Yiping Li

Seeking the Sacred from the Profane

A Phenomenology of Tourists' Travel Experiences

Buch

Scholars of many persuasions recognize the experiential features of geography, which have been largely overlooked in tourism researches. Partially in response to this omission, this book presents a phenomenological exploration of tourist travel experience. By describing the experiences of two separate groups of Canadian tourists travelling to and inside China, the study examines the educational dimension of tourism. Phenomenology has to do with the origin of our experiences, such as anxiety, behaviour, religion, place and topophilia, which we cannot understand through observation and measurement -- we must first live through them to grasp the… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-3-8443-0177-9
EAN: 9783844301779
Produktnummer: 37619003
Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 312 S.
Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.0 cm x D1.9 cm 483 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 483

Über den Autor

Dr. Li, Yiping is a scholar of tourism research, and he has worked in the field of tourism studies for nearly 20 years. Dr. Li's research articles have been published in top international tourism journals including Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, as well as Tourism Geographies.