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'''Intimate Tourism''', also known as '''Emotional Tourism''', is a concept created by Paula Bialski, a student sociologist, while studying [[CouchSurfing]], a hospitality exchange network. Intimate tourism is a term which is used to define the process of hospitality exchange networks as the individual experiences a kind of relationship without physical or geographical borders – a post-friendship where the personal needs of the individual such as “personal growth,” direct dialog, and human closeness, is met instantly, without taking into account any time-space continuum traditionally ingrained in the institution of friendship. | '''Intimate Tourism''', also known as '''Emotional Tourism''', is a concept created by Paula Bialski, a student sociologist, while studying [[CouchSurfing]], a hospitality exchange network. Intimate tourism is a term which is used to define the process of hospitality exchange networks as the individual experiences a kind of relationship without physical or geographical borders – a post-friendship where the personal needs of the individual such as “personal growth,” direct dialog, and human closeness, is met instantly, without taking into account any time-space continuum traditionally ingrained in the institution of friendship. | ||
Within Intimate Tourism, there are key social processes which assist this mechanism to fully function as it does – | Within Intimate Tourism, there are key social processes which assist this mechanism to fully function as it does – factors which allow people to become close, and verbally intimate after a very brief time. | ||
# The dichotomy between public and private space within our urban environment can influence our intimacy level - specifically, the fact that individuals are meeting in the utmost of intimate spaces - the private home. | # The dichotomy between public and private space within our urban environment can influence our intimacy level - specifically, the fact that individuals are meeting in the utmost of intimate spaces - the private home. | ||
# The specific goal and mindset of the CouchSurfing individual is crucial as they make use of this previously-mentioned space in order to fulfill their agenda of ‘personal growth.’ | # The specific goal and mindset of the CouchSurfing individual is crucial as they make use of this previously-mentioned space in order to fulfill their agenda of ‘personal growth.’ | ||
# Finally, the Internet is the crucial key in merging these two worlds and quenching the individual’s need for closeness by providing access to the locality of intimacy – the private home or ‘couch.’ | # Finally, the Internet is the crucial key in merging these two worlds and quenching the individual’s need for closeness by providing access to the locality of intimacy – the private home or ‘couch.’ | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
* [http://intimatetourism.wordpress.com/ The Sociology of Intimate Tourism], Paula Bialski's blog | * [http://intimatetourism.wordpress.com/ The Sociology of Intimate Tourism], Paula Bialski's blog | ||
* [http://www.hospitalityguide.net/hg/wiki/index.php?title=Emotional_Tourism An interpretive study of online hospitality exchange systems as a new form of tourism] | * [http://www.hospitalityguide.net/hg/wiki/index.php?title=Emotional_Tourism An interpretive study of online hospitality exchange systems as a new form of tourism] | ||
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Revision as of 19:11, 10 March 2013
Intimate Tourism, also known as Emotional Tourism, is a concept created by Paula Bialski, a student sociologist, while studying CouchSurfing, a hospitality exchange network. Intimate tourism is a term which is used to define the process of hospitality exchange networks as the individual experiences a kind of relationship without physical or geographical borders – a post-friendship where the personal needs of the individual such as “personal growth,” direct dialog, and human closeness, is met instantly, without taking into account any time-space continuum traditionally ingrained in the institution of friendship.
Within Intimate Tourism, there are key social processes which assist this mechanism to fully function as it does – factors which allow people to become close, and verbally intimate after a very brief time.
- The dichotomy between public and private space within our urban environment can influence our intimacy level - specifically, the fact that individuals are meeting in the utmost of intimate spaces - the private home.
- The specific goal and mindset of the CouchSurfing individual is crucial as they make use of this previously-mentioned space in order to fulfill their agenda of ‘personal growth.’
- Finally, the Internet is the crucial key in merging these two worlds and quenching the individual’s need for closeness by providing access to the locality of intimacy – the private home or ‘couch.’
External links
- The Sociology of Intimate Tourism, Paula Bialski's blog
- An interpretive study of online hospitality exchange systems as a new form of tourism