The Tourist Gaze Review.=

In “The Ugly Tourist” by Jamaica Kincaid, tourism is thought as a disgusting and an extremely harmful industry. In her perspective, it allows first world citizens to escape and marvel at the simplest and most ordinary things. Although there is some truth in what Jamaica Kincaid describes to the reader, I believe there is a prejudiced view towards the tourist themselves. Kincaid’s essay about the ugliness and affects of being a tourist contrasts everything I’ve experienced being a tourist in Italy and Greece.

Despite the sharply negative shocks, Australian tourism continues to deliver its services where we have witnessed an increase in tourism expenditures of 5% from 2010 and recently FLT had enjoyed a remarkable growth to become a

People’s impression of traveling may be affected by their presumptions of their destination. For example, many people swarm to ‘tourist traps’ on their trips. While many of these attractions are interesting and beautiful, they aren’t very appealing to visit with thousands of other tourists. For instance, visiting Niagara Falls is a major tourist attraction. People may see impressive pictures of the falls and decide they want to go there. Once they arrive, they realize that there are people everywhere. As a result, it can be hard to get a good view of the falls. Some may realize Niagara Falls is not all that it’s hyped up to be. Others are thrilled that they got to visit the impressive phenomenon. It all depends on the expectations one has about it. If they were expecting to get jaw-dropping views and few people, they may be disappointed. But, they may

Daily, hundreds of thousands of people are traveling, whether it’s by plane, car, bus, boat, or foot, people are traveling to new locations and being immersed in different cultures. Many fail to realize how ignorant of a tourist they are. Kincaid explains that tourists are morally “ugly” and use other, less fortunate people, for their own amusement. She tries to enlighten those who are privileged to be more considerate when they are visiting new places. Published author Jamaica Kincaid wrote “The Ugly Tourist,” originally written in her book, A Small Place, where she tries to convince readers that tourists are, “a piece of rubbish” (207). Kincaid’s attempt to convey to the audience that tourists are ignorant and morally “ugly” is partially successful, due to her satisfactory emotional appeal, yet inability to produce a less angry tone, along with minimal logical appeal.

There are the tourists—those who seek temporary relaxation, or famous sights. There are the travelers—those who wander, without aim, for the love of moving. There are the explorers—those seeking adventure, the thrill of unearthing things rarely seen.

In a random sample of 250 tourists in Katatonia, the average age was 41.43 years (s = 15.93 years). This is lower than the average age of 45 years recorded in 1995, and a one-sample t-test shows that this difference in mean age is significant, t(249) = 3.55, p < .001. The 95% confidence interval indicates that since 1995 the average age of tourists has decreased by between 1.59 and 5.56 years.

The first two chapters of “The Practice of Looking” touch upon the idea of interpretation of images. For the purposes of this essay, an image is a piece of media that has a tangible visual effect, such as a picture, book, or TV series. The authors talk about how many people can have different interpretations of the same image and the idea that the audience gives an image meaning, which are valid arguments, but they fail to recognize that a single person’s interpretation of an image can change over time. Interpretation can change constantly, whether it’s many people looking at the same image or one person looking at the same image repeatedly over time; sometimes, the author’s intended meaning is more easily interpreted than at other times.

Hawaii’s beautiful terrain, clear ocean waters, and year around tropical climate temperatures, combined with the people’s Aloha and welcoming spirit has made the islands one of the most attractive location in the world to visit. In 1997, 158,000 individuals visited Hawaii each day, and the annual tourist arrival count was 6.8 million. (Luciano). Although Hawaii’s tourism business has improved the socio-economic condition for many that has made Hawaii their home, there have been negative impacts to Native Hawaiians with second and third order effects that go unseen behind the ocean front hotels, luaus, and tourist attractions. Hawaii has become a major tourist destination that receives over six million visitors per year. One of a major contributor to the Hawaiian economy, so much that it generates 10 billion dollars per year to the economy. (Lukasz). Because of tourism, the negative impact on the Native Hawaiians has been eye opening for the economic effects and even globalization. At home, specific negative effects include overbuilding to accommodate increased population densities, low income jobs, and mistreatment from tourists.

The progression of technology and its presence in society has strongly molded the way people live their lives today, and the way they will continue to live their lives years from now. But with this advancement of science and increased order, there is a consequence that seems to be a heavy price to pay: the loss of human emotion and freewill, and the submission to organization and commands. The tourist industry is one such manufactured machine, so to speak, that influences people's views in certain aspects. One of these aspects, culture, is a main focus of post-modernist writer Bryan Turner, who believes that "tourism invents and demands empathy...makes cultures

When these tourists come to vacation in LA, they already have a picture in mind of what they’re coming to see. They think of Los Angeles and may have thoughts of the “Glamorous Hollywood,” with images in mind of red carpets, celebrities, and rich movie stars parading up and down the streets in flowing gowns and tuxedos. They most likely are coming with a list of popular attractions and famous landmarks that they will try to cram into their itinerary. MacCannell says: “Modern international sightseeing possesses its own moral structure, a collective sense that certain sights must be seen.” This “moral structure of tourism” he discusses is how specific attractions are seen as important enough to be a “must see” in a tourist’s trip to a destination. These attractions have been deemed worthy, and in a sense make up what is known to be as an authentic replication of the location. Through this list they hope to experience and witness the authentic Los Angeles. MacCannell states that: “Modern Humanity has been condemned to look elsewhere, everywhere, for authenticity, to see if we can catch a glimpse of it reflected in the simplicity, poverty, chastity, or purity of others.” Yet how can tourists believe that this true authenticity will be found at a place such as Griffith Park? It showcases amazing views of the city, but does not let us see what Los

The Cinema of Attractions is based on an exhibitionist paradigm (Gunning, 2004: 44), where it seeks to knowingly addressing the spectator and provide its spectator with a series of views or selective information (Strauven, 1999: 49). The cinema of attractions existed primarily between the years 1895 and 1906 (Strauven, 1999: 38).

Tourism Australia in their report on Nature Tourism, identified domestic overnight visitors as adult couples 31% and families 31% (2009, p.2.). This corresponds with Tourism NSW data that showed in 2009 only 18% of visitors to Sydney were family groups (2010, p.1.). Yet Taronga Zoo offers no discounts to couples and marketing is focused on families, though there are a number of new programs that would cater for the couples market such as the twilight walks. Primary research has not provided sufficient information to draw further conclusions about domestic tourists see (Appendix 13) for further recommendations.

Photography is important in this type of tourism and plays a vital role because based on the

When one looks at the social and economic indicators of well-being, the conclusion is clear. Tourism has not benefited the host Native Hawaiian people and it probably never will. To understand this, one must understand that Hawaii today is at the mercy of transnational interests. Foreign investment related to tourism went from 70.8 million dollars in 1981 to over a billion and a half in 1986. The increase is enough to make anyone’s head spin and confirms the vulnerability of Hawaii and Hawaii’s people. Japanese investment in leading the pack has plunked down over 3 billion dollars for hotels alone in a time period of eighteen years ending 1989. The Australians are far behind the second place with 117 million. Today, almost every major hotel is owned by foreign investors and almost every hotel on the drawing board is being funded by foreign investment. The rapid and phenomenal increase of foreign investment is the clearest indication that any consideration of the short and long term negative impact of tourism is of no consequence to those involved in the industry.

Tourism today is as a distinct field of activity, with a more active presence in social and economic life evolving rhythms of the highest. Generator of profound transformations in social dynamics, tourism has also stated