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Science fiction, disruption and tourism.

By: Yeoman, IanContributor(s): McMahon-Beattie, Una | Sigala, Dr. MariannaMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Bristol : Channel View Publications, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (339 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781845418687Additional physical formats: Print version:: Science Fiction, Disruption and TourismOnline access: Open e-book
Contents:
Intro -- DOI https://doi.org/10.21832/YEOMAN8670 -- 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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Intro -- DOI https://doi.org/10.21832/YEOMAN8670 -- 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.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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