Curtin, S. C. and Wilkes, K., 2007. Swimming with captive dolphins: current debates and post-experience dissonance. International Journal of Tourism Research, 9 (2), pp. 131-146.
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DOI: 10.1002/jtr.599
Abstract
Dolphins have widespread contemporary appeal and anthropomorphic social representations of dolphins have fuelled a growing desire in tourist populations to seek interaction with them. This paper is concerned with the staged performance of swim-with-dolphin interaction programmes in aquaria. Qualitative interviews with tourists who have swum with captive dolphins identified their immediate recollections and stressed the grace, size and power of dolphins, but also a belief that the experience was too staged, too short and too expensive. Post-purchase dissonance focused on concerns with the size of enclosures and about captivity, too many tricks, limited interpretation and unfulfilled expectations of a quality interaction.
Item Type: | Article |
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ISSN: | 1099-2340 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Swimming with dolphins Tourist recollections Post-purchase dissonance |
Group: | Faculty of Management |
ID Code: | 827 |
Deposited By: | INVALID USER |
Deposited On: | 20 Apr 2007 |
Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2016 11:46 |
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