Authenticity and the commodification of heartlands in Singapore.
Authenticity is a key issue raised in many tourism studies. In this paper, the authenticity of tourist place will be discussed in relation to the broader strategy of place promotion in tourism. In fact, tourism discourses have pointed that tourism will in turn leads to the production of what MacCann...
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| author | Hu, Tian Yun. |
| author2 | Lim Khek Gee, Francis |
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| description | Authenticity is a key issue raised in many tourism studies. In this paper, the authenticity of tourist place will be discussed in relation to the broader strategy of place promotion in tourism. In fact, tourism discourses have pointed that tourism will in turn leads to the production of what MacCannell (1973) termed as the‘staged authenticity’ with the process of commodification in tourism. Hence, in this paper, with the use of the case study of Singapore’s ‘Heartlands’, it will be argued that tourism may not lead to the loss of authenticity of a place even with the promotion of the place as tourist destination. In fact, one should consider the extent of commodification of the place in examing the issue of authenticity in tourist place. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/438152019-12-10T13:27:33Z Authenticity and the commodification of heartlands in Singapore. Hu, Tian Yun. Lim Khek Gee, Francis School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Recreation Authenticity is a key issue raised in many tourism studies. In this paper, the authenticity of tourist place will be discussed in relation to the broader strategy of place promotion in tourism. In fact, tourism discourses have pointed that tourism will in turn leads to the production of what MacCannell (1973) termed as the‘staged authenticity’ with the process of commodification in tourism. Hence, in this paper, with the use of the case study of Singapore’s ‘Heartlands’, it will be argued that tourism may not lead to the loss of authenticity of a place even with the promotion of the place as tourist destination. In fact, one should consider the extent of commodification of the place in examing the issue of authenticity in tourist place. Bachelor of Arts 2011-04-28T07:09:43Z 2011-04-28T07:09:43Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/43815 en Nanyang Technological University 40 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Recreation Hu, Tian Yun. Authenticity and the commodification of heartlands in Singapore. |
| title | Authenticity and the commodification of heartlands in Singapore. |
| title_full | Authenticity and the commodification of heartlands in Singapore. |
| title_fullStr | Authenticity and the commodification of heartlands in Singapore. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Authenticity and the commodification of heartlands in Singapore. |
| title_short | Authenticity and the commodification of heartlands in Singapore. |
| title_sort | authenticity and the commodification of heartlands in singapore |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Recreation |
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