A Geography of Unconventional Tourist Mobility: New Approaches and Methodologies

• Other Authors: Irimiás, Anna Rita (Editor), Timothy, Dallen J. (Editor), Michalkó, Gábor (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Film, TV & radio; overtourism; Budapest; tourism carrying capacity; unconventional data gathering; unconventional analytical methodology; unconventional tourism; popular science tourism resources; development suitability; evaluation system; geographic information system; Guangzhou University Town; cemetery; tourist attraction; green space; urban green infrastructure; cemetery tourism; tourism safety; design concept; Designcommunication; unconventional approach; cross-border mobility; invisible tourism; transiting; transit traffic; geospatial information; Hungary; visitor behavior; tracking tourists; Flickr; day trips; weekend destination; autonomous vehicles (AVs); unconventional tourism services; tourism experts' perception; Q methodology; future of tourism; unregistered tourism; unaccounted tourism; short-haul travel; same-day travel; VFR tourism; sharing economy; shopping tourism; bicycle tourism; island cyclists; embodied experiences; contexts; Hainan; medical tourism; postcovid; change of tourism supply; sustainable way; change of visitor flow; mobile positioning data (MPD); tourism mobility; unobserved tourism; same-day tourists; international tourism; domestic tourism; digital innovation; food; Metaverse; phygital tourism; research; tourism; web 3.0; wine; n/a
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism had permeated all spaces of experience, reaching every country, region, settlement, and corner of the globe. In recent decades, the meanings, implications, and roles of tourism have also significantly expanded. This Special Issue focuses on unconventional tourism mobilities and same-day visits, which are an important but often neglected part of the tourism system, constantly challenging both scholars and tourism industry stakeholders. Unconventional tourism is an umbrella term that covers most kinds of unregistered or unaccounted tourist mobilities (e.g., second homes, same-day visits, illegal home rentals, visiting friends and relatives, etc.), some of which might not appear to be 'tourism' but are in certain localities and under certain conditions. Given the growth of unregistered tourist flows and unaccounted leisure mobilities, there is a need in tourism studies to apply innovative research methods and to reconceptualize the meanings of tourism in different geographical and social contexts. It is expected that people's cravings for travel in the post-pandemic era will educe new spatial and temporal tourism experiences and behaviors in which unconventional tourism will play an important role. This Special Issue helps to explore unconventional tourism mobilities as described in all their forms, focusing on the geographical patterns, processes, and hidden aspects of it.