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Tourist clusters from Flickr travel photography

During decades researchers have been interested in investigating the most salient elements of tourists’ pictures, without considering whether there might be different patterns of photographer behaviour. Considering this background, this paper aims to examine the common features of the tourist-photographer’s gaze. By analysing a sample of pictures of a Pyrenees destination (Boí Valley) uploaded in Flickr, the authors first identify the attributes of photos; and second, by means of a cluster analysis, determine the existence of four groups of tourist photographers. The analysis reveals that although all photographers share common features in their pictures, there are other elements which define different photographer’s behaviour

© Tourism Management Perspectives, 2014, vol. 11, p. 26-33

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Author: Donaire, José Antonio
Camprubí Subirana, Raquel
Galí Espelt, Núria
Date: 2014
Abstract: During decades researchers have been interested in investigating the most salient elements of tourists’ pictures, without considering whether there might be different patterns of photographer behaviour. Considering this background, this paper aims to examine the common features of the tourist-photographer’s gaze. By analysing a sample of pictures of a Pyrenees destination (Boí Valley) uploaded in Flickr, the authors first identify the attributes of photos; and second, by means of a cluster analysis, determine the existence of four groups of tourist photographers. The analysis reveals that although all photographers share common features in their pictures, there are other elements which define different photographer’s behaviour
Format: application/pdf
ISSN: 2211-9736
Document access: http://hdl.handle.net/10256/9745
Language: eng
Publisher: Elsevier
Collection: Versió preprint del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2014.02.003
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Is part of: © Tourism Management Perspectives, 2014, vol. 11, p. 26-33
Rights: Tots els drets reservats
Subject: Fotografia digital
Photography -- Digital techniques
Anàlisi de conglomerats
Cluster analysis
Turisme
Tourism
Title: Tourist clusters from Flickr travel photography
Type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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