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Gay neo-tribes: Exploration of travel behaviour and space

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posted on 2023-05-19, 18:44 authored by Oskaras Vorobjovas-PintaOskaras Vorobjovas-Pinta
This research seeks to understand space as a point of coherence around which neo-tribes form. In doing so, it draws upon neo-tribalism as a way to conceptualise belonging, connectedness, and affinity. Using ethnographic methods including semi-structured interviews and participant observation, this research investigates whether gay travellers experience a sense of connectedness to other gay travellers, certain spaces, and specific activities in relation to their sexual identities. Space becomes a connective thread and a point of coherence around which neo-tribes form. Findings reveal that space acts as a performance site, where the collective neo-tribal identity can be manifested.

History

Publication title

Annals of Tourism Research

Volume

72

Pagination

1-10

ISSN

0160-7383

Department/School

TSBE

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd

Place of publication

The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, England, Ox5 1Gb

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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Socio-cultural issues in tourism

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