Tourists, Signs and the City

Metro-Roland, Michelle M.

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“…Tourism has become increasingly competitive with more numerous and diversified products as tourist interest grows in experiencing the living culture of visited destinations (Metro-Roland, 2011; Paulauskaite et al, 2017). Many tourists seek unique experiences that few others have experienced (Hung et al, 2016) and share them through social network services (SNS) (Wang et al, 2017).…”

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Exploring protest tourism motivations: The case of Hong Kong

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Protest tourism is visiting a destination with the major aim of viewing or participating in protests. This qualitative study examined the motivations of Hong Kong protest tourists as a starting point for future exploration of distinctions between this emerging type of tourism and other existing categories. Five primary motivations were revealed. Two push motivations were the desire to (1) have special, new experiences that few others have experienced; and (2) experience tourist offerings first-hand. Three pull motivations were created by sites providing tourists the opportunity to (i) see a one-time historical event; (ii) share the moment with local citizens, even if indirectly; and (iii) experience real-time events with a local guide. The findings point to unique temporal and geographic aspects of the interplay between protest tourist motivations and the unique merging of the subject and object of tourism, shedding light on how different tourism experiences can be framed.

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“…First, this study enriched the analytical framework of Peircean theory by elaborating the semiotic construction process of festival tourist attractions. Previous research focused on tourist sight attractions [ 5 , 22 ], neglecting the semiotic construction of festival tourist attractions. Simultaneously, influenced by MacCannell’s ternary relationship of tourist attractions, scholars paid more attention to the signs that provide information about a tourism object [ 47 , 48 ] but ignored the tourism object itself.…”

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“…Inspired by the research on the ternary relationship of tourist attraction, Metro-Roland believed that the Peircean semiotic theory provides a convincing theoretical explanation of how tourists understand their surrounding environment [ 31 ]. Based on this and using the cultural tourism experience in Budapest as an example, Metro-Roland explained how urban tourism is intricately linked with urban activities and places and how tourists experience cultural tourism by reading about the signs of urban sights [ 22 ] (pp.11-17). Soica highlighted the relationship between tourism and landscape, defining tourism as a meaning construction.…”

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“…Peircean semiotic theory plays a dominant role in tourism research [ 7 ], connecting the observable representations of signs to their signified object and emphasizing the interpretant role of signs. Just as Metro-Roland said, the Peircean semiotic theory goes beyond the analysis of concepts and their textual and auditory expressions, and it is considered more appropriate for understanding non-textual objects in social settings as signs [ 22 ]. Using Peircean semiotic triangle as a theoretical foundation, this study examines the semiotic construction process of festivals from their inception to their gradual emergence as tourist attractions, using newly created festivals as an example.…”

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Constructing the festival tourist attraction from the perspective of Peircean semiotics: The case of Guangzhou, China

Gou-xiong

2023

PLoS ONE

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Based on the Peircean semiotic theory, this study aims to explore the semiotic construction of a festival tourist attraction using the Guangfu Temple Fair in China as a case. A qualitative research method of grounded theory was used to analyze the organizers’ planning scheme, conference materials, 7 interviews, and 45 tourists’ interviews. We found that festival organizers produce festivalscape based on social values and tourists’ expectations, including safety assurance, cultural activity, personnel service, facilities, creative interaction, food, a trade show, and the festival atmosphere. Tourists in the festivalscape, through cultural, novel, social, and emotional experience and collateral observations, assign meaning to the festival’s attractiveness in terms of cultural diversity, vibrant activities, distinctive features, and a sense of ceremony. These findings indicate that organizers’ sign production and tourists’ sign interpretation constitute the conceptual model of the semiotic construction of festivals as tourist attractions. Furthermore, the study extends the understanding of tourist attractions and will help organizers to create successful festival attractions.

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“…They provide people with the opportunity to interact with the whole diversity of culture and art that has been being created for centuries or even thousands of years. People can take part in a variety of events, increase their level of knowledge, acquire new experiences and skills and even interact with nature when visiting gardens, such as botanical or zoological gardens, parks or nature reserves, which are often located on the outskirts [ 48 , 49 , 50 ]. There are various types of tourism that can develop in the urban area.…”

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Services and Amenities Offered by City Hotels within Family Tourism as One of the Factors Guaranteeing Satisfactory Leisure Time

Siwek

Kolasińska

Wrześniewski

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IJERPH

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Travelling families are interested in urban tourism due to its cognitive and entertainment aspects. Some expectations of parents travelling with children are the same independent of the accommodation location. The purpose of this article is to examine at what level city hotels offer services and amenities within family tourism, how they meet parents’ expectations and whether they adapt offers to children of different ages. Two measurement tools were used for this study. The first one was the authors’ questionnaire addressed to hotel managers. A total of 88 hotels located in Krakow were selected for the study. The survey contained questions on the offers of hotels related to various services and amenities for families with children, which were assigned to one of three groups (24 items): general child-friendly hotel services and amenities, in-room amenities and restaurant amenities. In the second phase of the study, parents of children aged 0–10 years were asked to assess the degree to which the amenities offered by hotels were important for them during the selection of a hotel. In total, 90 surveys were taken into consideration. The tool was designed to examine the needs of parents who have children of different ages, in regard to selected hotel services and amenities (24 items). As in the case of the surveys for hoteliers, the same three groups were created. The research demonstrates that children’s age is the key factor that should lead to the differentiation of the accommodation offer. However, hoteliers largely perceive children as a homogeneous group. In all studied age categories (6) and amenities groups (3), parents’ expectations were higher than the services and amenities offered. No significant differences regarding the category of the hotel or hotel chain membership have been found. The results of the study may provide valuable guidance to hoteliers who wish to attract families with children to urban tourism and adapt their offer to them, thus realising the principle of inclusiveness. They may be also a significant contribution to the literature on the subject, as most published work concerns holiday hotels rather than city hotels.

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Tourists, Signs and the City

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Exploring protest tourism motivations: The case of Hong Kong

Exploring protest tourism motivations: The case of Hong Kong

Constructing the festival tourist attraction from the perspective of Peircean semiotics: The case of Guangzhou, China

Services and Amenities Offered by City Hotels within Family Tourism as One of the Factors Guaranteeing Satisfactory Leisure Time

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