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Accessible or Inaccessible Location Touring, Clustered or Destination Attractions Rural, Suburban or Urban Local, Regional, National or International scale Craft or Industrial Tourism Slow or Rapid Growth Small, Medium or Large Capacity Event, Transitory, Seasonal or Permanent Attraction Single or Multiple visitation
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Tourist Attraction Perception Studies of tourist perceptions and experiences of attractions comprise the third major approach to the study of tourist attractions. Pearce defined a tourist place as “any place that fosters the feeling of being a tourist” (1982: 98). One way this experience is felt is in the degree of outsideness and insideness that one feels when visiting a destination. Some have argued that a major goal of the tourist is to penetrate into the inside (or back region) of the attraction to experience its authenticity. For the tourist, some risk is required to take this leap into authenticity.
TABLE 1.3 COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO TOURIST ATTRACTIONS Tourist Activities Education/exercise or exploration Place to contemplate or to talk Guided tours or unguided touring Passive or Active Attraction Character Touristy/contrived/staged or Authentic Especially animated or Normal daily life Evoked set (known attractions) or Inert set (knowable attractions) or Inept set (unknowable attractions) Tourism oriented or Non-tourism oriented Structured and organized or Unstructured Front region or Back regions Modern or Traditional/historic Heard a lot about/important place or Absence of other tourists Tourist Experiences Expensive/luxury or Economy,/values or Inexpensive/cheap Safe/sanitary or Different/getting away or Escapism/freedom Pleasant/friendly or Companionship or Novelty Leisurely/restful or Fun/swinging or Adventurous/exciting Mass produced or Limited experience or Individual experience Common/ordinary or Interesting or Unique Recreational or Diversionary or Experiential or Experimental or Existential experience No role transformation or Role transformation Marker involvement or Sight involvements Familiar or exotic Easy to tour or Effort to tour Source: Lew, A.A. (1987) 40
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Tourist Attraction Perception Studies of tourist perceptions and experiences of attractions comprise the third major approach to the study of tourist attractions. Pearce defined a tourist place as “any place that fosters the feeling of being a tourist” (1982: 98). One way this experience is felt is in the degree of outsideness and insideness that one feels when visiting a destination. Some have argued that a major goal of the tourist is to penetrate into the inside (or back region) of the attraction to experience its authenticity. For the tourist, some risk is required to take this leap into authenticity.
TABLE 1.3 COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO TOURIST ATTRACTIONS Tourist Activities Education/exercise or exploration Place to contemplate or to talk Guided tours or unguided touring Passive or Active Attraction Character Touristy/contrived/staged or Authentic Especially animated or Normal daily life Evoked set (known attractions) or Inert set (knowable attractions) or Inept set (unknowable attractions) Tourism oriented or Non-tourism oriented Structured and organized or Unstructured Front region or Back regions Modern or Traditional/historic Heard a lot about/important place or Absence of other tourists Tourist Experiences Expensive/luxury or Economy,/values or Inexpensive/cheap Safe/sanitary or Different/getting away or Escapism/freedom Pleasant/friendly or Companionship or Novelty Leisurely/restful or Fun/swinging or Adventurous/exciting Mass produced or Limited experience or Individual experience Common/ordinary or Interesting or Unique Recreational or Diversionary or Experiential or Experimental or Existential experience No role transformation or Role transformation Marker involvement or Sight involvements Familiar or exotic Easy to tour or Effort to tour Source: Lew, A.A. (1987) 40
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