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The recent surfacing of actor-network theory (ANT) in tourism studies correlates to a rising interest in understanding tourism as emergent thorough relational practice connecting cultures, natures and technologies in multifarious ways.
An Introduction to Visual Research Methods in Tourism is the first book to present, discuss and promote the use of a range of visual methods in tourism studies. It introduces methods ranging from the collection of secondary visual materials for the purposes of analysis (such as postcards, tourism brochures, and websites) and the creation of visuals in the context of primary research (such as photography, video and drawings), to the production of data through photo-elicitation techniques.
Tropical islands are magical, volcanoes are magical and coral reefs are magical. Classical ruins, old town centres, modern artworks, and contemporary architecture are magical as well. Even local people are magical. The attribution of magical qualities appears central in the constitution of contemporary tourism attractions. Drawing from extended fieldwork in La Reunion, Indian Ocean, the author suggests an innovative re-reading of different concepts of magic that emerge in the global cultural economics of tourism.
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO/OMT) is a specialized agency of the United Nations and the leading international organization in the field of tourism. It serves as a global forum for tourism policy issues and a practical source of tourism know-how.
VisitSweden är ett kommunikationsföretag som till lika delar ägs av staten via Näringsdepartementet och den svenska besöksnäringen.
Visit Sweden har ett tydligt uppdrag med två fokus:
- att marknadsföra varumärket Sverige internationellt.
- att marknadsföra svenska destinationer och upplevelser utomlands.
ETOURs forskning fokuserar på faktorer och processer som påverkar turistdestinationers utveckling och tillväxt. Forskningen är i stor utsträckning tvärvetenskaplig och bedrivs inom tre områden:
- Destinationsutveckling
- Natur- och kulturresurser
- Turism i upplevelseindustrin