Official Tourism Websites : A Discourse Analysis Perspective

This text explores tourism websites as mediums of identity construction and promotion. As interactive modes of communication, tourism websites for nations, cities, and attractions function critically in the new capitalism as calls for social action in contributing to economic and social rebirth, growth, and preservation.

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Year of publication:	2010 ; 1st ed.
Authors:	Hallett, Richard W.
Other Persons:	Kaplan-Weinger, Judith (contributor)
Publisher:	Bristol : Channel View Publications
Subject:	Website \| Diskurstheorie \| Discourse theory \| Destinationsmanagement \| Destination management \| Tourismuswirtschaft \| Tourism industry \| Tourismusmarketing \| Tourism marketing \| Tourismus \| Tourism
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

Extent:	1 online resource (145 pages)
Series:	Tourism and Cultural Change ; v.23
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Identity and the World Wide Web: Methods of Analysis; Chapter 3 Narrative of the Nation: Baltic Tourism Websites in the Post-Soviet Context; Chapter 4 The Tourist as Pilgrim, the Pilgrim as Tourist: Santiago de Compostela; Chapter 5 Rebirth of an American City: New Orleans, Louisiana; Chapter 6 '100 Years...Steel Strong': Forging an Identity for Gary, Indiana; Chapter 7 The Tourist as Patriot: Sports and Nationalism Chapter 8 Balancing Promotion and Warning in the Construction of National Identity in Travel Guides: The Case of Myanmar/BurmaChapter 9 Constructing Self versus Other in Parodic Travel Guides; Chapter 10 Conclusion: On Tourism, Identity and the World Wide Web; References; Index
ISBN:	978-1-84541-138-1 ; 978-1-84541-136-7
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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