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tourism studies

Spring 2015

Course #469

Stephen Roe

Stephen Roe

What do you see in this picture? Maybe a couple holding hands? Semi-famous sculptures? A tourist snapping a picture of said statues? In tourism studies, we learned various aspects of tourism, aside from the obvious fanny-pack (or in this case front-pack), picture taking, every-staring tourist. Tourism is more than what the tourist looks like, it is also about what drives a tourist to a site, what makes a site so special, and even theories as to how tourists interpret a site. As can be seen in the left of the picture is the site marker, which tells about the site, but does not have to be a sign or written description, it also could be a tour guide, or a tour-book. All of these things are a part of tourism, something that is hard to imagine when most people do not give a second thought about something many people participate in.

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