Tourism: The Sacred Journey Flashcards
Grand Tour
Young nobles would travel the globe in order
- to attain global etiquette and toe forge friendship with aristocrats
- to study art, science, literature, culture
- > further marked distinction between classes
Vacation
from vacate (Latin) - to leave one's house empty
souvenirs
tangible evidence of travel, often shared with friends and family
- for tourists: way to travel repeatedly upon their return home
- for indigenous, native, locals: considered by natives to be a means of traveling back to the imagined happiness pf the tourist’s home
environmental tourism
varied aspects of land, sea and sky perform their magical works of renewal
- souvenir: pictures and postcards
ecological tourism
the tourist tries to leave as little effect from his visit as possible
- souvenir: photos, recordings
hunting and gathering tourism
environmental tourism and nature appreciating, including hunting, where in little thought is given to the environmental impact
- souvenir: naturally sourced shells, twigs, etc
ethnic tourism
a way of getting close to nature’s bosom through her “children”
- arts and crafts
recreational tourism
using nature for her specified attributes
- sun (tanning), wind (sailing), snow (skiing)
historical tourism
touring museums and cathedrals, etc
cultural tourism
exploring national traditions and local pastimes (HISTORICAL and ETHNIC)
(Western) Life consists of
- long period: work, home
short period: vacation, away -> sometimes tourists need to rest after vacations
general opinion
- During holiday, not going anywhere = not doing anything with one’s time -> considered poor
- not working when at home indicates disability disability or laziness -> considered hippies, bums, idle rich
- travel when working -> gypsy, salesman, convention goer
To tour or not to tour: That is the problem
- magic of tourism comes from the extraordinary (setting, activity)
- tourism and vacations can be enjoyed right at home (engaging in an activity that causes one pleasure: painting, playing piano)
- tourism isn’t necessary a question of money -> some of today’s most frequent travelers are “poor by western standards” youth
+ independent tourism as a rite of passage to prove to themselves and to their peers that they can make it through life
+ voluntary poverty as the “sacred/ extraordinary” quality for middle class
The Sacred and the profane, or, a change is as good as a rest
- Profane = (work) ordinary = A, E
- Sacred = (tourism) C, G
- Transition = B, D, F, H
- the year’s progress is marked by a succession of festivals
- (Western) ppl better recall symbolic time markers than numerical. e.g that was the year we went to Rome rather than than was 1957
- secular society : vacation = religious society : festivals
- the extraordinary in contrast to the hum drum of daily life -> people feel they are “really living”
- risk of death from traveling -> leaving behind everyday life in favor of an extraordinary life.
+ may never return, additional insurance, make new will, leave “final instructions” -> make just in case preparations - vacation = recreation = re-creation: on vacation, one goes through “recreation”, become a new person. if no sentiment of renewal is felt, the nation is failed
- running out of money at the end of the holiday and running out of cares and worries
The Profane Spirit quest: the journey motif in tourism
the rewards of modern tourism for worship: mental and physical health, social status and diverse, exotic experiences
Renaissance (14th - 18th century)
- technological advances -> better transportation
- explorations -> tails from over sea
- 16th - 18th century: Grand Tour
- increased accessibility to travel
- 1842:
+ Thomas Cook (all-inclusive tour and package)
+ railway expansion, standardization of hotels and restaurants
+ Cook’s coupons - 18th - 19th century: aristocracy pioneered a new form of tourism. construction of resorts (recreation and health reasons a regular, yearly basis)
Thomas Cook
organized the first all-inclusive tour and package.
+ promoting railway expansion, the standardization of hotels and restaurants
+ Cook’s coupons made travel easy for the masses -> opening approved parts of the world to the inspection and education of the middle classes
First world War (1914 - 1918)
- pauperized the elite resorts (reduce to poverty)
- destroyed many aristocratic families
1920s
- newly wealthy Americans set the trends
- nature and sun
features of the common life-style: Jazz and Folk music
-> ethnic tourism
Types of tourism
the type of vacation chosen (activities indulged in) reflect what the individual considers to be “sacred”
- Environmental (recreational + hunting and gathering)
- Ecological
- ethnic
- historical
- > 2 + types of tourism can be combined and experienced on one type
The next best thing to traveling is knowing someone who is
- tourists send postcards/ photos back home
+ share their experience
+ let them know they are thinking of people back home
the magic of tourism enhanced by group identity
especially when:
- the event is extraordinary
- participants share similar values and degrees of comparison
- participants already know each other or are in the same profession/ institution.
All the sub-headings
- all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
- to tour or not to tour: that is the problem
the sacred and the profane, or, a change is as good as a rest - the profane spirit quest: the journey motif in tourism
-nature tourism and cultural tourism - wish you were here
