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Science Fiction, Disruption and Tourism / ed. by Ian Yeoman, Una McMahon-Beattie, Marianna Sigala.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Future of Tourism ; 6Publisher: Bristol, UK; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Channel View Publications, [2021]Copyright date: 2022Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781845418670
  • 9781845418687
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.4/819 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Table -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Science Fiction: A Theoretical Lens and Methodological Approach for Re-Imagining Tourism Futures -- Part 1: Ontological Approaches -- 2 Science Fiction and the Future of Tourism -- 3 The Future, the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea -- 4 Prosuming Existential Authenticity in Dystopian Spaces -- 5 Space Tourism – Science Fiction Becoming a Reality -- Part 2: Science Fiction -- 6 A Life Without Limits: Design, Technology and Tourism Futures in Westworld -- 7 Harry Potter and the Future of Tourism -- 8 Wildlife Tourism in 2150: Uplifted Animals, Virtual and Augmented Reality and Everything In-between -- 9 Tears in the Rain: Tourism in the World of Blade Runner and Total Recall -- 10 Destination of the Dead: The Future for Tourism -- Part 3: Disruption -- 11 Holidays with Inspector Maigret: Mixed Reality Adventures as Value Drivers in Future Tourism -- 12 Digital Destinations and Avatar Tourists: A Futuristic Look at Virtual Reality Tourism and Its Real-World Impacts -- 13 The ‘Safety Bubble’ and the Future of Enclave Tourism -- Part 4: Dystopia -- 14 The Coming of the Fugue and the Blind Tourist? -- 15 Technological Frontiers: From the Wild West Myth to the Dystopia of the Westworld’s Post-human Theme Park -- 16 The Future of Music Concerts and Tourism in Dystopian Times -- 17 Exclusion Tourism: Sci-Fi Stalkers and Subjunctive Plays in Apocalyptic Destinations from Chernobyl to Plymouth, Montserrat -- 18 Hotel Anthropocene -- Part 5: Concluding Thoughts -- 19 Developing a Theoretical Framework of Science Fiction and the Future of Tourism: A Cognitive Mapping Perspective -- Index
Summary: This book examines science fiction’s theoretical and ontological backgrounds and how science fiction applies to the future of tourism. Focusing on disruption, sustainability and technology, it brings a new theoretical paradigm to the study of tourism in a post COVID-19 world and can be used to explore, frame and even form the future of tourism.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Table -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Science Fiction: A Theoretical Lens and Methodological Approach for Re-Imagining Tourism Futures -- Part 1: Ontological Approaches -- 2 Science Fiction and the Future of Tourism -- 3 The Future, the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea -- 4 Prosuming Existential Authenticity in Dystopian Spaces -- 5 Space Tourism – Science Fiction Becoming a Reality -- Part 2: Science Fiction -- 6 A Life Without Limits: Design, Technology and Tourism Futures in Westworld -- 7 Harry Potter and the Future of Tourism -- 8 Wildlife Tourism in 2150: Uplifted Animals, Virtual and Augmented Reality and Everything In-between -- 9 Tears in the Rain: Tourism in the World of Blade Runner and Total Recall -- 10 Destination of the Dead: The Future for Tourism -- Part 3: Disruption -- 11 Holidays with Inspector Maigret: Mixed Reality Adventures as Value Drivers in Future Tourism -- 12 Digital Destinations and Avatar Tourists: A Futuristic Look at Virtual Reality Tourism and Its Real-World Impacts -- 13 The ‘Safety Bubble’ and the Future of Enclave Tourism -- Part 4: Dystopia -- 14 The Coming of the Fugue and the Blind Tourist? -- 15 Technological Frontiers: From the Wild West Myth to the Dystopia of the Westworld’s Post-human Theme Park -- 16 The Future of Music Concerts and Tourism in Dystopian Times -- 17 Exclusion Tourism: Sci-Fi Stalkers and Subjunctive Plays in Apocalyptic Destinations from Chernobyl to Plymouth, Montserrat -- 18 Hotel Anthropocene -- Part 5: Concluding Thoughts -- 19 Developing a Theoretical Framework of Science Fiction and the Future of Tourism: A Cognitive Mapping Perspective -- Index

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This book examines science fiction’s theoretical and ontological backgrounds and how science fiction applies to the future of tourism. Focusing on disruption, sustainability and technology, it brings a new theoretical paradigm to the study of tourism in a post COVID-19 world and can be used to explore, frame and even form the future of tourism.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2024)