Understanding tourism processes: a gender-aware framework

Kinnaird, V.; Hall, Derek

doi:10.1016/0261-5177(95)00112-3

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“….)'. Kinnaird and Hall (1996) stress the importance of gender on the tourism process. Petrosillo et al (2007) find that awareness of being in a marine protected area is largely dependent on education, 'with aware people showing a significantly higher education background'.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Who Values What in a Tourism Destination? The Case of Madeira Island

Oliveira

Pereira

2008

Tourism Economics

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This research studies the importance placed on different aspects of a tourism destination -Madeira Island -at the time tourists make their decision to visit. The authors use an ordered probit model to see how the socio-demographic characteristics of the tourists and different aspects of the trip affect the valuation given to 30 different aspects of the destination. They conclude that males tend to value 12 of the aspects less, while valuing golf more. Older tourists place a higher value on the scenery of the destination and a lower value on the more active/sport aspects. The more educated tourists value levadas (man-made water channels with pathways used for pedestrian walks) more and organized tours less. British tourists value the climate and Portuguese tourists value extreme sports. These results are very useful when preparing any marketing strategy and extremely important when preparing development plans for the tourism sector.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Who Values What in a Tourism Destination? The Case of Madeira Island

Oliveira

Pereira

2008

Tourism Economics

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“…The bulk of extant research shows that women predominantly occupy lower status, lower skilled and lower paid positions (UNWTO and UN Women, 2011). Early research demonstrated how tourism is built on human relations and thus impacts and is impacted upon by global and local gender relations (Swain, 1995), constructing an argument for a more gender aware framework to understand tourism processes (Kinnaird and Hall, 1996). Subsequent studies have addressed the gender dimensions of employment in tourism (Sinclair, 1997;Vandegrift, 2008); gendered tourism imagery (Pritchard and Morgan, 2000;Marshment, 1997); sex 5 tourism (Truong, 1990;Enloe, 1989;Sanchez Taylor, 2001Dahles and Bras, 1999) and female consumers (Frew and Shaw, 1999;Kim et al, 2007).…”

Section: Constructing a Political Economy Of Gender Tourism And Watermentioning

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Towards a gendered political economy of water and tourism

Cole

Ferguson

2015

Tourism Geographies

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In many holiday destinations, the tourism industry exerts an enormous strain on water supplies. This generates a range of social problems, not least because local inhabitants often have to compete with the tourism sector over the access, allocation and use of water for their personal and domestic needs. Nevertheless, there has been very little academic research on the link between tourism and the impact of water scarcity on destination populations in developing countries. While there is a wealth of literature on gender and tourism development, such research has tended to focus on employment relations and tourism policy and planning, neglecting ecological issues such as water. Drawing on original ethnographic research conducted in Tamarindo, Costa Rica, in 2013, this paper makes a preliminary attempt to address this gap in the literature by developing a gendered political economy approach to water in tourism development.Three key themes are identified from this research: the salience of intersectional inequalities of gender, class and nationality, in particular the different experiences of Nicaraguan women, Costa Rican women and women from the Global North; how the role of social reproduction is vital to understanding gender and water in Tamarindo due to enduring assumptions about women's perceived responsibility for water; and the gendered dimensions of conflicts over water. Such conflicts are highly gendered and contribute to reshaping of power relations in this international tourism destination. In the conclusions, we argue that our findings demonstrate the need to pay attention to both intersectionality and social reproduction, as well as to identify a future research agenda for developing a gendered political economy approach to tourism and water.

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“…To perceive tourism as a social relation calls for its recognition as a power relation; social interaction in tourism is an expression of power differentials and asymmetries based on gender, race, ethnicity, class, nationality, and sexuality (Kinnaird and Hall, 1996;Swain, 2001; see also van den Berghe, 1994: 18). This issue examines tourism development at the local level with a special focus on gender, ethnicity, and sexuality.…”

Section: Tourism Gender and Ethnicity By Tamar Diana Wilson And Annmentioning

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“…The latter often act as middlemen in the relations between the natives and the tourists. Tourism superimposes itself on existing ethnic and gender relations, inequalities, and power hierarchies (Kinnaird and Hall, 1996;van den Berghe, 1994: 13-15).…”

Section: Ethnic Tourism and The Pursuit Of Authenticitymentioning

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Tourism, Gender, and Ethnicity

Wilson¹,

Ypeij²

2012

Latin American Perspectives

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Center for Latin American research and Documentation, Amsterdam, and, with Michiel Baud, editor of Cultural Tourism in Latin America (2009). The editors thank the reviewers who engaged with the manuscripts included in this issue, especially rosalind Bresnahan, whose incisive comments were very valuable. They also thank Alejandra Cabral of the LAP office for her work on this issue. The collective thanks them for organizing this issue.

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Understanding tourism processes: a gender-aware framework

Cited by 148 publications

References 26 publications

Who Values What in a Tourism Destination? The Case of Madeira Island

Who Values What in a Tourism Destination? The Case of Madeira Island

Towards a gendered political economy of water and tourism

Tourism, Gender, and Ethnicity

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