This document discusses the concept of the tourist gaze, which refers to how tourists view and experience landscapes and scenes that are unusual to them with interest and curiosity, in a way that differs from how local residents view their everyday environments like home and work. The tourist gaze can vary between different societies, social groups, and historical periods.
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3. ? To gaze upon scenes/landscapes that are out of the ordinary
? When we look upon the environment with interest and
curiosity
? Gaze varies by society, social group and historical group
? Gaze contrasts with non-tourist social practices Eg. Home/work