{"title":"Beyond the horizon of words: silent landscape experience within spiritual retreat tourism","authors":"Ellina Mourtazina","doi":"10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0185","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to explore the notion and function of silent landscape in a touristic experience by presenting the findings of a study on silent retreats in a Buddhist meditation retreat center in Northern India.,This study adopted a sensory ethnography approach applied through interviews and participant observation methods conducted during and after nine retreats in a meditation center.,This study suggests that silent landscapes are not only backdrops of touristic experiences but can be considered as inter-subjective performative and resourceful milieu of engagement that intertwine intimate embodied experiences with broader social and cultural values.,Despite landscapes having been thoroughly investigated in tourist studies, this paper underlines the pertinence of mobilizing the lens of other forms of presences such as affects, embodiment, sensoriality and sonority to understand the inter-relation between tourists-selves and the surrounding world encountered during their travels.","PeriodicalId":51561,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture Tourism and Hospitality Research","volume":"14 1","pages":"349-360"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0185","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43489229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mobile landscapes and transport tourism: the visual experience of mobility during cruises and coach tours","authors":"Steven Rhoden, Maarja Kaaristo","doi":"10.1108/ijcthr-01-2020-0036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-01-2020-0036","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to analyze the visual aspects of transport tourists’ experience of mobility focusing on British cruise and coach tourists’ international travel experiences. The qualitative data was collected using semi-structured in-depth interviews with coach and cruise tourists and analyzed using thematic analysis. The visual experience of mobility (demonstrated in the paper by the example of cruises and coach tours) is critical in the formation of transport tourism experiences. The mobile tourist landscapes emerge from the interplay of the subjective experiences of particular modes of mobility (vehicle or vessel) and routes, whereby the two key visual elements are the changing scenery and views of everyday local life as experienced whilst traveling. In terms of research limitations, the present study focuses particularly on the visual elements of passive transport tourism experiences. It does not account for other tourist activities nor does it study the experiences associated with active transport tourism. Future research could perform a holistic analysis of tourists’ experiences of transport in all its forms. The findings point to the centrality of the experience of mobility in transport tourism experience. The following two key aspects of the experience emerged: the importance of variation of the scenery that the tourist consumes during their tour and a desire to observe mundane, everyday life elements of the destination, which should be taken into account by the tour operators and service providers in the route design and marketing. Originality/value: Coach and cruise tourism are rarely analyzed together; this study demonstrates considerable parallels between the two in considering them as transport tourism, a mode of recreational activity where mobility is the central part of the tourist experience and should, therefore, be considered a tourist attraction in and of itself.","PeriodicalId":51561,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture Tourism and Hospitality Research","volume":"14 1","pages":"307-319"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/ijcthr-01-2020-0036","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46784157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coimbra as a literary tourism destination: landscapes of literature","authors":"Sílvia Quinteiro, V. Carreira, A. Gonçalves","doi":"10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0176","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the relevance of developing literary tourism in Coimbra.,This exploratory qualitative research identifies existent resources and development potential of literary tourism. The instruments of data collection were bibliographic research, questionnaires, interviews and participant observation.,There are few literary tourism products in Coimbra, which contrasts with the number of literary places identified, namely, on the left bank of the River Mondego. Tourism development stakeholders in Coimbra have not paid enough attention to the emergence of literary tourism and the opportunities for the development of new sustainable cultural products related with it.,This study is limited by the size and continual renewal of the corpus, which implies a constant updating of data regarding authors and texts.,This study will lead to the production of a database of Coimbra’s literary resources and a digital literary map, allowing any citizen or entity to design and implement literary tourism products.,To the best of authors’ knowledge, this is the first study reviewing the potential of Coimbra as a literary tourism destination. Moreover, it discusses literary heritage as a source of products and experiences to foster more balanced tourist flows throughout the city.","PeriodicalId":51561,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture Tourism and Hospitality Research","volume":"14 1","pages":"361-372"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0176","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46316131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Geographical imagination of Israeli tourists to Turkey","authors":"Irit Shmuel, N. Cohen","doi":"10.1108/ijcthr-11-2019-0201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-11-2019-0201","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000This study aims to examine changes in the discourse concerning Israeli tourism to Turkey between 2000 and 2014.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000Drawing on the concept of geographic imagination and using a critical cultural discourse analysis of travel stories published in the Israeli media, the authors analyze the extent to which changes have both reflected and resulted from changing relations between the two countries.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The analysis reveals that before 2010, Turkey was depicted in largely positive geo-cultural terms, imagined as a desired cosmopolitan, culturally “authentic” destination, which elicits feelings of joy and peacefulness. More recent narratives, however, highlighted its negative geopolitical qualities, underscoring its anti-Israel stance and invoking a fearful discourse of political and ethno-religious radicalization.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000The study makes three contributions. First, by attending to the significance of perceptions in the social construction of tourist destinations it brings the fields of tourism and cognitive geography into a closer dialogue. Second, by using a critical discourse analysis it highlights the changing cultural contexts within which places are imagined and constructed by tourists. Finally, by uncovering the geographic complexities that undergird the discursive construction of places as tourist destinations, it illustrates how everyday narratives change over time, reflecting the dynamic nature of inter-state relations.\u0000","PeriodicalId":51561,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture Tourism and Hospitality Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/ijcthr-11-2019-0201","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41401087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In search of parkrun tourism: destabilising contradictions or progressive conceptual tensions?","authors":"J. McKendrick, J. Bowness, E. Tulle","doi":"10.1108/IJCTHR-10-2019-0183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCTHR-10-2019-0183","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to reflect on the nature of “parkrun tourism” and the challenges this presents to the understanding of sports tourism.,The contradictions and contested terrain of sports tourism is discussed with the reference to three of the most widely used definitions for the field.,Parkrun tourism is introduced comprising four formats: spanning the domestic and global; the informal and formal; the organic and institutional; and the experience and commercial product.,The particular challenges that parkrun tourism presents to existing understandings of sports tourism is considered. The conclusion discusses the prospect of future research, both empirical and theoretical, on parkrun tourism.,The authors outline a range of ways in which parkrun tourism affords opportunity for further inquiry for parkrun scholarship and sports tourism.,A new specification for sports tourism is proposed that accommodates parkrun tourism.","PeriodicalId":51561,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture Tourism and Hospitality Research","volume":"14 1","pages":"335-347"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/IJCTHR-10-2019-0183","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44937261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ferries as travelling landscapes: tourism and watery mobilities","authors":"Eva McGrath, N. Harmer, R. Yarwood","doi":"10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0184","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The purpose of this paper is to highlight the use of small river ferries as an under-researched but novel mode of travel which enhances and brings new dimensions to tourist experiences of travelling landscapes.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000The study used a mixed methods approach including participant observation, a survey and interviews with ferry users and staff at one river crossing in South West England.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The ferry attracts tourists as a different and practical mode of transport. The river crossing provides an experience of being on water, and the material structure of the ferry significantly shapes on-board interactions whilst providing new perspectives of place.\u0000\u0000\u0000Research limitations/implications\u0000This article draws on data collected for a study of ferry crossings conducted at three sites in Devon and Cornwall, England, using multiple methods. The material presented in this article focuses on one site and draws on four interviews, twelve reflection cards and observations.\u0000\u0000\u0000Social implications\u0000The research highlighted the extent to which the ferry is dependent on tourist use. At the same time, it reveals the extent to which the crossing enriches the tourist experience and celebrates a ferry’s contribution to local place-making.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000The majority of research on ferry crossings focuses on commuter experiences, marine crossings and larger passenger vessels. This article makes an original contribution to literature on ferries, as it offers a perspective on tourist experiences of river ferry crossings, reveals how the ferry structure influences interrelations on-board and provides distinctive insights into place through a focus on movement across water.\u0000","PeriodicalId":51561,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture Tourism and Hospitality Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0184","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45310297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Masters Highland Games and imaginations of home","authors":"J. Bowness","doi":"10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0179","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to explore the journeys of a group of North American Master athletes who travelled to Scotland to compete in the 2014 Masters World Championship Highland Games. Conceptualising, the Masters World Championship Highland Games as a unique form of sport heritage tourism, the paper explores how imaginations of the host venue are caught within individual and collective histories, while also being influenced by the socio-political context of contemporary Scotland.,After detailing the histories of the Highland games and Scottish emigration, the study draws upon a qualitative methodology to explore how such histories impact the imaginations of the Highland region.,This paper examines the journeys of athletes to the games, how they understood the games venue space and surrounding areas, and also how the Highland region itself was the site of contested meanings. The study concludes with a discussion of the narratives that frame imaginations of the Highlands and Scotland more broadly.,The paper adds to existing knowledge on sport heritage tourism and considers how conceptualisations of Scotland continue to be renegotiated in light of contemporary political developments.","PeriodicalId":51561,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture Tourism and Hospitality Research","volume":"14 1","pages":"441-452"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0179","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45366677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antecedents and consequences of tourists’ attachment in driving guests’ booking intention: a case of Airbnb, Malaysia","authors":"Tosin Tiamiyu, Farzana Quoquab, Jihad Mohammad","doi":"10.1108/ijcthr-11-2019-0200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-11-2019-0200","url":null,"abstract":"Airbnb has emerged as one of the most prominent examples of sharing economy platforms in the tourism industry. The growing popularity of Airbnb among tourists has boost revenue in the accommodation rental industry. Considering its significant impact on tourism industry growth, this paper aims to shed some light on guests’ booking intentions on Airbnb, Malaysia.,A web-based survey was designed to collect the data, which yielded 174 usable and valid responses. Structural equation modelling, partial least square technique was used to analyse the data.,The results confirmed that Airbnb’s reputation and guests’ unique experience expectation positively affect guests’ attachment to Airbnb, which, in turn, drives guest booking intention. However, price consciousness did not exert any effect on guests’ attachment to Airbnb.,The findings of this study will equip Airbnb managers, accommodation platform owners and service providers in developing appropriate marketing plans and strategies to better understand the implications of both internal and external causes that may lead to guests’ intention to book their accommodations.,This research has its merits in adding value to the tourism literature by understanding the drivers of guests’ booking intentions on Airbnb. Furthermore, the study findings contribute to the existing literature by investigating few new linkages such as the role of guests’ attachment to Airbnb as a mediator between guests’ unique experience expectation, price consciousness, reputation and guests’ booking intention.","PeriodicalId":51561,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture Tourism and Hospitality Research","volume":"14 1","pages":"525-544"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/ijcthr-11-2019-0200","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44079328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Asian solo male travelling mobilities – an autoethnography","authors":"Aaron Tham","doi":"10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0171","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000This study aims to unpack the notion of travelling mobilities from the perspectives of an Asian solo traveller using the context of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000An autoethnography was used for this research, analysing reflective notes drafted on hand-written journals over the duration of six days over three host cities of the sporting event.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000Asian solo men appear to be treated very differently from their Western counterparts and solo female tourists. In addition, engaging with a sport that is highly Western-centric exposes the liminal spaces of in-between. Being of Asian appearance and conversant in Japanese further blurred the travelling mobilities of being an unlikely sports fan, an impromptu translator, a presumed local resident and an unconventional wanderer.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000These limitations notwithstanding, the research has contributed to the paucity of knowledge surrounding Asian solo male tourists and some aspects of their corresponding travelling mobilities. Such nuanced understanding then inform tourism and hospitality knowledge and practice of offering relevant experiences to such a market.\u0000","PeriodicalId":51561,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture Tourism and Hospitality Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0171","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47497904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Narrated Soviet tourist landscapes during late socialism","authors":"Kristel Rattus, Anu Järs","doi":"10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0177","url":null,"abstract":"The study aims to provide an insight into the inherent diversities and ambiguities of Soviet touristic landscapes during the period of late socialism by a means of Estonian biographical sources. Based on written narratives, the study focuses on the embodied ways in which Estonian travellers engaged with and experienced foreign landscapes and people during trips within the Soviet Union.,The study treats tourists’ travel landscapes as meaningful, lived experiences that highlight features and everyday life strategies that were characteristic of the Soviet period. Approaching via the lens of Estonian culture and nationality, the study analyses the meaningful experiences through which the narrators drew boundaries between the self and the other.,The Soviet tourism landscape of the 1960s–1980s was marked by sharp cultural contrasts. The landscapes that unfold in the narratives were full of contradictions, arousing feelings of both admiration and alienation. Whilst the ideological purpose of Soviet tourism was to build a “socialist nation”, the themed narratives, on the other hand, demonstrate the wide spectrum of everyday life practices, which show both the distancing of oneself from the Soviet system as well as conformation with it. Although tourism helped travellers accept the Union, this was achieved not by consenting to socialist ideology, but by becoming familiar with its heterogeneity.,Research on Soviet tourism has largely relied on archival sources and the press, which shed light mainly on the organisation and ideological basis of tourism. Drawing on oral sources, this study contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the complex nature of Soviet tourist landscapes.","PeriodicalId":51561,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Culture Tourism and Hospitality Research","volume":"14 1","pages":"417-428"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2020-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/ijcthr-10-2019-0177","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46345753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}