Chapter 5. Understanding Tourist Experience Through Embodiment: The Contribution of Critical Tourism and Disability Studies

Small, Jennie; Darcy, Simon

doi:10.21832/9781845411626-008

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“…Therefore, investigating the potential meanings conveyed in tourism imagery is of importance when analysing the discourse of tourism providers. Previous research into tourism discourse has shown how central the body has been in Western tourism supply and consumption, pointing to the role of the tourism industry in shaping social representations regarding the body and beauty (Small & Darcy, 2011). It was shown by Edelheim (2007) that bodies with a visible disability were under-represented in mainstream tourism imagery, leaving a sense of an 'invisible minority' (Nelson, 1999).…”

Section: Tourism Marketing and Socializationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disability, social inclusion and the marketing of tourist attractions

Cloquet

Palomino

Shaw

et al. 2017

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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The participation of persons with a disability (PWDs) in tourism has received growing academic interest in recent years. This paper contributes to a reflection on how accessible tourism relates to the sustainable development paradigm. To investigate this relationship, it goes beyond the question of PWDs' access to tourism services, and adopts an inclusiveness perspective. Inclusion is examined in terms of legislation, marketing and imagery, and representations of PWDs as consumers embedded within social units-and families in particular. These dimensions are explored empirically in a study of visitor attractions in Cornwall (England) based on a quantitative and qualitative content analysis of brochures and websites. The study shows that the marketing materials of Cornish visitor attractions mainly focus on access, and the imagery used largely projects quasi invisibility or provides ambiguous messages. Communication with PWDs rarely addresses the family unit, making the family tourism experience intangible in the pre-trip phase. These results point at weaker implementation of inclusiveness, which corroborates previous findings of watered down definitions of rights to tourism under neo-liberal ideologies and economic crises. The paper discusses implications for social inclusion and highlights avenues for future research.

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Section: Tourism Marketing and Socializationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disability, social inclusion and the marketing of tourist attractions

Cloquet

Palomino

Shaw

et al. 2017

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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“…Tourism researchers have evaluated the issue of access to travel in terms of disposable income, gender and disability (e.g. Hall and Brown, 2010; Small and Darcy, 2011; Stephenson, 2006). However, not many scholars have considered the politics of international travel and access in tourism, with some notable exceptions (cf.…”

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(Re)constructing the Canadian border: Anti-mobilities and tourism

Torabian

Mair

2017

Tourist Studies

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Drawing from an analysis of Canadian travel security and border policies, which is grounded in a critical mobilities approach, the article sheds light on the normalization and moralization of travel and tourism policies in the post-9/11 era as well as the implications thereof. In particular, the article aims to problematize the ways (tourism) mobility is constructed in contemporary Canadian policies and programmes (as deeply influenced by American policies); consider the implications of these constructions, most notably in terms of what we refer to as 'anti-mobilities in tourism'; illuminate the implications of this particular moralization of Canadian border, travel, and security practices for travellers; and locate opportunities for tourism scholars to utilize a critical mobilities framework to continue to interrogate the normalization and moralization of particular travel policies more broadly.

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“…This process has been underexplored in the literature with recent studies beginning to incorporate a more nuanced understanding of whole of journey experience (Dickson, Darcy, Johns, & Pentifallo, in press; Dickson, Misener, et al, in press). While attending the games may be the 'main course' for most, experiencing the ambience of the host city through the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch creates memorable experiences for all those attending (Small & Darcy, 2011;Small, Darcy, & Packer, 2012). When a games is truly memorable for the constituents involved the whole host city experiences "psychic benefits" (Davis, 2012;Humphreys & Prokopowicz, 2007).…”

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Accessibility as a Key Management Component of the Paralympics

Darcy

2017

Managing the Paralympics

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Chapter 5. Understanding Tourist Experience Through Embodiment: The Contribution of Critical Tourism and Disability Studies

Cited by 24 publications

References 8 publications

Disability, social inclusion and the marketing of tourist attractions

Disability, social inclusion and the marketing of tourist attractions

(Re)constructing the Canadian border: Anti-mobilities and tourism

Accessibility as a Key Management Component of the Paralympics

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