Scenic postcards as objects for spatial ...
Document type :
Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage
Title :
Scenic postcards as objects for spatial analysis of tourist regions
Author(s) :
Foltête, Jean-Christophe [Auteur]
Théoriser et modéliser pour aménager (UMR 6049) [ThéMA]
Litot, Jean-Baptiste [Auteur]
Territoires, Villes, Environnement & Société - ULR 4477 [TVES]
Théoriser et modéliser pour aménager (UMR 6049) [ThéMA]
Litot, Jean-Baptiste [Auteur]
Territoires, Villes, Environnement & Société - ULR 4477 [TVES]
Journal title :
Tourism Management
Pages :
17-28
Publisher :
Elsevier
Publication date :
2015
ISSN :
0261-5177
English keyword(s) :
catchment area
dispersion area
Scenic postcards
tourist resort
dispersion link
dispersion area
Scenic postcards
tourist resort
dispersion link
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Géographie
English abstract : [en]
Among the media available for showcasing territories, scenic postcards on sale in tourist destinationregions may be thought of as revealing relations among actors in the tourist industry and the spaces inwhich tourism ...
Show more >Among the media available for showcasing territories, scenic postcards on sale in tourist destinationregions may be thought of as revealing relations among actors in the tourist industry and the spaces inwhich tourism develops. Scenic postcards have the peculiarity of being associated with a dual location ingeographical space: the point of sale and the landscape or site that they depict. This dual location leadsus to define several objects (dispersion links, dispersion area of the sites depicted and catchment area ofthe points of sale) and synthetic indicators. Two mountain peaks and two tourist resorts of Savoy (FrenchAlps) are taken as examples to show the value of the indicators. This leads us finally to emphasise thepotential of the offering of postcards for analysing tourist regions.Show less >
Show more >Among the media available for showcasing territories, scenic postcards on sale in tourist destinationregions may be thought of as revealing relations among actors in the tourist industry and the spaces inwhich tourism develops. Scenic postcards have the peculiarity of being associated with a dual location ingeographical space: the point of sale and the landscape or site that they depict. This dual location leadsus to define several objects (dispersion links, dispersion area of the sites depicted and catchment area ofthe points of sale) and synthetic indicators. Two mountain peaks and two tourist resorts of Savoy (FrenchAlps) are taken as examples to show the value of the indicators. This leads us finally to emphasise thepotential of the offering of postcards for analysing tourist regions.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Popular science :
Non
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