TY - JOUR
T1 - Promoting tourism in linguistic minority spaces on the web
T2 - A study of linguistic and visual resources on tourist websites for dingle, Ireland and Inari, Finland
AU - Kelly-Holmes, Helen
AU - Inen, Sari Pietikä
AU - Moriarty, Máiréad
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This article explores the web-based promotion of tourism in two linguistic minority spaces, namely Dingle in the Corca Dhuibne Gaeltacht (designated Irish-speaking region) in Ireland and Inari in Finnish Sámiland. Tourism websites not only mediate the contact between tourist and tourism producer, but may also become part of the touristic experience both before and after the visit. Various combinations of resources are used on websites in order to provide access to information about the particular location on the one hand, and in order to differentiate the location and its particular attractions, on the other. Using a selection of 28 websites (14 from each location), we examine how tourist websites promote Dingle and Inari; what combination of linguistic and visual resources are used on these sites for promotional purposes; whether the relevant minority language is used, and, if so, how.
AB - This article explores the web-based promotion of tourism in two linguistic minority spaces, namely Dingle in the Corca Dhuibne Gaeltacht (designated Irish-speaking region) in Ireland and Inari in Finnish Sámiland. Tourism websites not only mediate the contact between tourist and tourism producer, but may also become part of the touristic experience both before and after the visit. Various combinations of resources are used on websites in order to provide access to information about the particular location on the one hand, and in order to differentiate the location and its particular attractions, on the other. Using a selection of 28 websites (14 from each location), we examine how tourist websites promote Dingle and Inari; what combination of linguistic and visual resources are used on these sites for promotional purposes; whether the relevant minority language is used, and, if so, how.
KW - Irish sámi
KW - Minority languages
KW - Tourist websites
KW - Virtual ethnography
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861930013&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3727/109830411X13049571092679
DO - 10.3727/109830411X13049571092679
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84861930013
SN - 1098-304X
VL - 11
SP - 31
EP - 42
JO - Tourism, Culture and Communication
JF - Tourism, Culture and Communication
IS - 1
ER -