Document Type
Article
Rights
This item is available under a Creative Commons License for non-commercial use only
Disciplines
Urban studies (Planning and development)
Abstract
In contrast to the growing literature on tourist mobility as a performed art, relatively little attention has been paid to resident mobility in tourism places. This paper examines how residents encounter tourists using the concept of tourism as a performance. Drawing on the case of the historic city-center of Venice in northeastern Italy, it explores the spatialities produced through the embodied practices of local mobilities. The paper finds that their movements demonstrated a marked degree of agency. It concludes by arguing that the concept of tourism as performance affords useful insights into how local residents are proactively and intricately involved in reconfiguring relationships and mobilities with and within tourism places.
Recommended Citation
Quinn, Bernadette: Performing tourism in Venice: local residents in focus. Annals of Tourism Research, Vol.34, issue 2, pp. 458-476. doi:10.21427/D7262N
DOI
10.21427/D7262N
Publication Details
In Annals of Tourism Research, Vol.34, issue 2, pp. 458-476. Available from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=PublicationURL&_tockey=%23TOC%235855%232007%23999659997%23646215%23FLA%23&_cdi=5855&_pubType=J&_auth=y&_acct=C000056897&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=2322584&md5=927567d45d35cfe8f9527ce890214593