A socio-cultural analysis of the traditional seaside resort and its contemporary meaning to tourists with specific reference to Morecambe, U.K.
A socio-cultural analysis of the traditional seaside resort and its contemporary meaning to tourists with specific reference to Morecambe, U.K.
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对传统海滨度假胜地的社会文化分析及其对游客的当代意义，特别是英国莫克姆
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2013
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David Jarratt
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本论文对知识的原创性贡献在于提出了“可靠性”的概念。也就是说，本论文提出了一个深入的探索和分析的当代意义上的地方在一个传统的英国海滨度假胜地。由于研究集中在地方的问题，这项研究已经在人文地理学框架内。
沿海度假胜地是英国最早的旅游目的地之一，至今仍是英国最重要的旅游目的地。然而，近几十年来，许多中等规模的传统海滨度假胜地面临着许多重大挑战，尤其是位于英格兰西北部兰开夏郡海岸的度假胜地莫雷坎贝。事实上，很少有度假胜地在基础设施、游客数量和声誉方面遭受比莫雷坎贝更大的损失。然而，该度假村最近受益于一条装饰着雕像的新长廊和一家经过修复的装饰艺术酒店，并从世纪末的低谷中温和复苏。
在其动荡的历史背景下，这项研究认为，当今游客的经验莫雷坎贝，一个地方，已经在边缘一段时间。更具体地说，本研究的目的是建立一个海滨特定的地方感存在这些游客，事实上，游客到海边更普遍。在回顾了英国海滨度假胜地特别是莫雷坎贝的“兴衰”之后，本文探讨了可能有助于在海边产生地方感的因素，从而为随后的研究建立了一个概念框架，该框架故意采用混合方法。首先，对莫雷坎贝游客进行的问卷调查为识别和了解旅游行为和观点奠定了基础。在这些结果的基础上，研究的第二阶段包括对一小部分有目的的老年北方游客进行深入访谈-这是第一阶段确定的最大市场。解释现象学分析（IPA）提供了一个严格的和系统的分析这些采访。这种方法的目的是代表一个角度，而不是一个人口，被认为是一个适当的方法来了解游客的经验，地方和产生的理论。
本文揭示了空间，特别是蓝色空间，如何通过各种感知特征来影响旅游者对场所的反应。大多数这些反应可以归类为身份，健康，灵性和怀旧童年的广泛主题。一个seasideness模型提出了澄清这些相互关联的调查结果。综合起来，这些主题和发现描绘了一幅对这些游客具有重要意义的地方的画面。首先，这个“地方”是海边，而不是莫雷坎贝也就是说，人们访问莫雷坎贝的自然海岸环境和持久的社会文化建设，这是英国海滨。本文最后探讨了这项研究的影响，未来的莫雷坎贝，含蓄地说，其他度假胜地。
The original contribution of this thesis to knowledge is the concept of seasideness. That is, this thesis presents an in-depth exploration and analysis of the contemporary sense of place at a traditional British seaside resort. Due to the research focussing on issues of place, the study has been framed within human geography.
Coastal resorts were amongst the earliest and remain the most important tourism destinations in Britain. However, many medium-sized traditional seaside resorts have in recent decades faced a number of significant challenges, not least Morecambe, a resort located on the Lancashire coast in north-west England. Indeed, few resorts have suffered a greater loss in terms of infrastructure, visitor numbers and reputation than Morecambe. Nevertheless, the resort has benefitted recently from a new promenade adorned with statues and a restored art deco hotel, and has staged a modest recovery from the lows of the late-twentieth century.
In the context of its turbulent history, this study considers present day tourists’ experience of Morecambe, a place that has been on the margins for some time. More specifically, the purpose of this study is to establish if a seaside-specific sense of place exists for these visitors and, indeed, for visitors to the seaside more generally. Following a review of the ‘rise and fall’ of the British seaside resort and specifically Morecambe, the thesis explores the factors that may contribute to a sense of place at the seaside, in so doing establishing a conceptual framework for the subsequent research which deliberately employs a mixed methods approach. Firstly, a questionnaire survey amongst visitors to Morecambe establishes a foundation for identifying and understanding touristic behaviour and views. Building on these results, the second stage of the research comprises in-depth interviews with a small purposive sample of older Northern visitors –the largest market as identified at the first stage. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) is employed to offer a rigorous and systematic analysis of these interviews. This approach aims to represent a perspective rather than a population and is considered an appropriate method to understand the visitor experience of place and to generate theory.
This thesis reveals how space, specifically blue space, informs the touristic reaction to place through a variety of perceived characteristics. Most of these reactions can be grouped into the broad themes of identity, wellness, spirituality and nostalgia for childhood. A seasideness model is proposed which clarifies these inter-related findings. Taken together, these themes and findings paint a picture of a place which holds significant meaning for these visitors. First and foremost, this ‘place’ is the seaside, rather than Morecambe specifically; that is, people visit Morecambe for the natural coastal environment and the enduring socio-cultural construction that is the British Seaside. The thesis concludes by exploring the implications of this research for the future of Morecambe and, implicitly, other resorts.