Whose body is welcome in paradise?

Small, J; Harris, C; McIntosh, A

Whose body is welcome in paradise?

Small, J

Harris, C McIntosh, A

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Publisher:: CAUTHE and Griffith University
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Tourism and Hospitality Research, Training and Practice: 'Where the `bloody hell' are we?' Proceedings of the 18th Annual Council for the Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education, CAUTHE, Conference, 2008, pp. 1 - 18
Issue Date:: 2008-01

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dc.contributor.author	Small, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6200-5398	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Harris, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McIntosh, A	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Richardson, R	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Fredline, L	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Patiar, A	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Ternel, M	en_US
dc.date	2008-02-12	en_US
dc.date.issued	2008-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Tourism and Hospitality Research, Training and Practice: 'Where the `bloody hell' are we?' Proceedings of the 18th Annual Council for the Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education, CAUTHE, Conference, 2008, pp. 1 - 18	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781921291333	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11474
dc.description.abstract	Tourists experience not only their own body but also other tourists bodies in the tourist experience. This paper explores which bodies from Western developed countries are legitimate to be studied by tourism researchers and which bodies are welcomed by the tourism industry (and destination governments) Exclusion can occur through non-participation or indirectly through forms of 'Othering' of tourist participants. The tourism industry in its product/service and promotion has neglected certain groups of tourists, but so too have tourism scholars and researchers. We ask, whose narratives are absent in the discussion and provision of the tourist experience? Specifically, we call attention to some such `excluded groups: persons who are lesbian, who have non-mobility disabilities, are overweight/obese, are dressed `inappropriately, are unemployed / minimum wage earners and are older senior people. These are the others who have not been researched as the 'Other'. Such omissions raise important questions about ethics and how we conceptualise 'Tourism'.	en_US
dc.publisher	CAUTHE and Griffith University	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Tourism and Hospitality Research, Training and Practice: 'Where the `bloody hell' are we?' Proceedings of the 18th Annual Council for the Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education, CAUTHE, Conference	en_US
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dc.title	Whose body is welcome in paradise?	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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utslib.for	150603 Tourism Management	en_US
utslib.for	150604 Tourism Marketing	en_US
utslib.for	150606 Tourist Behaviour and Visitor Experience	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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Abstract:

Tourists experience not only their own body but also other tourists bodies in the tourist experience. This paper explores which bodies from Western developed countries are legitimate to be studied by tourism researchers and which bodies are welcomed by the tourism industry (and destination governments) Exclusion can occur through non-participation or indirectly through forms of 'Othering' of tourist participants. The tourism industry in its product/service and promotion has neglected certain groups of tourists, but so too have tourism scholars and researchers. We ask, whose narratives are absent in the discussion and provision of the tourist experience? Specifically, we call attention to some such `excluded groups: persons who are lesbian, who have non-mobility disabilities, are overweight/obese, are dressed `inappropriately, are unemployed / minimum wage earners and are older senior people. These are the others who have not been researched as the 'Other'. Such omissions raise important questions about ethics and how we conceptualise 'Tourism'.

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