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Great Expectations: Imagination and Anticipation in Tourism

Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios and Skinner, Jonathan, eds. (2011) Great Expectations: Imagination and Anticipation in Tourism. New Directions in Anthropology . Berghahn, Oxford, 232 pp. ISBN 978-0-85745-277-1. (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:31514)

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Abstract

The negotiation of expectations in tourism is a complex and dynamic process – one that is central to the imagination of cultural difference. Expectations not only affect the lives and experiences of tourists, but also their hosts, and play an important part in the success or failure of the overall tourism experience. It is for this reason, the authors argue, that special attention should be given to how expectations constitute and sustain tourism. The case studies presented here explore what fuels the desires to visit particular places, to what degree expectations inform the experience of the place, and the frequent disjunctions between tourist expectations and experiences. Careful attention is paid to how the imagination of the visitor inspires the imagination of the host, and vice-versa; how tourists and host communities actively imagine, re-imagine, and shape each other’s lives. This realization, has profound consequences, not solely for academic analysis, but for all those who participate in and work within the tourism industry.

Item Type: Edited book
Uncontrolled keywords: Tourism; expectation; authenticity
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation
Funders: [UNSPECIFIED] ESRC
Depositing User: Dimitrios Theodossopoulos
Date Deposited: 10 Oct 2012 21:34 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:09 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/31514 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8453-3450
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