Coach Fellas : Heritage and Tourism in Ireland
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| Title: | Coach Fellas : Heritage and Tourism in Ireland |
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| Description: | The Coach Fellas are known to almost all tourists who traverse the Irish countryside. Ostensibly bus drivers, they are also the tour guides who provide the crucial component in the branding of “people, place, and pace” upon which Irish heritage tourism depends. Kelli Costa's ethnography of these highly trained and informed working class men highlights a previously ignored component of the tourism industry. She also demonstrates their importance in providing a visitor-specific vision of heritage that contrasts with the realities of contemporary economic development. |
| Authors: | Kelli Ann Costa |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Tourists--Attitudes, Tourism--Ireland, Tourism--Employees--Attitudes |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | The Coach Fellas are known to almost all tourists who traverse the Irish countryside. Ostensibly bus drivers, they are also the tour guides who provide the crucial component in the branding of “people, place, and pace” upon which Irish heritage tourism depends. Kelli Costa's ethnography of these highly trained and informed working class men highlights a previously ignored component of the tourism industry. She also demonstrates their importance in providing a visitor-specific vision of heritage that contrasts with the realities of contemporary economic development. |
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| ISBN: | 9781598744071 9781598744064 9781598747980 9781315432243 9781315432236 9781611324570 9781315432250 |
