Brown2007
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Brown2007 |
| Author(s) | Barry Brown |
| Title | Working the problems of tourism |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, tourist practices, ethnography, ethnomethodology |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Journal | Annals of Tourism Research |
| Volume | 34 |
| Number | 2 |
| Pages | 364–383 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.annals.2006.09.003 |
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Abstract
Much research looks at the “problem of tourism”: tourists cause changes to both themselves and their destinations, influences which are open to critique or comment. Somewhat less attention has been given to the “problems of tourists”: the issues, worries, difficulties, and solutions during vacations. This article presents an ethnographic study that attempts to take these concerns seriously. The focus is on the “work” of tourism: the organization and arrangement of the experience. The paper describes how tourists work in groups, use maps and guidebooks, and lastly pre- and post- visit places. An ethnomethodological approach is applied to the different ways in which tourists collaboratively find solutions to their problems.
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