Papers by Nicola J Palmer
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This paper explores the valuation of natural, cultural and eco-cultural resources in the context ... more This paper explores the valuation of natural, cultural and eco-cultural resources in the context of eco-cultural tourism development. It focuses on the valuation of resources in terms of relative values and proposes distinctions between 'resources', 'capital' and 'critical capital'. Theoretical ideas are developed drawing on researchers from outside of ecotourism and one aspect of a wider conceptual framework is discussed-focusing on resource valuation. The testing of the framework on local residents of Libya's Green Mountain, Libya is discussed and preliminary findings are highlighted in relation to apparent perceived disassociations between natural and cultural resources (challenging the concept of eco-cultural resources). The discrimination of resource values is found to be useful in terms of providing a tool to readily compare between different stakeholder group identifications of resource valuations but the qualification of valuation decisions is found to potentially hold most value. This challenges traditionally quantitative approaches to ecotourism resource evaluation that do not accommodate the complex subjective and contextual processes involved, relating to how communities wish resources to be developed and managed.
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Royal Tourism, 2007
Page 241. Chapter 12 International Royal Tourist Expectations, Experiences and Reflections on Roy... more Page 241. Chapter 12 International Royal Tourist Expectations, Experiences and Reflections on Royal Encounters: A Demand-side Perspective NICOLA J. PALMER Introduction One of the most commonly asserted arguments ...
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Royal Tourism, 2007
Page 168. Chapter 8 By Royal Association: British Monarchy as a Place Representation Tool NICOLA ... more Page 168. Chapter 8 By Royal Association: British Monarchy as a Place Representation Tool NICOLA J. PALMER Introduction Tourism has become recognised as a key nation-building tool not only in developing countries and ...
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The recent adoption of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by all UN member states in 2015 broug... more The recent adoption of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by all UN member states in 2015 brought a shift in the international community's focus from pro-poor towards inclusive growth. This transition acknowledges the importance of equality and social justice in poverty reduction strategies. In tourism literature, researchers call for inclusive development of tourism where marginalised groups involved in tourism production and consumption share the benefits equally (Scheyvens & Biddulph, 2018). This chapter focuses on one such marginalised group, the poor, and attempts to examine how and to what extent Pro-Poor Tourism (PPT) research drives inclusive growth and promotes social sustainability. For this, it is necessary to review the research methodologies and tools currently used and explore more innovative approaches for future studies. This chapter therefore aims to critically evaluate pro-poor Value Chain Analysis (VCA), a frequently used PPT research method, and to examine ...
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Page 210. 8 Kyrgyz Tourism at Lake Issyk-Kul: Legacies of Pre-Communist and Soviet Regimes Nicola... more Page 210. 8 Kyrgyz Tourism at Lake Issyk-Kul: Legacies of Pre-Communist and Soviet Regimes Nicola J. Palmer Introduction This chapter considers the influence of historical domestic travel patterns in Kyrgyzstan on modern ...
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The tourism industry is a capitalist activity concerned with the production, accumulation and dis... more The tourism industry is a capitalist activity concerned with the production, accumulation and distribution of wealth. Power is an important arena for research in this respect as diverse outcomes for the local economy in general, and its players specifically, provide important aspects to study when considering the lives of rural entrepreneurs. However, it may be argued that whilst Marxist theorists using critical approaches on power have tended to focus on issues around the equality of power relations between actors or stakeholders, the inherently spatial nature of power has received less emphasis. This paper focuses on an exploration of the spatiality of power which surrounds entrepreneurship and the tourism industry development. The conceptual framework, based on the application of Lefebvre’s (1991) concepts supplemented by Gaventa’s (2004) power cube, is placed within the broader context of Marx’s Political Economy and Historical Materialism. The main value of Lefebvre’s (1991) wo...
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In 2008, we explored both implicit and explicit relationships between royalty and tourism in cont... more In 2008, we explored both implicit and explicit relationships between royalty and tourism in contemporary and historic UK and some international contexts. In doing so, we provided an original, direct and specific focus on the hitherto neglected subject of ‘Royal Tourism’ (Long and Palmer, 2008). A range of historical, sociological and popular cultural perspectives were included as a basis for examining the royal tourism phenomenon. There has to date, and surprisingly given the continuing relevance of the subject and enduring prominence of royalty, been no further academic studies of which we are aware that focus specifically on this royal tourism phenomenon. Nine years on, we revisit the peculiar attraction of royalty for tourism and specifically consider an enduring and persistent touristic focus on the monarchy, particularly in the UK. This chapter re-investigates the concept of 'Royal Tourism' as a specific form of popular cultural tourism and considers how royal tourism ...
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This paper explores consumer motivations for the taking and sharing of photographs of restaurant ... more This paper explores consumer motivations for the taking and sharing of photographs of restaurant food online. In particular, it examines consumer-generated images of food across social media sites as part of a wider trend towards the sharing of experiences (and photographs) online. Sharing behaviour has been linked to levels of online community participation, engagement and commitment (Nov and Ye, 2008) and the expression of creative ability in terms of photograph composition and skill (Cook et al, 2009; Xu and Bailey, 2010). Offline, motivations for taking and sharing photographs with others have received academic research interest in a number of contexts (for example: mobile phone users-Chua et al, 2009; tourist photographs-Belk and Joyce, 2011; photographing natural disasters-Owen, 2013). Of particular interest to this study has been research into the social use of image-sharing as a means of creating and maintaining social relationships and self-presentation (Van House et al, 20...
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This chapter re-investigates the concept of 'Royal Tourism' as a specific form of popular culture tourism and considers how royal tourism may be employed not solely for economic gain and commercial exploitation (one of the most enduring and publically contested aspects of the relationships between tourism and monarchy) but also as a political and socio-cultural tool and context.We consider Royal Tourism as a socially constructed concept (Berger and Luckman, 1966), whereby the entering into and playing out of roles and reciprocal actions by members of society as tourists are institutionalized. Thus, responses to royalty, in a tourism context, are embedded in the institutional fabric of society and popular culture. To explore this, we draw on our 2008 book though this material is adapted and updated to focus on popular culture dimensions of Royal Tourism.
The chapter considers, in turn: how there persists a focus on monarchy per se and in specific relation to royal events and tourism development and marketing activities; royal families and their prominent contribution to the reproduction of social mores and the establishment of tourist destinations through their patronage; the politics of Royal Tourism; and Royal Tourism’s meeting of psychological and physiological needs for the tourist. It then attempts to make sense of these features collectively to consider how understanding of this specific form of tourism can inform and assist deeper understanding of tourism within a wider popular culture context.
promotion of Britain by public sector tourism agencies, with a particular focus on the local authorities and tourist information provision. Theories of destination image and national identity are deployed in the framing of this material. Some results are presented from a 'mystery shopper' survey of tourist information centres' awareness of royal associations with their areas.
Understanding image as a representational tool is vital to any debate involving destination image promotion. It is important to recognise the potential gap between the intangible, abstract images in the minds of various stakeholders and the implications for the variety of media-based representations or identities of the destination used in its promotion. The need to develop a methodology to capture and compare the images from the various stakeholders is paramount to the design of an effective media-based promotional identity. Leiper’s model of the tourism system (1979) highlights the interaction between supply and demand in tourism operations. The supply- and demand sides of the industry are made up of various stakeholder groups (e.g. tourist enterprises, government agencies, intermediaries, tourists). The multiplicity of potential interrelationships between these different groups is however, often overlooked when destination image is discussed and many authors resort to a reductionist approach, focusing solely upon the images held by one particular stakeholder group involved in a tourism system, neglecting the perspective and influence of other groups.
are discussed. Five case studies
are considered using data from studies carried out during the past five years. Tourism is critically analysed in the context of the core-periphery axiom using data from studies of place perception and rural tourism development, urban tourism, seaside holiday resorts, coastal pollution and international tourism to Wales.
As Staiff concludes, visitors at heritage places can be regarded as having a dialogic relationship with places, objects and landscapes - a relationship that is infused with social and cultural characteristics. This produces creative challenges for heritage interpreters.
The 39th Annual Conference of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Paris, France, 27th-28th October, 2016.
Offline, motivations for taking and sharing photographs with others have received academic research interest in a number of contexts (for example: mobile phone users - Chua et al, 2009; tourist photographs - Belk and Joyce, 2011; photographing natural disasters - Owen, 2013). Of particular interest to this study has been research into the social use of image-sharing as a means of creating and maintaining social relationships and self-presentation (Van House et al, 2005; Marcus, 2015; Sheldon and Bryant, 2016) in line with the idea of socially-constructed realities.
The paper is based on the results of an online, semi-structured questionnaire survey completed by 67 international respondents of mixed genders and age groups (recruited via social media in line with standard research ethics procedures). Responses were analysed via descriptive statistics and a thematic review. The anonymised results provide initial insights into the extent to which photographs of restaurant food posted on social media were perceived to: reflect people's lifestyles; act as tools to maintain social relationships and facilitate the sharing of personal experiences; and contribute to the presentation of 'self' (Goffman, 1978). Overall, the findings draw attention to ways in which the taking and sharing of photographs of restaurant food online represent or distort offline leisure experiences. A number of questions are raised by the findings, not least the question of whether participation in social media itself as a leisure activity supersedes, or at least impacts on, the 'lived experience' (Denzin, 1985) of other offline leisure activities (such as 'eating out'). In the words of one of the respondents in this study, 'the longer you spend time taking photos, the more likely the food will be cold'.