Transforming the tourist : Aboriginal tourism as investment in cultural transversality /
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2009
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Galliford, Mark
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Tourism is now a major global industry and specialist forms such as eco-tourism and cultural tourism are beginning to become important niches in the general tourist market within Australia. This thesis is an investigation into the effects of Aboriginal cultural tourism particularly in relation to the non-Aboriginal tourists who participate, and the potential for this type of tourism to influence attitudinal change. According to some Aboriginal tour operators, many tourists who have experienced Aboriginal cultural tourism have described their experiences as “life-changing”. The notion of a national reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is also about change. To many Australians, it means understanding and addressing the injustices and pain experienced by Indigenous people as a result of colonisation, thereby ideally transforming social relations for the better. The following research, therefore, considers whether reconciliation is a factor in cultural tourists‟ decisions to experience Aboriginal tourism, and whether the experience itself can be viewed as an expression of reconciliation
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David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research.
David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research.
David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research.
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Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2009.
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Copyright 2009 Mark Galliford
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1 ethesis (xiv, 323 pages) :
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-307)
1 ethesis (xiv, 323 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-307)
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