Tourism, place and placelessness in the phenomenological experience of shopping malls in Seoul

Shim, Changsup; Santos, Carla Almeida

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2014.03.001

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“…Night markets, for instance, are spaces bustling with noise and excitement where tourists relax with others while they explore and browse for unique items at the right price (Ackerman and Walker 2012). Shopping malls, however, act as a medium for the contemporary dynamics that serve to create an ambience of placelessness, while at the same time offer new appeal for tourists, such as the latest fashion and passing time (Shim and Santos 2014).…”

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Exploring Chinese Outbound Tourist Shopping: A Social Practice Framework

Jin

Moscardo

Murphy

2019

Journal of Travel Research

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Chinese tourist shopping reflects the new consumer culture in contemporary China, but remains underexplored in the tourism literature despite its importance to many destinations. The present study applies social practice theory to tourist shopping research with the aim of exploring the key features of Chinese tourist shopping in Australia. Tourist shopping as a social practice is the basic unit of analysis, while tourists are decentralized as carriers of this practice. This study employed a qualitative methodology to analyze shopping-related posts in 40 travel blogs from two Chinese online travel communities. The findings show that tourist shopping practice consists of four interconnected elements: materials, competences, meanings, and settings—with utilitarian products purchased in large quantities and maintaining guanxi emerging as unique features of the Chinese tourist shopping practices. The article concludes with a discussion of the potential of social practice theory to enhance theoretical approaches in this area.

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Exploring Chinese Outbound Tourist Shopping: A Social Practice Framework

Jin

Moscardo

Murphy

2019

Journal of Travel Research

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“…Although small, we considered that the number of participants corresponded approximately to the saturation point and did not seriously hamper the validity of this study (Crouch and Mackenzie, 2006) because the primary purpose of this study was not to generalize the findings, but “to generate data which give an authentic insight into people's experiences'' (Silverman, 1993: 91). Similar to other studies with a limited sample (e.g., Huang and Hsu, 2009; Shim and Santos, 2014), we, therefore, concentrated on a “labor-intensive” analysis “focused on depth” (p. 493) and “rigor in procedure and argument” (Crouch and Mackenzie, 2006: 492).…”

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A qualitative analysis of South Korean casino experiences: A perspective on the experience economy

Shim

Jeong

2015

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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This study aims to examine the casino experiences of South Koreans within the framework of the four realms suggested by Pine and Gilmore's concept of the experience economy. Employing a qualitative research method, the current analysis focuses on how casinos are experienced and contextualized by contemporary South Koreans who imbue casinos with different meanings depending on how the individuals have experienced these places. The results reveal that the concept of the experience economy provides a new perspective for casino researchers to shift focus away from the rational behavior of casino visitors to focus more on their subjective and emotional experiences. The findings particularly show that South Korean casino visitors get easily absorbed in the casino environment, although they are unlikely to be completely immersed; at the same time, most of the visitors remain passive participants in gambling activities. Several salient practical implications are provided for casino researchers and marketers.

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“…Conversely as traditional communal bonds decline place-bound communities, place-based ties and connectivity are also weakened (Shim & Santos, 2014). A loss of diversity and singularity may lead to psychological or physical displacement (Fullilove, 1996).…”

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Narcissism normalisation: tourism influences and sustainability implications

Canavan

2017

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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The concept of narcissism normalisation suggests that individuals and societies are becoming more narcissistic due to various cultural influences. Tourism is reviewed here as one such possible influence. Exploitative, entitled and exhibitionistic tendencies associated with narcissism are wellestablished in tourism. Yet tourism is also an intimate, communal and satisfying activity which may counteract narcissism. Increases in narcissism have significant implications from a sustainable tourism perspective. Narcissism is associated with exploitative and entitled behaviours that over time cause significant harm to those people and landscapes that come into contact with. Narcissism appears to be incompatible with principles of sustainability and the challenges this poses for the industry are reviewed, while the opportunities are also explored. There are signs that narcissism, particularly those aspects relating to exhibitionism, can be co-opted to benefit sustainable development.

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Tourism, place and placelessness in the phenomenological experience of shopping malls in Seoul

Cited by 43 publications

References 27 publications

Exploring Chinese Outbound Tourist Shopping: A Social Practice Framework

Exploring Chinese Outbound Tourist Shopping: A Social Practice Framework

A qualitative analysis of South Korean casino experiences: A perspective on the experience economy

Narcissism normalisation: tourism influences and sustainability implications

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