Literary Tourism
Theories, Practice and Case Studies
Edited by Ian Jenkins and Katrín Anna Lund
Literary tourism is a nascent field of tourism studies, yet tourists often travel in the footsteps of well-known authors and stories without fully acknowledging how the power of the written word affects many of their tourism journeys. This book provides a wide-ranging cornucopia of literary tourism topics, fully exploring the nexus between the written word and travel. It includes tourism stories using a wide range of texts and narratives based on different sources connected to tourism. Furthermore, the book:
· Provides a grounding in the theoretical perspectives on literature and the tourist experience.
· Explores practical applications of literary tourism, such as destination promotion and creation, impacts of literary tourism on a destination, responsible tourism and the effect of imaginary journeys on a sense of place.
· Uses global case studies to study literary tourism in action.
Appealing to a wide audience of different disciplines, it encompasses subjects such as literary festivals, historical journeys, poetry's affect on tourism and how narratives create a sense of place. The use of these different gazes within the book demonstrates how significant and far reaching the effect of literature can be on influencing travel, tourists and tourism, making this book an important read for researchers and students of tourism, social science and literature.
