"Dear International Guests and Friends of the Icelandic Horse": Experience, Meaning and Belonging at a Niche Sporting Event. Issue 4 (1st October 2016)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "Dear International Guests and Friends of the Icelandic Horse": Experience, Meaning and Belonging at a Niche Sporting Event. Issue 4 (1st October 2016)
- Main Title:
- "Dear International Guests and Friends of the Icelandic Horse": Experience, Meaning and Belonging at a Niche Sporting Event
- Authors:
- Helgadóttir, Guðrún
Dashper, Katherine - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Landsmót hestamanna is the national championships for the Icelandic horse and a major festival for the special interest group addressed by the event organisers as "Friends of the Icelandic horse". As the designated country of origin for this particular equine breed, Iceland has a special place in the discursive practices of the communities involved with the Icelandic horse worldwide, while the Icelandic horse plays an important role in the tourism marketing of Iceland as a destination. Participant observation was conducted at the 2012 Landsmót in Reykjavík by two independent observers; one was an international visitor while the other was a native of Iceland. The data collected raise interesting questions about belonging to a niche market and attending associated events, the social construction of event experiences, about being an insider and an outsider, and how these positions are contingent and changeable across spatial and temporal boundaries within the flow of an event.
- Is Part Of:
- Scandinavian journal of hospitality and tourism. Volume 16:Issue 4(2016)
- Journal:
- Scandinavian journal of hospitality and tourism
- Issue:
- Volume 16:Issue 4(2016)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 16, Issue 4 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 16
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0016-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 422
- Page End:
- 441
- Publication Date:
- 2016-10-01
- Subjects:
- event management -- visitor experience -- international visitors -- nationality -- horse -- participant observation
Hospitality industry -- Scandinavia -- Periodicals
Hospitality industry -- Baltic States -- Periodicals
Tourism -- Scandianavia -- Periodicals
Tourism -- Baltic States -- Periodicals
338.4791 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/sjht20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/15022250.2015.1112303 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1502-2250
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- Legaldeposit
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