Southeast Asia on two-wheels : a study of Singaporean motorcycle tourists and identity.
This research aims to uncover the motivations for engaging in motorcycle tourism, the values and meanings attached to this form of travel, and how these touristic experiences peculiar to motorcycle tourism are incorporated in the negotiation of the self through processes of (re)construction and (re)...
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| author | Leong, Sharon Hui Shan. |
| author2 | Lim Khek Gee, Francis |
| author_facet | Lim Khek Gee, Francis Leong, Sharon Hui Shan. |
| author_sort | Leong, Sharon Hui Shan. |
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| description | This research aims to uncover the motivations for engaging in motorcycle tourism, the values and meanings attached to this form of travel, and how these touristic experiences peculiar to motorcycle tourism are incorporated in the negotiation of the self through processes of (re)construction and (re)affirmation. While tourism scholars have long focused on examining the motivations behind travel, the field of motorcycle tourism has been left relatively untouched. The findings of this research suggests that the participation in motorcycle tourism, the manner in which stories of experience are narrated, and the intersection of the social roles in a participant’s social environment constitute to the construction of an identity that is central to the self. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/482762019-12-10T14:01:56Z Southeast Asia on two-wheels : a study of Singaporean motorcycle tourists and identity. Leong, Sharon Hui Shan. Lim Khek Gee, Francis School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology This research aims to uncover the motivations for engaging in motorcycle tourism, the values and meanings attached to this form of travel, and how these touristic experiences peculiar to motorcycle tourism are incorporated in the negotiation of the self through processes of (re)construction and (re)affirmation. While tourism scholars have long focused on examining the motivations behind travel, the field of motorcycle tourism has been left relatively untouched. The findings of this research suggests that the participation in motorcycle tourism, the manner in which stories of experience are narrated, and the intersection of the social roles in a participant’s social environment constitute to the construction of an identity that is central to the self. Bachelor of Arts 2012-04-03T05:58:39Z 2012-04-03T05:58:39Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48276 en Nanyang Technological University 32 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology Leong, Sharon Hui Shan. Southeast Asia on two-wheels : a study of Singaporean motorcycle tourists and identity. |
| title | Southeast Asia on two-wheels : a study of Singaporean motorcycle tourists and identity. |
| title_full | Southeast Asia on two-wheels : a study of Singaporean motorcycle tourists and identity. |
| title_fullStr | Southeast Asia on two-wheels : a study of Singaporean motorcycle tourists and identity. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Southeast Asia on two-wheels : a study of Singaporean motorcycle tourists and identity. |
| title_short | Southeast Asia on two-wheels : a study of Singaporean motorcycle tourists and identity. |
| title_sort | southeast asia on two wheels a study of singaporean motorcycle tourists and identity |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48276 |
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