The Tourist, The Resident: study
The Tourist, The Resident: An inspection of the undulating culture of modern urban tourism
Summer 2010; Critical Spatial Practices; Professor: Drea Howenstien, Jose FerreiraModern urban tourism has become not only an industry of travel, but also of mediation. By creating, mapping and graphing new urban topographies based on the current state of urban tourism (which relies heavily on mediation via the internet; e.g. tripadvisor.com and google.com), it is easy to see how the tourism industry clusters and only provides nodes of interaction with the city and its people, often isolating the outskirts.
Please download all boards to achieve a full comprehension of the project:L Bancroft: The Tourist, The Resident: Inspection of Urban Tourism
Key Images Below:
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- Inefficient urban tourist node: Street Tram, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Inefficient urban tourist node: Apple Store, Chicago, IL
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- Ineffective/Isolated Tourist Node
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- Flexible/Permeable/Accesible Tourist Node
