world peace, freedom, and the future of people and the planet have led to several United Nations Conferences, generating discussions on global sustainable development. These efforts resulted in the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The proposed Goal 14 reflects the concern for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas, and marine resources. In this context, the research objects of this study are ocean cruise ships and the main dimension surveyed is environmental sustainability. Firstly, the study sought to identify through the convergence of the dimensions of sustainability and cruises the contributions to the cruise industry that promote the SDGs. To this end, we carried out a bibliometric analysis of scientific production on cruise ship environment, narrowing the research focus on environmentally sustainable practices. The second research objective is to examine cruise companies’ strategic inclination to provide information on environmental initiatives to the market. The results show little scientific research focused on the convergence of the two topics studied, environmental sustainability and cruises. Only 12 scientific articles were identified. Regarding the information on environmentally sustainable practices, the findings show that only 22.6% of the 31 cruise companies surveyed provide this information on their corporate websites.

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“…(7) According to the previous standardized data, we put figure of each sample into the equation and get new data of principal component for each sample respectively, or so-called principal component scores. And then the preliminary analysis on information of original variables can be obtained through the analysis of the principal component scores.…”

Section: Principal Component Analysis 231 Basic Principle Of Princimentioning

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International Tourism Marketing: An Analysis on Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China

Mulati¹

2017

IOSR JBM

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Prospects in tourism history: Evolution, state of play and future developments

Cited by 86 publications

References 24 publications

Seaside town regeneration and the interconnections between the physical environment, key agencies and middle-life migration

Seaside town regeneration and the interconnections between the physical environment, key agencies and middle-life migration

The convergence of environmental sustainability and ocean cruises in two moments: in the academic research and corporate communication

International Tourism Marketing: An Analysis on Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China

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