Essays about: "the tourist gaze"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words the tourist gaze.
-
1. Representations of Women and Gender relations in Jamaican Tourism Promotional Marketing: An analysis of visual images on Jamaica’s national DMO website.
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : Tourism images and representations depict women in a stereotypical way where men and women are represented differently. Like much advertising, women in tourism promotional marketing are sexualized and exoticized. Destinations are promoted through the use of the female body. READ MORE
-
2. Colonial Imagery and representation in tourism marketing of African destinations. : A case study of Kenya
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : This research study is based on the visual marketing of African destinations and the colonial influence in a post-colonial world. Recent tourism research tourism has examined post-colonial realities in developing countries addressing the experience of British post-colonialism, however, only a few of those studies have examined the cultural consequences of tourism marketing image influence on culture and national identity. READ MORE
-
3. A critical discussion of MacCannell's and Urry's theories on 'tourists' : Through an autoethnographic exploration of a white woman's experiences in Cambodia
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikAbstract : The word tourist is loaded with negativity, especially, as MacCannell and Urry argue, for those of us that travel ourselves. In this exploration, the author takes a deep dive into the primary theories of MacCannell's search for authenticity and Urry's tourist gaze while recounting a series of journeys throughout Cambodia through her own Western epistomologic lens while also considering feminist, postcolonialist and decolonialist extensions and counterarguments. READ MORE
-
4. Uppsala’s prerequisites for developing rural tourism
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore some opportunities and constraints for tourism to contribute to rural development. The thesis explores several different stakeholders’ views, which are discussed in relation to each other. The informants represent companies, associations and authorities. READ MORE
-
5. Communicating Sustainable Nature-Based Tourism : A Mixed Method Approach to Investigate How Swedish Destination Marketing Organizations Promote Nature Destinations on Instagram
University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMKAbstract : Around the globe, sensitive nature destinations suffer from media-mediated mass tourism. Especially, the social media network Instagram is often made responsible for these events as its emphasis on visuals is claimed to foster people’s ambition to reproduce photographs of themselves in the epic sceneries they see online. READ MORE