Spuriousness and tourism: Politics of Two Canadian Provincial Government

摘要: Abstract Papson, Stephen, Spuriousness and Tourism: Politics of Two Canadian Provincial Government. Annals Tourism Research 1981, VIII(2):220–235. Using Boorstein's MacCannell's notions pseudo-events staged authenticity, this paper explores the process by which socio-cultural reality takes on quality spuriousness. Theoretically, it is argued that spurious to extent imposed from sources outside everyday existence members a community. Empirically, policies provincial governments Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island are analyzed. It tourist marketing, routing zoning, creating community events, organizing historical sites form imposing layer over spurious.