Tourists, Signs and the City

The Semiotics of Culture in an Urban Landscape
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-7546-7809-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 446 g

Reihe: New Directions in Tourism Analysis

Drawing upon the literature of landscape geography, tourism studies, cultural studies, visual studies and philosophy, this book offers a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the interaction between urban environments and tourists. This is a necessary prerequisite for cities as they make themselves into enticing destinations and compete for tourists' attention. It argues that tourists make sense of, and draw meaningful conclusions about, the places in which they tour based upon the interpretation of the signs or elements encountered within the built environment, elements such as graffiti and lamp posts. The writings of the American pragmatist Charles S. Peirce on interpretation provide the theoretical model for explaining the way in which mind and world, or thoughts and objects, result in tourists interacting with place. This theoretical framework elucidates three applied studies undertaken with foreign visitors to the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Based upon extensive ethnographic field work, these studies focus on tourists' interpretation of the urban landscape, with particular attention paid to the encounters with national culture, the role of architecture and the importance of the prosaic in urban tourism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Metro-Roland, Michelle M.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Peirce, signs and interpretations; Landscape and tourism; The city - a brief introduction; Tourists in the city - means and methods; Signs in the city; Markets and culture; Conclusions and implications; Appendices; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Michelle M. Metro-Roland, Western Michigan University, USA