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Let's get this show on the road! Introducing the tourist celebrity gaze

Canavan, Brendan

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The tourist celebrity gaze is identified and outlined in this article. A netnographic study of adventure backpackers' social media, documenting their taking part in the 2019 Mongol Rally, highlights a shift from touring places to being on tour. Hereby, the tourist may go travelling not only to observe, but to be observed by others. Symptomatic of this inverted gaze, distinctions from other travellers are drawn and attention is solicited and reported upon whilst on the road. The tourist enters an obverse panopticon where they can perform for an audience. Certain destinations and selective use of social media support this performance. Revealed therefore, is an extension of the traditional tourist gaze building on more recently described technologically mediated gazes.

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Canavan, B. (2020). Let's get this show on the road! Introducing the tourist celebrity gaze. Annals of Tourism Research, 82, 1-10

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 28, 2020
Online Publication Date Mar 13, 2020
Publication Date May 1, 2020
Deposit Date Jul 5, 2021
Publicly Available Date Jul 6, 2021
Print ISSN 0160-7383
Electronic ISSN 1873-7722
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 82
Article Number 102898
Pages 1-10
Keywords Tourist Gaze; Celebritization; Celebrification; Netnography; Social Media; Mongol Rally
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5757588
Publisher URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160738320300426

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