Residential tourism: (de)constructing paradise

List of Figures

1. Understanding Residential Tourism

Introduction

Residential Tourism

Contributions of IRM

Towards New Understandings

Building a Framework

Book Overview

Conclusion

2. Spatial Interpretations: Seeing Landscape, Sensing Place

Introduction

Landscape

Outsiders and Landscape/Insiders and Place

Place

Conclusion

3. Locating Boquete in Space and Time

Introduction

Geographical Context

Historical Context

The Dawn of Residential Tourism

Conclusion

4. Longing for Landscape: Assessing Residential Tourists' Experiences of Boquete

Introduction

Promotional Grand Image

Individual Articulations of Place Experience

A Community Apart

Conclusion

5. The Estranging Place: Assessing Native Residents' Experiences of Boquete

Introduction

Boqueteños and Place

Place into Landscape

Conclusion

6. Conclusion

Introduction

Rethinking Residential Tourism

Future Scenarios

Landscape Nomadism

Suggestions for Further Research

Conclusion

Appendix 1. Boquete: A pueblo that is living the last days of its history / Ulices Urriola

Appendix 2. This is the story of a farmer who sold his land to a foreigner for a great amount of money / Ulices Urriola

Appendix 3. Methodological Notes

References

Index