Small towns, mass tourism : the role of “local gaze” in the
management of UNESCO-related tourism

k 2021

Small towns, mass tourism : the role of “local gaze” in the management of UNESCO-related tourism

LOKŠOVÁ, Terezie

Základní údaje

Originální název

Small towns, mass tourism : the role of “local gaze” in the management of UNESCO-related tourism

Autoři

LOKŠOVÁ, Terezie

Vydání

Rural and small-town communities: Local heritage and identities in an urbanising world, 2021

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

50401 Sociology

Stát vydavatele

Švédsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/21:00119967

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

mass tourism; small town; narrative analysis; rural

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 15. 3. 2022 08:42, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

Even though the negative effects of mass tourism are gaining increasing attention, the label of UNESCO World Heritage Site still implies promises of economic gains for the locality. Small towns may especially be vulnerable to an entire range of effects due to predominant orientation towards tourism and services, the size of the community, etc. Conditions specific for the rural context, e.g. informal communication and personal relations, non-urban forms of governance, and obduracy of local habits and tastes can further enact how the incoming tourism and its impacts will look like. Our presentation is based on interdisciplinary fieldwork (sociology, architecture, media studies), interviews, media and strategic document analysis (2019-2020) in Telč, a UNESCO-listed small Czech town with circa 5000 inhabitants. The main aim of the presentation is to focus on different types of narration about tourism. First, we will show how the particular narratives dis/enable the possible activities of the municipality or other participants, and second, how they involve not only the practices but also the self-understanding of the local identity in a social milieu of the small town. We will (1) explore how the local self-perceptions and perceptions of tourism (“locals’ gaze”) influence the decision-making and meaning-making of the local actors; (2) raise the questions of translation and transfer of expert knowledge towards the local stakeholders and (3) suggest that the ways how the city copes with the tourist narratives are essential to the small town as the whole and not just for the particular segment of the tourist industry.

Návaznosti

TL02000409, projekt VaV

Název: Doma ve městě UNESCO: Hmotný a nehmotný veřejný prostor měst se zvláštní památkovou ochranou, pilotní projekt Telč (Akronym: Doma ve městě UNESCO)

Investor: Technologická agentura ČR, Doma ve městě UNESCO: Hmotný a nehmotný veřejný prostor měst se zvláštní památkovou ochranou, pilotní projekt Telč

Citovat

LOKŠOVÁ, Terezie. Small towns, mass tourism : the role of “local gaze” in the management of UNESCO-related tourism. In Rural and small-town communities: Local heritage and identities in an urbanising world. 2021.

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LOKŠOVÁ, Terezie. Small towns, mass tourism : the role of “local gaze” in the management of UNESCO-related tourism. In \textit{Rural and small-town communities: Local heritage and identities in an urbanising world}. 2021.

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