Conceptualizing Urban Exploration as Beyond Tourism and as Anti-Tourism
Urban Exploration (U.E.), the activity of exploring hidden parts of the city, is increasingly discussed in a range of academic papers, yet the aspects of this activity which are associated with travel and consumption have not been explored. However, there have been a number of related calls for...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Akdeniz University Tourism Faculty
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research |
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| Online Access: | http://ahtrjournal.org/admin/dosyalar/10/5-manuscript.pdf |
| Summary: | Urban Exploration (U.E.), the activity of exploring hidden
parts of the city, is increasingly discussed in a range of
academic papers, yet the aspects of this activity which are
associated with travel and consumption have not been
explored. However, there have been a number of related
calls for research. This paper identifies that U.E. requires
greater critical inquiry. It is noted that U.E. draws common
themes with heritage tourism, adventure tourism,
otherness, authenticity and risk, yet is a contradiction to the
homogenised tourist experience. It is suggested that U.E.
can thus be interpreted as a form of tourism which is
outside of accepted norms of behaviour, decision making
and typologies and which has significant meaning for
future research. Thus, the paper proposes a model which
identifies opportunities for further research beyond the
current spectrum of tourism academia. |
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| ISSN: | 2147-9100 2147-9100 |