Ping pong in Phuket

The intersections of tourism, porn and the future

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19554159
AutoresMichelle Mars (Torrens University Australia), Michelle Stella Mars, Ian Yeoman (0000-0003-0860-5584, Victoria University of Wellington), Una Mcmahon-Beattie (0000-0002-6062-7644, University of Ulster)
Ano2017
Volume3
Fascículo1
Páginas39-55
Data de publicação2017-04-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Tourism Futures (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2055-5911 • E-ISSN: 2055-592X
EditoraEmerald (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1108/jtf-06-2016-0016
OpenAlexW2600076279
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas37

Purpose Sex tourism is well documented in the literature, but what about porn tourism? Whether it is a Ping Pong show in Phuket or the Banana show in Amsterdam, porn and tourism have an encounter and gaze no different from the Mona Lisa in the Louvre or magnificent views of New Zealand’s Southern Alps. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This paper explores the intersections of tourism, porn and the future as a conceptual framework. Findings Four intersections are derived from the conceptual framework. Intersection 1, the Future of Tourism, portrays the evolution of tourism and explores its technological future. Interaction 2, Porn in Tourism, distinguishes between soft- and hard-core porn tourism. Intersection 3, Portraying Porn as a Future Dimension, delves into futurism, science fiction and fantasy. The fourth intersection, the Future Gaze, conveys the thrust of the paper by exploring how technological advancement blends with authenticity and reality. Thus the porn tourist seeks both the visual and the visceral pleasures of desire. The paper concludes with four future gazes of porn tourism, The Allure of Porn, The Porn Bubble, Porn as Liminal Experience and Hardcore. Originality/value The originality of this paper is that this is the first paper to systematically examine porn tourism beyond sex tourism overlaying with a futures dimension. Porn tourists actively seek to experience both visual and visceral pleasures. Tourism and pornography both begin with the gaze. The gaze is an integral component of futures thinking. Technology is changing us, making us smarter, driving our thirst for liminal experiences. Like the transition from silent movies to talking pictures the porn tourism experience of the future is likely to involve more of the bodily senses

Aesthetics · Art · Gaze · Liminality · Media studies · Originality · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Anthropology · Computer Science · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology