A large part of the global population is now connected in online social networks in social
media where they share experiences and stories and consequently influence each other's …

As tourism service standards become more homogeneous, travel destinations worldwide
are conforming yet still trying to maintain, or even increase, their distinctiveness. Based on …

This paper investigates the varied intersections between tourism and memory. It begins with
a brief consideration of the parallel developments between the emergence of the 'memory …

Fortsetzen, abwandeln, weitermachen: die Existenz von Erzählungen, von Kultur überhaupt,
wäre ohne variierende Wiederholung kaum denkbar. Dabei ist Reproduktion kein …

Vernacular religion is religion as people experience, understand, and practice it. It shapes
everyday culture and disrupts the traditional boundaries between'official'and'folk'religion …

This book examines what happens when tourists learn to speak other languages. From
ordering a coffee to following directions the author argues for a new perception of the …

Contributing to debates about cultural representations of prisons and prisoners, as well as
exploring the crossover between the dark tourism literature and cultural criminology, this …

This paper utilises a narrative approach to appraise critically the challenges and paradoxes
faced by tourism destination marketing, and the inherent weaknesses of the traditional …

This paper concerns tourist narratives, a type of autobiographical narrative condensed by
the temporal and spatial constraints of tourism experience, as a place-making tool. While …

Dark tourism has become widespread and diverse. It has passed into popular culture
vernacular, deployed in guide books as a short hand descriptor for sites that are associated …