Salons 3

Tourism through Folklore: Challenges and Opportunities

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2805630
AutoresRobert Baron (0000-0002-2784-1518, robert baron is Assistant Professor of Practice at Goucher College), Robert B Baron (0000-0001-7115-2667, Goucher College), Mary Hufford (mary hufford is Associate Director of The Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network (LiKEN)), Amy Shuman (amy shuman is Professor Emeritus of Folklore at The Ohio State University)
Ano2024
Volume137
Fascículo543
Páginas111-119
Data de publicação2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of American Folklore (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-8715 • E-ISSN: 1535-1882
EditoraUniversity of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5406/15351882.137.543.10
OpenAlexW4391991045
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas8

The "Tourism through Folklore: Challenges and Opportunities" salons were organized by the Fellows of the American Folklore Society. Participants were clear-eyed about the damage to the integrity of cultural practices and community life that is often engendered by tourism, but they also considered concrete solutions involving greater community agency and the sustainable tourism initiatives of folklorists. They noted the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on spurring regenerative tourism. These salons considered the opportunities and pitfalls of immersive tourism experiences, how host/guest relationships can be reconfigured, and approaches for controlling access to over-touristed areas. Folklorists were viewed as being well-equipped to educate about culturally appropriate behavior and to generate substantive interpretative materials, both of which may require collaboration with the tourism industry

Archaeology · Folklore · Tourism · Culinary Culture and Tourism · History · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Religious Tourism and Spaces