Project Description
Many destinations throughout the world are overcrowded. In fact, this occurs if the number of tourists at the place is rising and not managed properly. However, some places could be managed while others cannot. For example, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) is full of tourists leading to overcrowding within the city resulting in negative impacts on tourist experience, the city’s image and reputation. Nowadays, media influences tourist decision-making, as well as a city’s reputation to a great extend. This thesis aims on analysing written media, in the context of Amsterdam and crowding, for various source countries. The questions of what is being said about the issue of overcrowding, as well as why it is said are going to be addressed. Involving a discourse analysis as method will help as examination on how language constructs phenomena. This research seems to indicate that countries assessments about crowding issues within the city differ to a great extent.
Author: R. Stock (2017)
