Synopsis of Extended Essay
‘Post-Tourism an the Artist in Residence’
What does TOURISM mean today? An introduction consisting of:
- · A history of tourism (Thomas Cook, European Tours of gentry)
- · The beginning of affordable travel (lifestyle choices, economic boom etc)
- · Budget airlines, holiday reps, the three Ss
- · Tourism niches (sex, activist, medical, religious tourism)
What is POST-TOURISM?
- · Explanation and break-down of the term ie Post-Modern-Tourism
- · Little Eiffel Tower model, photo of Eiffel Tower in backgroud
- · Gap Years, Residencies, Exchanges
- · Artist in Residence as tourist (interviews)
- · Exhibitions about Tourism (CRS sources)
Ethics in Tourism. Ethics in Post-Tourism.
- · What issues need to be addressed and on how many levels?
- 1. Exploitation of mass holiday goers, lack of control in package holidays
- 2. Generalization of those who choose package holidays
- 3. Tourism as low culture/Travel as high culture
- 4. Artists’ relationship within tourism: influence vs. avoidance
Conclusion? Or another Chapter?
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