A new approach to understanding tourism practices

Bertine Bargeman; Greg Richards

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2020.102988

A new approach to understanding tourism practices

Bertine Bargeman^*, Greg Richards

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Abstract

In spite of renewed attention for practices in tourism studies, the analysis of practices is often isolated from theories of practice. This theoretical paper identifies the main strands of practice theory and their relevance and application to tourism research, and develops a new approach to applying practice theory in the study of tourism participation. We propose a conceptual model of tourism practices based on the work of Collins (2004), which emphasises the role of rituals in generating emotional responses. This integrated approach can focus on individuals interacting in groups, as well as explaining why people join and leave specific practices. Charting the shifting of individuals between practices could help to illuminate the dynamics and complexity of tourism systems.

Original language	English
Article number	102988
Number of pages	11
Journal	Annals of Tourism Research
Volume	84
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2020.102988
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

Actor-context dichotomy
CO-CREATION
EXPERIENCES
INSIGHTS
Interactions
LEISURE
Practice theory approach
Ritual chains
Tourism participation

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