Experiencescapes Tourism, Culture, and Economy

Experiences have become the hottest commodities the market has to offer. No matter where we turn, we are constantly inundated by advertisements promoting products that promise to provide us with some ephemeral experience that is newer, better, more thrilling, more genuine, more flexible, or more fun than anything we have previously encountered. In turn, consumers themselves are increasingly willing to go to great lengths, invest large sums of money, and take great risks to avoid "the beaten track" and "experience something new." Working with an interdisciplinary approach, this book critically analyzes the significance this market for experiences (and interest in them) is having as a generative motor of cultural and socioeconomic change in modern society. The book's contributors are active scholars working in the Department of Service Management at Lund University, the Copenhagen Business School, and the Center for Regional and Tourism Research. They come from the disciplines of anthropology/ethnology, business administration, and cultural geography.Table of Content:1. Experiencescapes2. Looking With New Eyes at the Old Factory3. A Theory of Tourism Experiences4. Regional Experiencescapes as Geo-economic Ammunition5. Mobile Dreams6. Nostalgiascapes7. Management Strategies and the Need For Fun8. Promoting the Known and the Unknown of Cities and City RegionsO'Dell, Tom is the author of 'Experiencescapes Tourism, Culture, and Economy', published 2005 under ISBN 9788763001502 and ISBN 8763001500.