{"title":"HOME AND AWAY: AUSTRALIAN TRAVELLERS’ CONSUMPTION OF EVERYDAY VILLAGE LIFE IN INDONESIA","authors":"","doi":"10.3727/194341421x16213644579337","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to explore (1) what kind of everyday materials in rural villages attract Australian tourists to visit; (2) the nature of the dynamic tensions that occur during the interactions; and (3) how these create reflexivity with regard to the notion of home. Employing ethnographic interviews, participating in tour packages, and observing the interactions between Australian travellers and local people in rural villages of Java and Bali, the project attempts to reveal the interactional experiences that occur in the everyday life of rural village settings. Results, first, the Australians identified home, street, natural surroundings, and people as the everyday materials for them to see how others live their life. Secondly, the perceptions of pressure to buy appear during the dynamic process of interactions. Thirdly, the visit to the rural villages of Indonesia become a comparative journey to enjoy the privilege of ‘home,’ while the Australians are being 'away.' As a conclusion, theoritical and practical understanding contribute to capture the specific market of Australians and how this market interacts with a specific space in Indonesia.","PeriodicalId":41836,"journal":{"name":"TOURISM CULTURE & COMMUNICATION","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"TOURISM CULTURE & COMMUNICATION","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3727/194341421x16213644579337","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper aims to explore (1) what kind of everyday materials in rural villages attract Australian tourists to visit; (2) the nature of the dynamic tensions that occur during the interactions; and (3) how these create reflexivity with regard to the notion of home. Employing ethnographic interviews, participating in tour packages, and observing the interactions between Australian travellers and local people in rural villages of Java and Bali, the project attempts to reveal the interactional experiences that occur in the everyday life of rural village settings. Results, first, the Australians identified home, street, natural surroundings, and people as the everyday materials for them to see how others live their life. Secondly, the perceptions of pressure to buy appear during the dynamic process of interactions. Thirdly, the visit to the rural villages of Indonesia become a comparative journey to enjoy the privilege of ‘home,’ while the Australians are being 'away.' As a conclusion, theoritical and practical understanding contribute to capture the specific market of Australians and how this market interacts with a specific space in Indonesia.
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Tourism, Culture & Communication is the longest established international refereed journal that is dedicated to the cultural dimensions of tourism. The editors adopt a purposefully broad scope that welcomes readers and contributors from diverse disciplines and who are receptive in a wide variety of research methods. While potential cultural issues and identities are unlimited, there is a requirement that their consideration should relate to the tourism and hospitality domain. Tourism, Culture & Communication provides readers with multidisciplinary perspectives that consider topics and fields extending beyond national and indigenous cultures as they are traditionally understood and recognized. Coverage may extend to issues such as cultural dimensions of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), gender and tourism, managing tourists with disabilities, sport tourism, or age-specific tourism. Contributions that draw upon the communications literature to explain the tourism phenomenon are also particularly welcome. Beyond the focus on culture and communications, the editors recognize the important interrelationships with economies, society, politics, and the environment. The journal publishes high-quality research and applies a double-blind refereeing process. Tourism, Culture & Communication consists of main articles, major thematic reviews, position papers on theory and practice, and substantive case studies. A reports section covers specific initiatives and projects, “hot topics,” work-in-progress, and critical reviews.