Brown2007
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Brown2007 |
Author(s) | Barry Brown |
Title | Working the problems of Tourism |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, tourist practices, ethnography, ethnomethodology |
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Year | 2007 |
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Journal | Annals of Tourism Research |
Volume | 34 |
Number | 2 |
Pages | 364-383 |
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DOI | 10.1016/j.annals.2006.09.003 |
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Abstract
Much research looks at the ‘‘problem of tourism’’: tourists cause changes to both themselves and their destinations, influences which are open to critique or comment. Some- what less attention has been given to the ‘‘problems of tourists’’: the issues, worries, difficulties, and solutions during vacations. This article presents an ethnographic study that attempts to take these concerns seriously. The focus is on the ‘‘work’’ of tourism: the organization and arrangement of the experience. The paper describes how tourists work in groups, use maps and guidebooks, and lastly pre- and post- visit places. An ethnomethodological approach is applied to the different ways in which tourists collaboratively find solutions to their problems
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