Tourism Reassessed: Blight or Blessing

Brown, Frances

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“…Outputs such as 138 higher levels of economic entrepreneurship may be stimulated as a result (see Boissevain, 139 1979;Brown, 1998; Brown and Hall, 2000). Lastly, the potential of tourism to revitalise, reinterpret, recreate and create meaning is 158 raised.…”

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“…It is evident cultures, host communities and ecosystems are not static, but rather 120 affected by, susceptible to and capable of change over time (Brown, 1998 Similarly, commercial creativity might be driven by the impetus in both economic and 162 cultural spheres for the rediscovery, reinvention, importing and creation of cultural products 163 for tourists' entertainment and consumption (Boissevain, 1996 …”

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Tourism culture: Nexus, characteristics, context and sustainability

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2016

Tourism Management

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defined, and what implications can be drawn from in relation to sustainability (see Figure 1). 23Tourism culture can be seen as a product of the melange of host and guest cultures that 24 occurs in a destination, resulting in a new and distinctive emergent culture, in turn shaped by 25 2 and shaping the local tourism context. The aim of this paper is to present an overview of host-26 guest interactions and the outputs to emerge from these, using tourism culture as a lens to do 27 so. It is proposed that this alternative perspective might synthesise and complement various 28 conceptual narratives within the tourism literature, and can be used to encourage a more 29 holistic, nuanced and potentially positive evaluation of tourism outputs. 30It appears that both hosts and guests are mutually affected by their tourism 31 involvements. Tourism is widely associated with cultural influence upon and at times fusion in the industry (Sindga, 1996). With these recognised as factors in more sustainable forms of Tourism Culture Nexus 81Tourism culture may best be seen as a nexus between host culture and guest culture (see 82 Figure 3). On the one hand host culture is that which is indigenous to a locale: its particular 83 arts and crafts, language, traditional roles, festivals, and ways of doing things (Tsartas, 1992; 84 Simpson, 1993;Tapper, 2001;Smith, 2009). In the case of small islands, these often host 85 unusually rich and distinctive cultures due to their relative isolation. This must be adapted to 103It is the interplay between these two cultures which could be seen as the creation, (Picard, 1997;. 109Tourism potentially becomes over time a part of everyday life (Sindiga, 1996), an authentic 110 demonstration (Cohen, 1988) and integral part of local landscapes and identity (Lim and Evans, 1975, cited in Smith, 1976 for example, defines the potential for tourism stimulated 137 interactions to enrich the knowledge of hosts and guests about each other. Outputs such as 138 higher levels of economic entrepreneurship may be stimulated as a result (see Boissevain, 139 1979;Brown, 1998; Brown and Hall, 2000). Lastly, the potential of tourism to revitalise, reinterpret, recreate and create meaning is 158 raised. Alongside a demonstration effect, what could be described as an 'attention effect' may 159 be stimulated, whereby indigenous communities are motivated by outsider interest to explore, 160 revive and reinterpret traditional aspects of local identity (i.e. Stronza and Gordillo, 2008).

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2016

Tourism Management

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“…The consequences of tourism decline can be severe. This may again be particularly so in small islands often highly dependent on the sector and with few other avenues for development (Brown, 1998, Latimer, 1985. In such places the cultural interactions, stimulation and mutual learning brought by tourism, are highlighted as important to community identity, vibrancy and overall well-being (Pennington-Gray et al, 2005, Simpson, 1993, Stronza and Gordillo, 2008.…”

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“…Peripherality of small islands referring to their geographic isolation, both from physical mainland and population centres (Wilkinson, 1989), and small geographic and population size (Briguglio et al, 1996), limits economic and social opportunities. Further restrictions are placed on economic growth because of typically expensive and restricted infrastructure, import dependencies, foreign control of assets and limited economies of scale (Ayres, 2000, Baum and Hagen, 1999, Buhalis, 1999, Marcouiller, 1997.Meanwhile, socially, isolation may result in a dearth of relationship and entertainment opportunities, social restrictions and stagnation of cultural development (Brown, 1998, Duffield and Long, 1981, Marjavaara, 2007.…”

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“…These include increased unemployment, poverty, benefits dependency, health problems, fewer facilities, loss of social opportunities, reduced business prospects and outward migration (Agarwal, 2002, Canavan, 2013, Getz, 1994, Sheil et al, 2002. Such issues of decline may be especially heightened in small islands and peripheral areas, often highly dependent on tourism, and with few realistic development alternatives (Brown, 1998).…”

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Managing tourism decline: insights from the Isle of Man

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2015

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An investigation into the impact of vacation travel on the tourist

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Wickens

2010

Journal of Tourism Research

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This paper explored the impact of vacation travel on the 'self' using a questionnaire survey and interviews. Vacation travel emerged as a form of learning about the self, a journey of self-discovery rather than self-recovery. Travel impacts are predominantly self-centered, producing changes that provide opportunities for personal growth. Experiences leading to these changes are mainly infl uenced by interactions with the 'other'. Importantly, no signifi cant association was found between personality type and being impacted, and no difference was found between a pleasurable and a miserable experience and being impacted. Both fi ndings offer a contribution to knowledge and a platform for further research.

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Tourism Reassessed: Blight or Blessing

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Tourism culture: Nexus, characteristics, context and sustainability

Tourism culture: Nexus, characteristics, context and sustainability

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