Gazing at heterotopia

Touristed landscapes as contested spaces in Kaş, Türkiye

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ID21321981
AuthorsC Phua (0000-0002-1368-9121), Mehmet Şeremet (0000-0003-3416-4794)
Year2025
Volume110
Issue3
Pages137-145
Publication date2025-09-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-7487 • E-ISSN: 2043-6564
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00167487.2025.2558439
OpenAlexW4414472751
LanguageEN
References cited34

The concept of the ‘tourist gaze’ encapsulates the importance of visual culture in tourism. Even as visitors are systematically guided in their viewing of tourist attractions, what they see does not always align with what they expect to see. This is particularly evident within touristed landscapes. This article uses the notion of heterotopia to explore contested and diverse experiences of tourist sites. Adopting a visual perspective on tourist sites in Kaş, Türkiye, tourists’ gaze allows us to visually capture how sites are used and the juxtaposition of historical and contemporary landmarks. Historical tourist landmarks are embedded in the town’s spatial layout, highlighting the physical heterotopia of the juxtaposition of old and new. At the same time, tourists’ gaze also captures how both residents and tourists can create new rituals and practices to counter the expected tourist experience

Field (mathematics) · Narrative · Space (punctuation) · Work (physics) · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Spatial and Cultural Studies

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