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Tourism as practice of making meaning

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In this paper we attempt to investigate how the semiotic construction of touristed landscapes “works” in tour owners’ ideologizing of the representation of Romania as an ecotourist destination. A semiotic framework of tourism as meaning-making practice is proposed on account of the theory of meaning as well as on cultural geography theories approaching landscape. The paper also addresses the ecotourism ideology as background to our study. The semiotic analysis frames the study of signs on levels of significance, along with the theory of intertextuality. The research corpus shows how the embodied experiences, practices and performances shape the significances we attach to objects and how tourism is meaning made by multiple actors, both tourism promoters and tourists.

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  • Soica, Simona, 2016. "Tourism as practice of making meaning," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 96-110.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:anture:v:61:y:2016:i:c:p:96-110
    DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2016.09.003
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    1. Bargeman, Bertine & Richards, Greg, 2020. "A new approach to understanding tourism practices," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    2. Thurnell-Read, Thomas, 2017. "‘What’s on your Bucket List?’: Tourism, identity and imperative experiential discourse," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 58-66.
    3. Saretzki Anja, 2018. "Städtische Raumproduktion durch touristische Praktiken," Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft, De Gruyter, vol. 10(1), pages 7-27, May.
    4. Lamers, Machiel & van der Duim, René & Spaargaren, Gert, 2017. "The relevance of practice theories for tourism research," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 54-63.
    5. Light, Duncan & Brown, Lorraine, 2020. "Dwelling-mobility: A theory of the existential pull between home and away," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    6. Stoffelen, Arie, 2022. "Theorizing tourism meaning creation: An exploration of the cultural political economy framework," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    7. Sabrina Meneghello, 2021. "The Tourism–Landscape Nexus: Assessment and Insights from a Bibliographic Analysis," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-25, April.

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