Jules Verne and Tourism
Journal Title: Journal of Tourism and Services - Year 2016, Vol 7, Issue 13
Abstract
Jules Verne must be read, not only by lovers of literature, but also by tourism experts. The reasons explaining this fact are due to Verne’s extraordinary role in anticipating current touristic tendencies. He manages to integrate these elements in the plot of his novels without boring the reader. He mingles touristic insights with fascinating suspense involving opponents in dramatic fights and quarrels. But as a consequence many readers tend not to realize how much Verne is interested in the service sector. He tries to develop a blueprint for the development of tourism in a country and at the same time he can entertain the reader who understands his economic suggestions quite easily. Thus nowadays it is highly recommended to analyze Verne’s works again. They provide essential information on the undertow of tourism nowadays. The following questions should be answered in an analysis of Verne’s touristic descriptions: (1) Which categories of tourism does the French author depict? (2) In which light does he present them? (3) Which ideological background lies behind his statements? (4) What can current research derive from Verne’s novels in the context of tourism? In order to gain tangible results we have chosen the novel Les Indes Noires, which deals extensively with Scotland in the second part of the 19thcentury, for analysis. This choice is based on several important factors: (1) Scotland belongs to those countries that are rising as a powerful tourist destination; (2) Edinburgh is frequently chosen as a cultural hotspot attracting tourists for various reasons (e.g. its summer festival or breathtaking ancient city center); (3) Les Indes Noires offers a breathtaking narration of events that act as a symbol of touristic developments in the late 20th and 21st century and therefore delivers interesting results which can be generalized.
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Klaus Pfatschbacher
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