Liminality in nature-based tourism experiences as mediated through social media

Conti, Eugenio; Cassel, Susanna Heldt

doi:10.4324/9781003169857-11

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“…These idealised images can turn nature into a resource for ‘share‐worthy’ content (Smith, 2021; Stinson, 2017), something that is arguably encouraged by the affordances of social media platforms (Arts et al, 2021). Yet, studies have also shown that social media open up the possibility for people to tell alternative stories about nature, pay attention to marginalised experiences of nature and experience nature in novel ways (Arts et al, 2021; Conti & Heldt Cassel, 2020; Hawkins & Silver, 2017; Olafsson et al, 2021).…”

Section: Online Interactions With Naturementioning

confidence: 99%

Communicating nature during lockdown – How conservation and outdoor organisations use social media to facilitate local nature experiences

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Section: Online Interactions With Naturementioning

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“…The experience of liminal body is different owing to different liminal strategies adopted by tourists, including overcoming liminality and enhancing liminality. In addition, this study found that social media promoted both overcoming and enhancing liminality, which was mentioned by Conti and Heldt Cassel (2020).…”

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Sea ferry travel: the tourists’ liminal experience on the ferry

Sang

Huang

2022

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Purpose This study aims to explore the tourist’s liminal experience on a ferry and form a conceptual framework of liminal experience in the mobile liminal setting from the perspective of island tourists. Design/methodology/approach To address the purpose of taking the ferry from Zhoushan Island to Sijiao Island in China as the part of research, a qualitative method research design was used, including participatory observation, in-depth interviews and online data from social media. Findings Ferry as a mobile liminal space on the sea provides tourists to experience liminality by perceiving unique time construction, the overlap of physical and figurative space, the sense of liminal community and perceived existential authenticity, embodied spatial practices and perceived liminal benefits and costs under the specific social and cultural contexts. Practical implications This study proposes that tourism planners should strengthen tourists’ liminal experience on the ferry through integrated shipscape planning, including ship space planning, theme design and product development, which can make the ferry to be a meaningful place brand. Originality/value This study not only confirms that taking tourism public transport such as a ferry is a rite of passage for tourists before entering the island destination but also points out that public transport is a tourist attraction with time, space and social meaning for tourists.

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“…In the case of intentionally using Null Island as a container for data with no or uncertain geographies, Null Island can be considered as a liminal place (Turner 2018, Conti andCassel 2020) or uncertain non-place (Augé 1995). These describe a state of uncertainty and in-betweenness.…”

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'I think I discovered a military base in the middle of the ocean' -- Null Island, the most real of fictional places

Juhasz,

Mooney

2022

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This paper explores Null Island, a fictional place located at 0°latitude and 0°longitude in the WGS84 geographic coordinate system. Null Island is erroneously associated with large amounts of geographic data in a wide variety of location-based services, place databases, social media and web-based maps. While it was originally considered a joke within the geospatial community, this article will demonstrate implications of its existence, both technological and social in nature, promoting Null Island as a fundamental issue of geographic information that requires more widespread awareness. The article summarizes error sources that lead to data being associated with Null Island. We identify four evolutionary phases which help explain how this fictional place evolved and established itself as an entity reaching beyond the geospatial profession to the point of being discovered by the visual arts and the general population. After providing an accurate account of data that can be found at (0, 0), geospatial, technological and social implications of Null Island are discussed. Guidelines to avoid misplacing data to Null Island are provided. Since data will likely continue to appear at this location, our contribution is aimed at both GIScientists and the general population to promote awareness of this error source.

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Liminality in nature-based tourism experiences as mediated through social media

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

Communicating nature during lockdown – How conservation and outdoor organisations use social media to facilitate local nature experiences

Communicating nature during lockdown – How conservation and outdoor organisations use social media to facilitate local nature experiences

Sea ferry travel: the tourists’ liminal experience on the ferry

'I think I discovered a military base in the middle of the ocean' -- Null Island, the most real of fictional places

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