Contagious behaviour or not? Tourists' skills and practices in a Norwegian church
Tourist-to-tourist interaction takes place in many forms at attractions such as museums, churches and historical sites. In many settings, this interaction is a well-functioning part of the tourist experience, where tourists conform to the social norms that govern the attraction. However, interaction...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/30831 2023-10-09T21:49:07+02:00 Contagious behaviour or not? Tourists' skills and practices in a Norwegian church Smørvik, Kjersti Karijord 2023-08-23 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/30831 https://doi.org/10.1080/1743873X.2023.2250470 eng eng Taylor & Francis Journal of Heritage Tourism Smørvik. Contagious behaviour or not? Tourists' skills and practices in a Norwegian church. Journal of Heritage Tourism. 2023 FRIDAID 2171623 doi:10.1080/1743873X.2023.2250470 1743-873X 1747-6631 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/30831 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) openAccess Copyright 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2023 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1080/1743873X.2023.2250470 2023-09-13T23:07:42Z Tourist-to-tourist interaction takes place in many forms at attractions such as museums, churches and historical sites. In many settings, this interaction is a well-functioning part of the tourist experience, where tourists conform to the social norms that govern the attraction. However, interaction with other tourists can also devalue the experience; their presence may be perceived as challenging and perhaps provocative. This study examines tourists’ skills and practices in Northern Norway’s most visited church, the Arctic Cathedral in Tromsø. With a particular focus on visitors’ behaviour, the study explores tourists’ presence and activities in the church from the moment they arrive until they leave. The data for this study were collected through observation of 64 visitors’ movement patterns and behaviour. One key finding is a distinction between the practices of the tourists who visit the church as ‘one of several attractions on the road’ and those who stay longer. With the church as an attraction, religion can influence the practice taking place, but my findings show that tourists’ skills, or lack thereof, also affect other visitors’ practices. The findings in this study enhance understanding of tourist-to-tourist interaction in various settings and provide insight into the contagious practices involved in the interaction. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Tromsø University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Arctic Cathedral ENVELOPE(18.987,18.987,69.648,69.648) Tromsø Journal of Heritage Tourism 1 12 |
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Tourist-to-tourist interaction takes place in many forms at attractions such as museums, churches and historical sites. In many settings, this interaction is a well-functioning part of the tourist experience, where tourists conform to the social norms that govern the attraction. However, interaction with other tourists can also devalue the experience; their presence may be perceived as challenging and perhaps provocative. This study examines tourists’ skills and practices in Northern Norway’s most visited church, the Arctic Cathedral in Tromsø. With a particular focus on visitors’ behaviour, the study explores tourists’ presence and activities in the church from the moment they arrive until they leave. The data for this study were collected through observation of 64 visitors’ movement patterns and behaviour. One key finding is a distinction between the practices of the tourists who visit the church as ‘one of several attractions on the road’ and those who stay longer. With the church as an attraction, religion can influence the practice taking place, but my findings show that tourists’ skills, or lack thereof, also affect other visitors’ practices. The findings in this study enhance understanding of tourist-to-tourist interaction in various settings and provide insight into the contagious practices involved in the interaction. |
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Contagious behaviour or not? Tourists' skills and practices in a Norwegian church |
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Contagious behaviour or not? Tourists' skills and practices in a Norwegian church |
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