{"title":"Small encounters, big experiences – on the significance of tourists’ passing encounters with residents","authors":"Matias Thuen Jørgensen, J. Larsen","doi":"10.1177/14673584231162278","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This research note introduces the concept of ‘small encounters’ and highlights its importance for the tourist experience. Defined as situations where tourists briefly encounter residents, small encounters are temporally brief, physically distanced, cursory in terms of involvement and often revolve around everyday situations. The concept is developed and elaborated in a dialogue between our own empirical findings from a larger study of Chinese tourists visiting Copenhagen, Denmark, and the literature on social contact, gazing, and mundane tourism experiences.","PeriodicalId":47333,"journal":{"name":"Tourism and Hospitality Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Tourism and Hospitality Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14673584231162278","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This research note introduces the concept of ‘small encounters’ and highlights its importance for the tourist experience. Defined as situations where tourists briefly encounter residents, small encounters are temporally brief, physically distanced, cursory in terms of involvement and often revolve around everyday situations. The concept is developed and elaborated in a dialogue between our own empirical findings from a larger study of Chinese tourists visiting Copenhagen, Denmark, and the literature on social contact, gazing, and mundane tourism experiences.
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Tourism and Hospitality Research is firmly established as a leading and authoritative, peer-reviewed journal for tourism and hospitality researchers and professionals. Tourism and Hospitality Research covers: • Hospitality and tourism operations • Marketing and consumer behaviour • HR management • Social Media and Marketing • Technology • Planning and development • Policy • Performance and financial management • Strategic implications • Environmental aspects • Forecasting and prediction • Revenue management • Impact assessment and mitigation • Globalisation • Research methodologies • Leisure and culture • Risk Management • Change Management