Unpacking Pride’s commodification through the encounter

Debates complicating universal constructions of tourist commodification are far from new. Yet, within tourist studies distinctions continue to resurface that reify boundaries positioning processes of commodification as necessarily liberating, victimising or pathologising. Through these boundary making processes there is potential that the meanings, politics and memories of individuals, invested in experiences deemed ‘commodified’, become devalued as tourist scholars praise pre-commodified experience. This paper responds to these tensions through utilising a feminist embodied framework focused on the encounter. The paper troubles innate constructions of commodification, by showing how interpretation of commodification is spatially and socially specific to the moment of encounter. It is thus argued that analysis of the encounter offers a way to negotiate sponsorship requirements during event planning.     

Supplanting the Planters

Summary

After briefly examining the plantation-as-hotel model, this contribution focuses the remainder of its attention on the conversion of plantation slavery into entertainment on the Caribbean island of Barbados. First, and by way of contextualization, it is shown that an extensive and well-documented history of plantation life exists, one that is drawn from early accounts of travelers, missionaries and others, as well as later expert commentaries offered by indigenous and extra-regional scholars. Second, it is argued that the tourism industry has largely ignored or been highly selective in borrowing from this rich source of material in its attempt to supply the sort of a-historical diversion which it believes its clientele enjoys. Examples provided include the Open House Programme of the Barbados National Trust, the annual Crop Over Festival and Plantation Spectacular dinner shows. Finally, a few suggestions are advanced in order to try and understand the success of this type of tourism. They include references to postmodernity, nostalgia, dark tourism and varieties of promotion.     

东南亚国家社交商务与非本土节日消费行为分析——以中国春节为例

在世界范围内,中国春节越来越受消费者欢迎,特别是东南亚消费者会在社交商务中参加中国春节活动。然而,现实中却存在一个矛盾的现象,即一些东南亚消费者春节期间热衷于购买中国商品,而春节过后却抵制中国商品。实证研究发现,东南亚消费者并未完全从态度上偏好中国春节和中国商品,只是出于社交商务的需要才参与中国春节和购买中国商品。东南亚消费者可区分为文化杂食型和节日身份型两个细分市场。其中,文化杂食型消费者包容并喜欢多元文化,会长期偏好中国节日和中国商品;节日身份型消费者仅在中国节日期间会参与中国节日和购买中国商品。这样的结论对指导中国企业实践具有重要价值,首先,为更好地响应“一带一路”倡议,应树立中国品牌意识,在“一带一路”沿线国家培育偏好中国文化和产品的朋友圈,转变消费者态度;其次,为更好地实施“走出去”战略,应在国际市场进行文化杂食和节日身份的细分,对文化杂食型消费者以文化为纽带培育其长期稳定的消费习惯,对节日身份型消费者通过营销策划刺激其消费;其三,为成功进入东南亚市场,对在东南亚运营的社交商务,应侧重培育消费者亲中国文化与产品的态度,并增加其使用社交商务平台的愉悦感。     

发展我国旅游购物的思考——以\"香港购物节\"为例

近几年,“香港购物节”的举办,成功地把香港的旅游淡季变成了旺季,并全面推动了香港旅游业及整体经济发展水平的提高。本文在分析“香港购物节”成功经验的基础上,重点分析了我国内地发展旅游购物的相应措施。     

基于J2EE的电子商务网站开发研究

本文主要介绍了建立电子商务网站所采用的技术以及如何提高网站的性能。网站采用J2EE/Struts/Spring应用架构,引入了ORM技术。Hibernate的采用,极大地提高了运行的效率。     

春秋时代楚国“县”涵义的演变

春秋时期楚国县的涵义经历了两个发展阶段,即:“县鄙”之县和“县邑”之县。楚国县在春秋时代并未发展到“县制”之县的层次,原因在于其尚未脱离分封世袭的影子,也不具备作为一级地方政府所必备的行政、财政、司法三个方面的职能。     

连锁超市配送中心过节囤货问题探讨

随着物流业和连锁超市的发展，配送中心在连锁超市中的地住越来越重要。由传统仓库向配送中心的改变是一个痛苦的过程，而这个痛苦的过程的表现之一就是文中的“过节囤货系列问题”。本文通过分析过节囤货问题的危害及其原因，并结合我国连锁超市的实际情况，提出了解决该问题的方案。     

鲤春病毒核酸检测方法研究进展

对鲤春病毒核酸检测方法的基本原理和应用情况进行了论述,主要包括RT-PCR、荧光定量RT-PCR、环介导等温扩增技术等,并总结了各方法的特点和发展前景。     

大型节事活动对举办地饭店业的影响——以深圳举办广东国际旅游节为例

大型节事活动的举办对举办地的影响非常大。本人以深圳地区为例,从其举办广东国际旅游节活动所带来的影响为出发点,调查研究其对当地饭店业所带来的影响以及对其今后发展思路的探讨。