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The ethics of sightseeing
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ISBN: 1283277786 9786613277787 0520948653 0520257820 0520257839 9780520948655 9780520257825 9780520257832 Year: 2010 Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,

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Is travel inherently beneficial to human character? Does it automatically educate and enlighten while also promoting tolerance, peace, and understanding? In this challenging book, Dean MacCannell identifies and overcomes common obstacles to ethical sightseeing. Through his unique combination of personal observation and in-depth scholarship, MacCannell ventures into specific tourist destinations and attractions: "picturesque" rural and natural landscapes, "hip" urban scenes, historic locations of tragic events, Disney theme parks, beaches, and travel poster ideals. He shows how strategies intended to attract tourists carry unintended consequences when they migrate to other domains of life and reappear as "staged authenticity." Demonstrating each act of sightseeing as an ethical test, the book shows how tourists can realize the productive potential of their travel desires, penetrate the collective unconscious, and gain character, insight, and connection to the world.


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Zoos and Tourism : Conservation, Education, Entertainment?
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ISBN: 9781845411633 9781845411640 1845411633 1845411641 9781845411657 184541165X 1283147459 9786613147455 1845412079 9781283147453 6613147451 9781845412074 Year: 2010 Publisher: Bristol, UK; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Channel View Publications,

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Zoos are important and popular tourist attractions. Spread around the world, they are typically located in major cities, with visitation levels comparable to other major attractions. Nature-based attractions constructed in artificial settings, they face the challenge of trying to balance potentially conflicting aims of conservation, education and entertainment. The best are continually developing fresh and effective techniques on visitor interpretation and management, the worst highlight the manipulation of animals for human gratification. Taking a global approach, this book examines the problems and paradoxes of zoos as they try to balance their roles as visitor attractions while repositioning themselves as leading conservation agencies.

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