DEMAND MEETS SUPPLY: DESTINATIONS

Destinations - Spatial and Space-ial, Temporal and Virtual

 Spatial

 Tourism changes places into destinations:

 Land --> Landscape

 Nature --> recreational area

 City --> Cityscape

City --> Cityscape

Example: The Tourist Bubble

Smith defines the tourist bubble as being physically ‘in’ a foreign culture while socially
‘outside’ the culture (1977: 6).

Tourists visit only the "sights" part of a city, often the city center plus some selected areas.

Tourists are led to the areas by signage, guide books, trails.