Visitor Intepretation

Question 1

Mindfulness (2)

Answer 1

• how people process communication.
• a cognitive state where people are developing new routines, paying attention to the settings and its features and are open to learning.

Question 2

Mindlessness

Answer 2

A cognitive state where people are using existing routines, paying little attention to the setting and not learning.

Question 3

Factors affecting mindfulness - 4 and definition

Answer 3

1) intrinsic - spectacular busy exciting places lead to mindfulness.
2) communication factors - by whom and in what why affects mindfulness.
3) personal background - visitors or consumers existing interest in the topic.
4) organisation of context - easy to follow and themed well.

Question 4

Museum fatigue

Answer 4

People get physically tired, shown to be ‘mentally tired’ as well as having people look through photographs of exhibits.

Question 5

Consequences

Answer 5

• in repetitive, non-changing environments in leisure/tourism settings people become mindless.
• mindlessness leads to people not picking up the interpretative message.

Question 6

Visitor education and interpretation

Answer 6

The process of explaining to people the significance of the place or culture visited with dual goals of promoting visitor enjoyment and enhancing conservation.