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The Tourist Gaze by John Urry 1990
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Why tourism is important?
9 Characteristics of Tourist Gaze
9. An array of tourist professionals develop who attempt to reproduce ever-new objects of tourist gaze
1. Tourism is a leisure activity
- Although is a leisure activity, it is still regulated over a period of time and organised within particular places.
- Authentic or Staged?
(MacCannell, 1973)
The Tourist Gaze
Eg. Tour Packages
By John Urry (1990)
2. Tourist relationships arise from a movement of people to and their stay in various destinations
8. Tourist gaze is constructed though signs, and tourism involves the collection of signs.
- It must involves a journey and a destination.
- Which country do you think this is?
- When tourists see two people kissing in Paris what they capture in the gaze is 'timeless romantic Paris'.
3. The journey & stay are 'out of the ordinary'
Outside the normal places of residence and work
- Staying out of daily norms
- Escapism (Short getaway)
- Temporary (Relaxation & freedom)
- Intention is to return 'home'
7. Tourist gaze is directed to features of landscape and townscape which separate them off from everyday experience.
- People linger over such a gaze which is then normally projected or captured through photographs, postcards and films.
4. The places gazed upon are not connected to our work but normally it offer some contrasts with work
- Gazing at other people’s work/daily lives
6. Places are chosen to be gazed upon because there is anticipation
- Media influences
- Daydreaming
- Fantasy
5. A substantial proportion of the population of modern societies engages in such tourist practices.
- Many travel for "Status"
- If we don’t travel, we are ‘nobody’
- Pressure from the fast growing industry
- Media influence
- Fantasy created from fairytales