Photographic Techniques and the Measurement of Impact and Importance Attributes On Trip Design: A Case Study

Groves, David; Timothy, Dallen J.

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“…If the image is inauthentic, as a result of editing the picture to make it suitable for public viewing then so are the components of the image. This accords with Groves and Timothy's (2001) discussion around the importance of image sharing. As a result of this, it is quite likely that the hermeneutic circle will create or extend myths and/or mythical images of places, (Urry and Larsen 2011).…”

Section: Results Of the Researchsupporting

confidence: 87%

“…Robinson (2012) proposed an e-mediated tourist gaze, which explores the ways in which tourism images are produced digitally, and then shared with, and understood by global audiences through forums, image sharing websites and Google Earth. Groves and Timothy (2001) identify the importance of shared experiences and the sharing of experiences. Such images locate individual values and offer some insight into the sites and activities which individual tourists consider to be important (Lee and Tussyadiah 2011;Robinson 2012).…”

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Emediating the tourist gaze: memory, emotion and choreography of the digital photograph

Robinson

2014

Inf Technol Tourism

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Robinson (Current Issues Tour Res 15(4):353-367, 2012, Mediating the tourist experience from brochures to virtual encounters. Farnham, Ashgate, 2013) explored the notion of an e-mediated tourist gaze. This paper builds on this idea, in order to evaluate the context within which images are recorded, manipulated and distributed. Google Earth is selected as the medium for this because its geo-spatial format links tourist photographs to the site where the image was captured. The research adopts a primarily qualitative inductive study to identify sociological perspectives on the collection, publication and sharing of images online, using members of Google Earth forums as the sample, and asking further questions around travel planning to tie the research back to the relationship between online image and travel from a production perspective. The research identifies strong links with memory, emotion and choreography and proposes that digital images have created new areas for research into electronic visual media. Whilst Urry and Larsen (The tourist gaze 3.0. Sage, London, 2011) note that these images potentially lead an unprotected and uncontrolled afterlife, it is argued that they also serve a purpose for a future-self as a mediator of nostalgia. The research develops hypotheses for future research around the emotional relationships bound up in the creation and collection of tourism images and the role of the e-mediated gaze.

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Section: Mediation and E-mediationmentioning

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Emediating the tourist gaze: memory, emotion and choreography of the digital photograph

Robinson

2014

Inf Technol Tourism

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“…Story formation further has the added benefit of constructing and maintaining social relationships (Franklin & Crang, 2001). Larsen (2005), for example, suggests photographs simultaneously produce and display examples of family closeness, while Groves and Timothy (2001) highlight their importance in social relationship by observing that 82% of the pictures analyzed from a group of students involved other group members. It is for this reason that Edensor (2000) argues tourists use photography as a 'ceremonial' form to capture relationships with each other, places and other cultures.…”

Section: Photography Tourism and Web 20 Technologymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Photographs both document and shape the travel experience (Haldrup & Larsen, 2003;Larsen, 2008;Urry, 1990) and also provide an opportunity for tourists to share experiences with others (Groves & Timothy, 2001). Yet, in spite of its ubiquity, relatively little research has examined the photo taking and photo-sharing behavior of tourists (Caton & Santos, 2008).…”

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Tourism and online photography

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“…Chenoweth (1984), in particular, refers to the results of a VEP study that were used to influence public policy. Researchers who have conducted research on visitors' experiences also agree that photographs tell stories that can inform trip planners and designers, as well as destination managers and marketers, about visitors' preferences and expectations (Groves & Timothy, 2001). …”

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Using volunteer-employed photography to inform tourism planning decisions: A study of St David's Peninsula, Wales

Balomenou

Garrod

2014

Tourism Management

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Tourism planning is widely considered to be a highly political process, particularly when tourism is only one of a number of possible land uses and there are numerous stakeholders, with a diversity of interests, all trying to influence the outcome. The winners are typically those holding power, while the losers are often the destination community, who lack sufficient power to influence planning decisions. New tools are therefore needed to empower wider stakeholder participation in the tourism planning process, and volunteer-employed photography (VEP) appears a promising option. This paper discusses the use of VEP to inform tourism planning on St David's Peninsula in Wales. As part of a National Park, the area attracts a large tourist numbers and is subject to relatively strict planning regulations, resulting in many land-use conflicts. Volunteers from two stakeholder groups -local residents and tourists -were given cameras and photo diaries, and asked to use it to comment on what they do and do not appreciate about the area, existing planning problems and ways to avoid future planning problems. Through this case study, the paper will examine the appropriateness of VEP as a tool for assisting tourism planning. The major finding is that a richer, deeper and more valuable dataset can be generated through the participation of host communities and visitors using the VEP approach. As a means of visually representing participants' views, VEP can be a powerful data collection and analysis tool, making a significant addition to the tourism planning toolkit at the local level.

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Photographic Techniques and the Measurement of Impact and Importance Attributes On Trip Design: A Case Study

Cited by 37 publications

References 12 publications

Emediating the tourist gaze: memory, emotion and choreography of the digital photograph

Emediating the tourist gaze: memory, emotion and choreography of the digital photograph

Tourism and online photography

Using volunteer-employed photography to inform tourism planning decisions: A study of St David's Peninsula, Wales

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