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Performing tourism: Exploring the productive consumption of tourism in enclavic spaces

Jordan, Fiona

Authors

Fiona Jordan Fiona.Jordan@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Dean - Strategic Partnerships



Abstract

In this paper the interactive nature of touristic encounters in enclavic spaces is explored. Drawing on concepts of tourism as performative practice, it examines tourist experience as a form of productive consumption in which holidays are shaped by interactions with both those working in tourism and other tourists. The discussion draws on data gathered in semi-structured interviews carried out with 39 solo female tourists from the UK. The findings of this study suggest that the sexualised performances of tourism employees and of different groups of tourists in the physical, temporal and social contexts of the holiday have the power to render such spaces inclusive or exclusionary. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Citation

Jordan, F. (2008). Performing tourism: Exploring the productive consumption of tourism in enclavic spaces. International Journal of Tourism Research, 10(4), 293-304. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.662

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jul 1, 2008
Journal International Journal of Tourism Research
Print ISSN 1099-2340
Electronic ISSN 1522-1970
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 10
Issue 4
Pages 293-304
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.662
Keywords performance, tourism, solo female travellers, productive consumption
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1013869
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jtr.662