Contents Tourism and Pop Culture Fandom - Transnational Tourist Experiences

The term 'contents tourism' has been defined as 'travel behaviour motivated fully or partially by narratives, characters, locations, and other creative elements of popular culture...'. This is the first book to apply the concept of contents tourism in a global context and to establish an interdisciplinary framework for contents tourism research.

Info autore

Takayoshi Yamamura is Professor at the Centre for Advanced Tourism Studies, Hokkaido University, Japan. His research interests include Japanese animation and tourism, pop culture and regional development/community revitalization.
Philip Seaton is Professor at the Institute of Japan Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan. His research interests include Japanese war history/memory and contents tourism (with a particular focus on historical dramas and heritage sites).

Riassunto

The term ‘contents tourism’ has been defined as ‘travel behaviour motivated fully or partially by narratives, characters, locations, and other creative elements of popular culture…’. This is the first book to apply the concept of contents tourism in a global context and to establish an interdisciplinary framework for contents tourism research.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Takayoshi Yamamura
• Con la collaborazione di: Philip Seaton (Editore), Takayoshi Yamamura (Editore)
• Editore: Channel View Publications
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781845417215
• ISBN: 978-1-84541-721-5
• Pagine: 264
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 234 mm x 14 mm
• Peso: 406 g
• Serie: Aspects of Tourism
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro