Midterm 2 Flashcards
What is a serendipitous film tourist?
A type of film tourist who just happens to visit a destination portrayed in a film and may not even be aware of the film.
Example: I live in Hoi An and I am doing grocery shopping at the night market, but I have no idea what Raya and the Last Dragon is.
What is a general film tourist?
A type of film tourist who is aware of the film and will visit film tourist destinations, but the film is not the main point of the trip.
Example: I like Ghostbusters and if I’m in New York, I’ll go to the Ghostbusters experience because why not.
What is specific film tourism?
A type of film tourist who actively seeks out places in the film to tour.
Example: Wes and Groundhog Day movie.
What is visual association in destination image construction?
Association to a place regarding its physical, basic features.
Example: The CN Tower, Eiffel Tower.
What is atmospheric association in destination image construction?
Association to a place regarding its intangible, background features.
Example: Slumdog Millionaire and the colours.
What is emotional association in destination image construction?
A strong association between the place and one’s emotions.
Example: Mamma Mia as great music that draws people in.
What is a reinforcing image?
What you think after a trip when the places look like how they are depicted in the film.
Example: Paris looks like it does in Emily in Paris.
What is a stimulating image?
What you think after a trip when there is a tolerable difference from the place to the film.
What is a false image?
What you think after a trip when the place is nothing like the movie.
What is screen tourism?
An umbrella term for all visual media induced tourism.
What is film tourism?
The experience of attraction or destination portrayed in media representation.
Example: Movie.
What is mediated gaze?
Media developing tourism through engaging destination with actions, perceptions, images, and texts.
What is literature in the context of tourism?
Creative writing.
What is the romantic era in literary induced tourism?
Narratives inspiring readers to seek ‘real’ behind text by travelling to places of literary work.
What is intrapersonal authenticity?
Existential authenticity connected to bodily feelings and sense of identity.
What is interpersonal authenticity?
Existential authenticity with respect to social relationships.
What is emotional geography?
The importance of feeling experiences by a place.
What is cross-media?
Narrative presented through a variety of media.
Example: TV, video games, read.
What is transmedia?
Narrative developing and continuing through fan-made media products.
Example: Fanfiction, fan-edits.
What is factual authenticity?
The exact location where a film was shot.
What is an interface in tourism?
A material object you can hold to make you feel like you’re there.
Example: Lightsaber, Harry Potter wand.
What are story worlds?
Worlds that connect a story to a place.
What is physical immersion?
Physical details surrounding a place that make you feel like you are in the place.
Example: The olden architecture in Harry Potter World.
What is conceptual immersion?
Immersion relying on the user’s imagination.
Example: Book describing a place.
What is multisensory immersion?
A combination of physical and conceptual immersion.
What is suspension of disbelief?
Willingness to accept the world of imagination as real.
Example: Santa is not real until you go to Santaland and it all feels real.
What is nostalgia in tourism?
To become and remain a child.
What is immersive theatre?
Theater that makes the audience interact and interact with the audience.
Example: They touch you; you help the actors do things etc.
What is a dark ride?
Rides in the dark.
What is a thematic journey in dark rides?
The ride tells you a story through its design.
Example: It looks scary to tell you a story of a ghost-haunted mansion.
What is 360 degree imagery in dark rides?
No walls in dark rides; have things move to your left so you turn, making you look in all directions.
What is triggered sound in dark rides?
Sound devices used in the rides.
Example: Sound of falling rocks to stimulate your falling.
What is perspective and illusion in dark rides?
Create a distorted vision to make the user perceive something else.
Example: If you play with light, you can make yourself look big.
What is light and touch in dark rides?
Lighting control used in the rides.
Example: Flashing of light to stimulate lightning.
What is haptic feedback?
Physical sensations experienced during rides.
Example: Rumbling of the seat to simulate a rocky road.
What is geographical accessibility in themed restaurants?
Restaurant is close to a large population and is easily accessible via transportation.
What is cultural accessibility in themed restaurants?
Cultural theme of the restaurant is easy to understand.
What characterizes British/Westernized theme parks?
Targeted towards a younger audience, centered around fun, rides, and such.
What characterizes Japanese theme parks?
Separate cultural areas including museums and displays, with special foods exclusive to that area.
What is themeland?
An area conveying a single idea or theme within a theme park.
What is mise-en-scene?
Staging an action for the cameras.
What is popular culture?
A system of shared meaning, values, attitudes, and symbolic forms that are expressed and embodied.
What is marker in tourism?
A piece of information or representation that constitutes sight as a sight.
Example: Sign telling you that this is the Arctic Circle.
What is armchair tourism?
Exploring the world from the comfort of your own home.
Example: Reading a book.
What is hedonistic appeal in immersive theatre?
A pleasurable experience.
What is narcissistic appeal in immersive theatre?
An experience that is all about you; attention turned inwards.
What is the experience industry?
An industry that capitalizes on memorable or stimulating experiences.
Example: Theme parks, strip clubs etc.
What are parodic restaurants?
Restaurants that use fake artifacts to create a theme; they are gimmicky.
What are themed restaurants?
Restaurants that have a dominant theme expressed.
What is phase 1 in climate change and tourism?
Assess destination vulnerability and resilience to climate change.
Example: What are we doing to do in 10 years?
What is phase 2 in climate change and tourism?
Increase destination resilience, resistance, and readiness.
What does the victim, winner, loser theme refer to?
There are victims, winners, and losers to climate change affecting tourism.
