Tourism and Visual Culture

Tourism is an essentially visual experience we leave our homes in order to travel and see places, thus adding to our personal knowledge and experience of the world. The study of tourism as a complex social phenomenon, beyond simply business, is increasing in importance. By providing an examination of perceptions of culture and society in tourism destinations through the tourist's eyes, this book discusses how destinations were, and are, created and perceived through the 'lens' of the tourist's gaze. It is essential reading for researchers and students in tourism and related subjects.