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Tourism Knowledge and Fieldwork: 2013

Tourism knowledge extends across disciplines from the earth sciences through socio-economics and into the symbolic realm of literature and art. This e-book guides you through your fieldwork with practical activities to a better understanding of tourism knowledge.

Researching Literary Tourism

Charlie Mansfield

Plymouth University academic, Dr Charlie Mansfield approaches literary tourism in this book initially from an historical perspective in order to define the phenomenon through a review of the existing academic literature in the field. The forms of literary tourism are analysed to provide a typology and from this the value of literary tourism is explained both from the visitor's point of view and the destination manager's. Current theories underpinning the existing literature on literary tourism, including Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital are reviewed. To extend the current state of research and to answer the research questions a case study of successful urban literary tourism is identified, in Brittany, France. The uses of French literature in literary tourism are reviewed to provide a sound basis on which to examine French texts and tourist destinations. Novel methods of field research are developed to formalise and to make reproducible the methodology for this study and for future work drawing on, and seeking to combine both literary theory and ethnography. Following a pilot study on the French Riviera the full discovery instruments are designed and applied in fieldwork on the case destination, Concarneau, using the detective novel, The Yellow Dog, which is set in Concarneau. Analysis of the findings from this provide a new contribution to the field of literary theory, in the area of reader interpellation, and answer the research questions in the form of a new set of recommendations for DMOs and tourism stakeholders. From the empirical study that used Web 2.0 social media, only available since 2013, an analysis of which novels do stimulate literary tourism is presented for the first time. Out of the research process new methods have been evolved, and are presented in the conclusion, for the DMO to synthesise and leverage digital resources. This provides DMOs with interpretation processes for its managed heritage to use with its local stakeholders in hotels and in tourism businesses. Finally, an innovative conceptualisation of what constitutes tourism knowledge is proposed.

Methods for Travel Writers

Charlie Mansfield

This book is for travel writers and bloggers studying to develop their professional and creative practice at university. It is aimed at the level of final year undergraduate and early Masters level. Much of the work in developing this book has been drawn from my teaching and research supervision on the Masters programme for travel writers at the University of Plymouth, the ResM in Travel Writing. Alongside developing your growth and confidence as a literary travel writer it provides an approach that forms the framework for a research project suitable for a postgraduate thesis. For your career, where writing commissions are sought, it will help you to professionalise your practice so that each new project is productive from an earlier stage

French for Heritage Tourism

Charlie Mansfield

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) lets you study French whilst working in a university subject area close to your own degree programme. Degree-level material is presented in French to ensure that you are engaged at the same intellectual level as your other studies. Since you will be working on material drawn from or close to your own university degree modules you will be able to use the learning and the references in your main coursework.

Introduction to French for Cultural Tourism and Heritage Management

Many professional roles in cultural tourism and heritage management require demanding language skills. One prime example is that of tour guide or museum docent; guiding visitors is a professional role in the tourism industry that draws on art history, ethnography, visitor management and spoken presentation expertise. The French term for a professionally trained and accredited tour guide is une guide-conférencière or, in masc. form un guide-conférencier.