Home or on the Road. A study of motorhome tourism as a Norwegian phenomenon
Motorhome tourism is a phenomenon seen on many Norwegian roads during the summer months. In the last two decades, motorhomes has increased in popularity in Norway, due to technological improvement and better comfort. The motorhome enables people to camp in various places, independent of tourism infr...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/8301 2023-05-15T17:43:19+02:00 Home or on the Road. A study of motorhome tourism as a Norwegian phenomenon Lorentzen, Remi Alexander 2015-10-30 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/8301 eng eng UiT The Arctic University of Norway UiT Norges arktiske universitet https://hdl.handle.net/10037/8301 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_7878 openAccess Copyright 2015 The Author(s) Master Thesis RMG41 Master thesis Mastergradsoppgave 2015 ftunivtroemsoe 2021-06-25T17:54:28Z Motorhome tourism is a phenomenon seen on many Norwegian roads during the summer months. In the last two decades, motorhomes has increased in popularity in Norway, due to technological improvement and better comfort. The motorhome enables people to camp in various places, independent of tourism infrastructure and public transportation. This thesis aims to give meaning to the phenomenon of motorhome tourism, by interviewing eight Norwegian couples who had traveled with their motorhomes in Northern Norway. Edensor’s theoretical concept of performance and spaces have been used as a tool of reflection, in order to analyze the phenomenon studied. The findings in this thesis indicates that motorhome users travels to several destination during one vacation, where the performance of travelling becomes the actual holiday. Keywords: couples, Northern Norway, home, campsites, motorhomes, identity, freedom to roam, performance. Master Thesis Northern Norway University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway |
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Motorhome tourism is a phenomenon seen on many Norwegian roads during the summer months. In the last two decades, motorhomes has increased in popularity in Norway, due to technological improvement and better comfort. The motorhome enables people to camp in various places, independent of tourism infrastructure and public transportation. This thesis aims to give meaning to the phenomenon of motorhome tourism, by interviewing eight Norwegian couples who had traveled with their motorhomes in Northern Norway. Edensor’s theoretical concept of performance and spaces have been used as a tool of reflection, in order to analyze the phenomenon studied. The findings in this thesis indicates that motorhome users travels to several destination during one vacation, where the performance of travelling becomes the actual holiday. Keywords: couples, Northern Norway, home, campsites, motorhomes, identity, freedom to roam, performance. |
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Master Thesis |
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Lorentzen, Remi Alexander |
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Lorentzen, Remi Alexander |
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Lorentzen, Remi Alexander |
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Home or on the Road. A study of motorhome tourism as a Norwegian phenomenon |
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Home or on the Road. A study of motorhome tourism as a Norwegian phenomenon |
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Home or on the Road. A study of motorhome tourism as a Norwegian phenomenon |
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Home or on the Road. A study of motorhome tourism as a Norwegian phenomenon |
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Home or on the Road. A study of motorhome tourism as a Norwegian phenomenon |
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home or on the road. a study of motorhome tourism as a norwegian phenomenon |
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UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
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2015 |
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/8301 |
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Northern Norway |
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Northern Norway |
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