Spectacular tradition Scottish folksong and authenticity

Knox, Dan

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2007.07.008

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“…the barn-shaped factory outlet mall in St. Jacobs). In other locales, ''authentic'' culture may be staged (MacCannell, 1989(MacCannell, , 1992Frenkel and Walton, 2000;Knox, 2008), or even marginalized (Law, 2001), in favour of developments that fit the post-tourists' ''gaze'' (Urry, 1995).…”

Section: Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Revisiting the model of creative destruction: St. Jacobs, Ontario, a decade later

Mitchell

Waal

2009

Journal of Rural Studies

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Section: Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Revisiting the model of creative destruction: St. Jacobs, Ontario, a decade later

Mitchell

Waal

2009

Journal of Rural Studies

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“…These people are sometimes disappointed not having their expectations met when visiting the "old country." Some researchers in Scotland analyze Scottish folksongs to investigate the "multiple flows" of authenticity for tourist spectacles (e.g., Knox, 2008). Basu's (2004) research from Scotland reports that these visitors to the ancestral homeland are sometimes ridiculed and considered to be "emotional cripples" by the locals.…”

Section: Ancestral Tourism Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Guiding tourists to their ancestral homes

Ray

McCain

2009

Int J Culture Tourism Hosp Res

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to introduce measures of the motivation of tourists who travel to their ancestral homes. A set of learning exercises is presented for students and managers to apply understanding of these motives to tourism strategies.Design/methodology/approach -The paper provides a brief review of the literature of heritage tourism and the special segment concerning travel with genealogical objectives. Survey data on motives to seek out ancestors are provided with learning exercises to link motives to tourism planning.Findings -Data on the importance of multiple motives are presented with analytical measures of their overall importance levels and of differences between US and UK samples.Research limitations/implications -The motivational variables and data collection are primarily exploratory, focusing on samples that are interested in genealogy and heritage tourism. Further research could certainly be expanded to cover broader populations of tourists and genealogists. Practical implications -By combining primary research with trade association research included in the paper students and tourism managers have the opportunity to apply research findings to tourism and hospitality decision making to attract and satisfy tourists who have genealogical goals in their travel agendas.Originality/value -Data based on the important and growing domain of motivational research in ancestral/genealogical-related tourism have not been presented for analysis and application until now. Strength of motives and differences between nationalities of tourists present a unique analytical opportunity in learning exercises.

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“…In its material form, this "multi-sensory landscape" (Daugstad, 2008) offers a triad of distinctive products, dining venues, and experiences that build on the qualities, or "cultural markers" (Ray, 1998), of a specific place. Included here are: traditional foods (Everett and Aitchison, 2008;Sims, 2009), music and dance (Gibson, 2002;Gibson and Davidson, 2004;Knox, 2008), arts and crafts (Halpern and Mitchell, 2011), agricultural practices (Walmsley, 2003), extractive production techniques (Ballesteros and Ramirex, 2007;SummerbyMurray, 2007;Stern and Hall, 2010), significant flora and fauna (Halpern and Mitchell, 2011), and, more generally, rural heritage (Kneafsey, 2001;Burchardt, 2007;Carter et al, 2007), with its "traditional cultures, national identities, and authentic lifestyles" (Kneafsey, 2001, p. 763). Each of these qualities provides the foundation for creation of a place of consumption that is both morally good (Sack, 2003), and heterotopic (Foucault, 1986;Halfacree, 2009), in its ability to provide guests the opportunity of seeing "through to the real" (Sack, 2003, p. 155; see also Gill, 2005).…”

Section: Transforming Rural Spacesmentioning

confidence: 98%