Official Tourism Websites : A Discourse Analysis Perspective.
Title:
Official Tourism Websites : A Discourse Analysis Perspective.
Author:
Hallett, Rick.
ISBN:
9781845411381
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (145 pages)
Series:
Tourism and Cultural Change, No. 23 ; v.No. 23
Tourism and Cultural Change, No. 23
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Identity and the World Wide Web: Methods of Analysis -- Chapter 3 Narrative of the Nation: Baltic Tourism Websites in the Post-Soviet Context -- Chapter 4 The Tourist as Pilgrim, the Pilgrim as Tourist: Santiago de Compostela -- Chapter 5 Rebirth of an American City: New Orleans, Louisiana -- Chapter 6 '100 Years...Steel Strong': Forging an Identity for Gary, Indiana -- Chapter 7 The Tourist as Patriot: Sports and Nationalism -- Chapter 8 Balancing Promotion and Warning in the Construction of National Identity in Travel Guides: The Case of Myanmar/Burma -- Chapter 9 Constructing Self versus Other in Parodic Travel Guides -- Chapter 10 Conclusion: On Tourism, Identity and the World Wide Web -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Investigates the construction and promotion of identity of tourist locales by the designers of the official websites for destinations such as Santiago de Compostela, Spain; the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia; New Orleans, Louisiana and Gary, Indiana; Myanmar/Burma; and, US Sports Halls of Fame.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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