Geography 2144A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: In Bruges, Chav, White Trash
19 Dec 2017
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Monday, September 18 2017
Lecture Two
Article: A nasty little piece of smug class warfare
Chav - tourist that is - e.g., low class, drinks lots of beer, āwhite trashā
ā¢When go on vacation you want people similar to you - e.g. age
Youtube: National Lampoonās Vacation (1983) Trailer
ā¢First vacation tends to be with our family
ā¢Have no choice of where to go, what to do, etc.
ā¢Our prospect isnāt accounted for
Youtube: My Life in Ruins - Ofļ¬cial Trailer
ā¢Main character loves the history of Greece so she becomes a tour guide
ā¢Teaches the greek literature, art, etc. to her tourists
ā¢The tourists however arenāt interested in what sheās interested about Greece
ā¢Every nationality of tourists have different interests to know about Greece
ā¢She begins to understand that all tourists are different
Youtube: In Bruges Trailer
ā¢āif I grew up at a farm and I was retarded, Bruges might impress me, but I wasnāt and
Iām notā (1:47)
ā¢Same location, same space, different perceptions and different kinds of tourism
The Leisure Paradox
ā¢Time discretion and Income discretion
ā¢Children - lots of time, no money
ā¢Adult - some time, some money
ā¢Older adult (when kids get jobs) - some time, lots of money
ā¢Seniors - more time, no money
ā¢Time and money always seem to be opposite each other
The Classiļ¬cation of Tourists (after Cohen)
ā¢Organized Mass Tourists
ā¢tourist bubble
ā¢in the resort
ā¢usually going to get a break from work/stress to unwind not for the cultural
experience
ā¢Individual Mass Tourists
ā¢venture outside
ā¢individual tours, rent vehicle, etc.
ā¢use hotel as bass but do independent touring
ā¢Explorer
ā¢wants to see and observe destinations
ā¢still want the same comfort level as the lifestyle theyāre used to
ā¢Drifter
ā¢want to be where there are no other tourists
ā¢comfortable with eating different food, speaking different languages, etc.
ā¢much less identify him/herself as a tourist
Plogās Classiļ¬cation of Tourists
ā¢Psycho Centric - unadventurous and prefer to just stay in one place and relax
ā¢Mid Centric - in the middle of the two - not very adventurous but are not opposed to
travels
Document Summary
Article: a nasty little piece of smug class warfare. Chav - tourist that is - e. g. , low class, drinks lots of beer, white trash : when go on vacation you want people similar to you - e. g. age. Youtube: national lampoon"s vacation (1983) trailer: first vacation tends to be with our family, have no choice of where to go, what to do, etc, our prospect isn"t accounted for. Youtube: in bruges trailer: if i grew up at a farm and i was retarded, bruges might impress me, but i wasn"t and. I"m not (1:47: same location, same space, different perceptions and different kinds of tourism. Why: safety changed after 9/11 and from the numerous terrorists attacks (especially in. Syria isn"t safe for people to visit because of the ongoing con ict right now: motivation to travel is much greater than before as well as the capability to travel.
