Cultural and Aesthetic Functionalism

B) Prior Exposure

• This is a potential advantage in the provision of satisfaction

• ‘Right off I-95, where North Caroline meets her Southern sister state stands the crappiest, shoddiest, yet most beautiful tourist trap in all of the world! It's also the largest’.

• ‘If you have never been to South of the Border you can’t miss it because you’ll be inundated with signs for miles and miles – 120 signs on I-95- telling you to go there’

• South of the Border started out as a beer stand in 1949 and has grown into a 135-acre tourist trap par excellence

• Since the 1950s, South of the Border has understood the importance of advertising. SOB spends over $40,000 a year on approximately 200 billboards along I-95 between NJ and FL promoting the place.

• A typical sign reads "You Never Sausage a Place!" and has a giant tacked-on pink sausage.

• All the signs are different and each one tells you just how many miles remain to get there

• South of the Border has a 300-room motel complete with honeymoon suites, five restaurants, ten stores, the "Cancun Salun," "El Drug Store," three gas stations, two fireworks stores, and a campground with 100 sites.

Can also work to the detriment of the attraction

Perception of the attraction and the ‘value for effort’

C) Efficiency of Return

• There is an investment in time and effort (cash) involved in the users decision making - barriers

• On a journey is it worthwhile breaking the journey to visit the facility

The Gator Jumparoo- $5.00

Disney Magic Kingdom - $77.00 (3 days)

1991

• 2005/6

• Gatorland - $19.95 per adult• $12.95 per child

• Seaworld - $ 61.95 per adult• $ 49.95 per child

• Disney (Magic Kingdom, one day) • $ 67.10 per adult• $ 55.38 per child•

D) Satiation

• The average tourist (or ‘recreationist’) has a relatively short attention span

Epcot - Around the world in a short walk

The use of small space

** E) Suitability

• Probably the main focus of aesthetical functionalism

Women’s washroom - the Elm Club

stained glass

wood doors

hair driers

tissues

lights

mirrors

Keukenhoff Gardens

Netherlands

The colours and environment of Yellowstone National Park

Response

Manuel Antonio National Park Costa Rica

Aesthetics - pole restraint

Practicality - 80 metre drop

• A sense of consistency would seem to be important

• Relativity

Niagara Falls

Niagara on the Lake

Recreation Resources

• After consideration of individuals and their demands need to look at the other side of the equation

• know that

Natural - RecreationalResource

• A natural resource normally involves the physical environment (with the sense of human usage)

• Humans are essential when attempting to define a resource

• Link to the definition of resources

ZimmermannDefinition of Resources

“ Resources are not, they become”

• Creation of resources then is a possibility

Destruction of Resources

• So the definition of a resource implies use

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