Imagining Newfoundland - Reflections on Tourism and Self from the Bonavista Peninsula ...

• Main Author: Symmes, Clara
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: My University 2018
• Subjects: Tourism; FOS Economics and business; Newfoundland; Tourism Ethics; Environmental Ethics; Environmental Philosophy
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13016/m27d2qb8r; http://mdsoar.org/handle/11603/11926

Jutting off of the coast of Newfoundland in the northern Atlantic Ocean is the Bonavista Peninsula, a region where I spent four weeks as a volunteer at a hostel in the summer of 2018. Nature tourism has played a large role in my life. Growing up, I spent summers hiking and winters skiing in New Hampshire's White Mountains. As an adult I have traveled to scenic landmarks in the United States and Europe, but my recent studies in the Goucher College Philosophy Department have encouraged me to think about my travel in a different way. The Bonavista Peninsula was the perfect place for me to learn. At the hostel, I worked five hours a day, five days a week either preparing breakfast for the hostel guests, changing beds and cleaning, or monitoring the hostel in the evening. Whether I was on-shift or not, I was constantly exposed to an international community of travelers who had come to the region for its remarkable landscape and wildlife. As the region pushes to adapt to a growing number of tourists, I had a ...