The tourist experience. Conceptual developments

Natan Uriely

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2004.07.008

The tourist experience. Conceptual developments

Natan Uriely

Department of Tourism and Leisure Management

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Abstract

This paper identifies four noteworthy conceptual developments in the study of the tourist experience: A turn from differentiation to de-differentiation of everyday life and touristic experiences; a shift from generalizing to pluralizing conceptualizations; a transformed focus from the toured objects to the tourist subjective negotiation of meanings; and a movement from contradictory and decisive statements to relative and complementary interpretations. Thus, it is suggested that contemporary conceptualizations of this subject correspond to the so-called "postmodernist" theorizing in the social sciences. This turn in the literature is evaluated while addressing past and future research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	199-216
Number of pages	18
Journal	Annals of Tourism Research
Volume	32
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2004.07.008
State	Published - 1 Jan 2005

Keywords

Postmodernism
Theoretical analysis
Tourist experience

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Business and International Management
Development
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
Marketing

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