
Seeking the Sacred from the Profane
A Phenomenology of Tourists' Travel Experiences
Yiping Li(Author)
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published on 31. January 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-3-8443-0177-9 (ISBN)
Description
Scholars of many persuasions recognize the experiential features of geography, which have been largely overlooked in tourism researches. Partially in response to this omission, this book presents a phenomenological exploration of tourist travel experience. By describing the experiences of two separate groups of Canadian tourists travelling to and inside China, the study examines the educational dimension of tourism. Phenomenology has to do with the origin of our experiences, such as anxiety, behaviour, religion, place and topophilia, which we cannot understand through observation and measurement -- we must first live through them to grasp these experiences as they really are. Therefore, in decipering the meanings of tourism texts, phenomenology can be an effective method as it allows us to contact phenomena while actually experiencing them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
483 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8443-0177-9 (9783844301779)
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Dr. Li, Yiping is a scholar of tourism research, and he has worked in the field of tourism studies for nearly 20 years. Dr. Li's research articles have been published in top international tourism journals including Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, as well as Tourism Geographies.