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Material Type: Notes; Class: Sp Top: Middle East; University: University of Hawaii at Hilo; Term: Unknown 1989;
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What is tourism?
Tourism and identity
o Is the above a valid distinction? o No one wants to be labeled a “tourist”
o Existential tourist acquires a new spiritual center
Tourist Motivations
Motivational Theories
o Tourists are searching for authentic experiences in other places and times; assumes modern life is empty and inauthentic o Tourist as modern pilgrim seeking the authentic (compare with religious pilgrimages) o “Site Sacralization”: constructing meaning at the site Examples: Golden Gate Bridge, Eiffel Tower, Waikiki Beach o “Staged Authenticity”: the tourist cannot get beyond the staged attraction and thus cannot experience the authentic Examples: Polynesian Cultural Center, hotel lu’aus o Semiotic approach to tourism (analysis of signs and how meaning is constructed through them)