Concept of Place

Question 1

Placelessness

Answer 1

• Idea that a particular landscape lacks uniqueness, as you could be anywhere

Question 2

Tourist gaze

Answer 2

• Organised by business entrepreneurs and governments, promoting destinations and managing what people are exposed to

Question 3

What might influence a person’s experience?

Answer 3

Different meaning and importance for each individual tourist.

• Personal experience
• Education
• Religion
• Disability
• Ethnicity
• Moral code

Question 4

Three different aspects of the geographical concept of place

Answer 4

1. Location
2. Locale
3. Sense of place

Question 5

Location

Answer 5

• Where a place is on a map (co-ordinates)

Question 6

Locale

Answer 6

• Each place is made up of a series of locales/settings where everyday life takes place.
• Setting = affect social interactions + help forget value, we have in a particular way in these places

Question 7

Sense of place

Answer 7

• Subjective and emotional attachment to a place

Question 8

Characteristics of people who feel insiders/outsiders in a country

Answer 8

• Place of birth
• Status
• Language capability
• Social interactions
• State of mind

Question 9

Outsider

Answer 9

• The perspective of someone who doesn’t know a place well

Question 10

Insider

Answer 10

• The perspective of someone who knows a place well and is familiar with its topography and daily events