Does Bear do it for you? Gen-Y gappers and alternative tourism

Joseph, J; Wearing, SL

Does Bear do it for you? Gen-Y gappers and alternative tourism

Joseph, J Wearing, SL

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Annals of Leisure Research, 2014, 17 (3), pp. 314 - 339
Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Joseph, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wearing, SL https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5158-059X	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Annals of Leisure Research, 2014, 17 (3), pp. 314 - 339	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1174-5398	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/39548
dc.description.abstract	© 2014, © 2014 Australia and New Zealand Association of Leisure Studies. Popular culture and travel are both major points of interest within the realm of leisure in contemporary consumer society. Respectively, they are both highly contentious and diverse fields. This paper explores the more specific areas of popular culture celebrities and alternative tourism in an effort to examine the influence that popular culture and travel engagements have on a segment of Generation Y (Gen-Y) – the gappers. These two areas of leisure activity shape social and cultural norms and influence the construction of self-identity amongst this generation. The aim of this exploratory research is to highlight some areas where popular culture and alternative tourism can be valued as constructive factors influencing a Gen-Y group. The theory of planned behaviour acted as a framework and was used to identify the influence that popular culture celebrity ‘Bear’ Grylls and his TV show Man vs. Wild had on the alternative tourism engagements of the Gen-Y gappers.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Annals of Leisure Research	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/11745398.2014.953554	en_US
dc.title	Does Bear do it for you? Gen-Y gappers and alternative tourism	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	17	en_US
utslib.for	1506 Tourism	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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Abstract:

© 2014, © 2014 Australia and New Zealand Association of Leisure Studies. Popular culture and travel are both major points of interest within the realm of leisure in contemporary consumer society. Respectively, they are both highly contentious and diverse fields. This paper explores the more specific areas of popular culture celebrities and alternative tourism in an effort to examine the influence that popular culture and travel engagements have on a segment of Generation Y (Gen-Y) – the gappers. These two areas of leisure activity shape social and cultural norms and influence the construction of self-identity amongst this generation. The aim of this exploratory research is to highlight some areas where popular culture and alternative tourism can be valued as constructive factors influencing a Gen-Y group. The theory of planned behaviour acted as a framework and was used to identify the influence that popular culture celebrity ‘Bear’ Grylls and his TV show Man vs. Wild had on the alternative tourism engagements of the Gen-Y gappers.

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