The intratourist gaze: Grey nomads and ‘other tourists’
The intratourist gaze: Grey nomads and ‘other tourists’ Journal Article
Tourist Studies
- Author(s): Holloway, Donell, Green, Lelia, Holloway, David
- Published: 2011
- Publisher: SAGE Publications
- Volume: 11
- ISBN: 1468-7976
Abstract: The presence of other tourists is an integral part of the tourist experience. Hence, gazing upon other tourists is an inevitable part of being a tourist. This paper introduces the concept of the intratourist gaze, a tourist gaze where tourists are both the subjects and objects of the gaze. An analysis from ethnographic fieldwork carried out with senior tourists in rural and remote Australia indicates that the intratourist gaze has the potential to be a disciplinary gaze which, in this case, privileges and safeguards the natural environment. This paper explores the important influence other tourists have on tourists? behaviours and sense of identity. It also contributes to discussion regarding tourist/tourist interactions in the under-explored area of qualitative research into senior tourism.
- Urls: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1468797611432043
- Keywords: ecotourism, environment, grey nomads, intratourist gaze, senior tourism, tourist gaze, tourist interactions