Using the Car in a Fragile Rural Tourist Destination: A Social Representations Perspective

The visitor experience of place is inextricably linked to our ability to travel around an area at will, yet this mobility creates many problems especially in scenic rural areas of the UK. The study presented here attempts to unravel visitors' experiences of mobility using Moscovici's social representations approach. Travel diaries were employed to explore visitors' transport choices and mobility patterns during the peak season in Purbeck, Dorset, UK. Analysis focuses on how such patterns reflect a social representation of mobility and the implications this has for visitor travel at destinations.

• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VG8-4N1SP7K-1/2/85604330378565743b88a11e751053d9
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier
• Authors:
  • Dickinson, Janet E
  • Robbins, Derek
• Publication Date: 2007-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 116-126
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0966-6923
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jtrangeo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile travel; Mobility; Mode choice; Rural areas; Social factors; Tourism; Tourists; Travel diaries
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01046567
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 9 2007 10:18AM