Trupp, Alexander (2014) Host perspectives on ethnic minority tourism in Northern Thailand. Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice, 6 (1). pp. 52-80. ISSN 1757-031X
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Abstract
In recent years tourism scholarship has increasingly recognized the role and importance of host perspectives in ethnic minority tourism. The main aim of this paper is to explicate the opinions and perceptions of ethnic minority communities in Northern Thailand. By drawing on emerging concepts of the host gaze I aim to further the understanding of how local residents in the field of ethnic tourism perceive and gaze upon the various actors and dimensions of ethnic tourism. Based on a qualitative research study employing semi-structured interviews and participant observation in two minority villages with different touristic intensity, this paper uncovers local perspectives on and gazes upon different types of tourists, tour guides and tensions in ethnic tourism such as modernization versus exoticism or the question of tourism and cultural revitalization.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ethnic tourism, ethnic minorities, host perspectives, host gaze, Thailand |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) > School of Tourism and Hospitality Management |
| Depositing User: | Repo Editor |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Nov 2016 23:59 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Nov 2016 23:59 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/9494 |
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