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The Ego Factor in Tourism

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  • MacCannell, Dean

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Tourists travel the entire globe to be in the presence of peoples, places, and objects they cannot buy or otherwise take possession of except in a spiritual sense. This essay explores the noneconomic relation at the heart of tourism, which is now said to be the largest economic sector in the world. The dominant way commercially successful destinations have organized touristic experience has been to model themselves as closely as possible on the ego. Other commodities sold on the basis of their intangible qualities may be implicated in the same narcissistic ego structure. Some questions are raised about the sustainability of ego-based consumption. Copyright 2002 by the University of Chicago.

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  • MacCannell, Dean, 2002. "The Ego Factor in Tourism," Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Research Inc., vol. 29(1), pages 146-151, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jconrs:v:29:y:2002:i:1:p:146-51
    DOI: 10.1086/339927
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    1. Miriam Tatzel, 2003. "The Art of Buying: Coming to Terms with Money and Materialism," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 4(4), pages 405-435, December.
    2. Agnieszka Niezgoda & Marek Nowacki, 2020. "Experiencing Nature: Physical Activity, Beauty and Tension in Tatra National Park—Analysis of TripAdvisor Reviews," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-15, January.
    3. Vidon, Elizabeth S. & Rickly, Jillian M., 2018. "Alienation and anxiety in tourism motivation," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 65-75.
    4. Andrea Corsale, 2021. "Jewish Heritage Tourism in Krakow. Authenticity and Commodification Issues," Tourism and Hospitality, MDPI, vol. 2(1), pages 1-13, February.
    5. Canavan, Brendan, 2019. "Tourism-in-literature: Existential comfort, confrontation and catastrophe in Guy De Maupassant's short stories," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 1-1.
    6. Puligadda, Sanjay & Ross, William T. & Chen, Jinjie & Howlett, Elizabeth, 2012. "When loyalties clash purchase behavior when a preferred brand is stocked out: The tradeoff between brand and store loyalty," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 19(6), pages 570-577.

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