Tourism and Final Wish Making: The Discourse of Terminal Illness and Travel

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aut.relation.articlenumberRTRR 2207155
aut.relation.journalTourism Recreation Research
dc.contributor.authorWillson, G
dc.contributor.authorMcIntosh, Alison Jane
dc.contributor.authorCockburn-Wootten, C
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-15T23:05:18Z
dc.date.available2023-05-15T23:05:18Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-24
dc.description.abstractThis paper identifies a new discourse about tourism, that of final wish making. The website communications of charitable foundations whose dedicated purpose is to grant final wishes for adults with a terminal illness and their families were examined using critical discourse analysis. Specifically, the aim of this study was to understand how these charitable organisations construct, communicate and mediate meanings around terminal illness and travel for these individuals. Our study found that, promoted as a final wish in one’s life, tourism is framed as a transformational concept that is beneficial in the imminent time before death, as a legacy for life, and after death. Our analysis indicated implications around the memory-making potential of tourism and the differential power relations between final wish organisers and vulnerable individuals with a terminal illness. The paper calls for further research exploring the marginalisation of the terminally ill through tourism, but equally the potential of tourism to include the most vulnerable tourists in their final days.
dc.identifier.citationTourism Recreation Research, ISSN: 0250-8281 (Print), Taylor and Francis Group. doi: 10.1080/02508281.2023.2207155
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02508281.2023.2207155
dc.identifier.issn0250-8281
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/16135
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.relation.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02508281.2023.2207155
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject1506 Tourism
dc.subject3508 Tourism
dc.subject4406 Human geography
dc.titleTourism and Final Wish Making: The Discourse of Terminal Illness and Travel
dc.typeJournal Article
pubs.elements-id502547
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