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| | Tourism in the Context of the Internet and Globalization |
 | | For MacCannell, touristic experience is a search for 'authentic' experience (a problematic term) in a world where people, as a condition of modernity, are alienated; tourism is a form of liminal, heightened experience, of seeking an experience of authenticity outside the structure of mundane, ordinary, alienated work life. |
 | | She suggests that knowledge and observations from any of these fields would affect touristic theories concerning “environmental perception, tourist image, destination image, motivation, and decision making.”[10] Due to the incomplete nature of current mind / brain paradigms, it is difficult to fully understand the touristic experience because mind/brain models are still inadequate. |
 | | If a destination is not on the Web then it may well be ignored by the millions of people who now have access to the Internet and who expect that every destination will have a comprehensive presence on the Web. |
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