Tourism culture: Nexus, characteristics, context and sustainability

Canavan, Brendan

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2015.10.002

Tourism culture: Nexus, characteristics, context and sustainability

Canavan, Brendan

Authors

BRENDAN CANAVAN BRENDAN.CANAVAN1@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Assistant Professor

Abstract

This article makes the case for tourism culture; the new cultural expressions, practises and identities, influenced by hosts, guests and industry context, which may develop in destinations, as a useful perspective with which to draw together various conceptual narratives within the tourism studies literature. Research in three small islands finds evidence of a distinctive cultural landscape which emerges from the interaction of host and guest cultures, and the exchange, change and creativity that results. Tourism industry dynamics are found to facilitate or undermine this process, as in turn they may be influenced by. This tourism culture has implications for the continuation and evolution of indigenous culture, as it does for the absorption of elements of tourist cultures. The emergent fusion may be symptomatic of a richer cultural landscape and might be considered as an indicator of more sustainable communities and forms of tourism development.

Citation

Canavan, B. (2016). Tourism culture: Nexus, characteristics, context and sustainability. Tourism Management, 53, 229-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2015.10.002

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Oct 1, 2015
Online Publication Date	Nov 5, 2015
Publication Date	2016-04
Deposit Date	Jul 5, 2021
Publicly Available Date	Jul 6, 2021
Journal	Tourism Management
Print ISSN	0261-5177
Publisher	Elsevier
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	53
Pages	229-243
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2015.10.002
Public URL	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5757719
Publisher URL	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261517715300224