Staycation and Locavism in Post-Modern Society
Join us this 8 January for an in-person research seminar on "Staycation and Locavism in Post-Modern Society" by Professor Darko Dimitrovski from the University of Krajevac, Serbia.
Presentation Synopsis
Different types of crises (economic, political, health, etc.) on a global scale have led to a change in the perceptionof tourism and leisure mobility in post-modern society. The hypermobile world blurs the boundaries betweentourism and everyday life, leading to novel forms of mobility such as proximity tourism, staycation, and locavism.The essence of these forms of mobility is dualism between tourist and resident, allowing locals to explore newplaces and areas as tourists and enjoy a greater variety of transformative local experiences within the home region.In this way, Tuan’s theory of place experience and Urry's notion of the tourist gaze and post-tourists were revisitedto deconstruct tourist mobilities through physical distance by re-examining tourist mobilities as part of everydayenvironments and practises. Several examples will be discussed to acknowledge the complexity of the presentedphenomena.
Speaker's Profile
Darko Dimitrovski is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management in Vrnjačka Banja – University ofKragujevac. Currently, he serves as the Deputy Director of Center for Research and Education in Tourism and Head of adoctoral programme. He earned PhD at the Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, and post-doctoral researchstudies at the University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Villa Real, Portugal. He is an Editor of the Hotel andTourism Management journal published by the Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism in Vrnjačka Banja, Universityof Kragujevac. He has been awarded as the best scientist in Social Sciences (2023) by the University of Kragujevac. Heis also a member of the editorial board of World Leisure Journal, European Journal of Tourism Research, SocialSciences & Humanities Open, Journal of Global Business Insights and Journal of Tourism, Heritage & ServicesMarketing. He has participated in several international industry and research projects. He was a guest lecturer andvisiting researcher at universities in Australia, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Kazakhstan.
