Photo Gallery

Reverse tourism: a tourist being pictured by locals, who want their children to be on the photo with the tall blond tourist. An example of possible contact between locals and tourists – Photo 16/(India

A herd of cows crossing the road: an Incidental Impsource. Information nor expectations play any part and those incidental Impsources are never accounted for by travel organizations, but do form an important part of a holiday – Photo 6/Costa Rica

Local police give holiday children a ride – an example of domestic tourism and of a Shared Impsource – Photo 14/Chile

Boat-with-roof and engine versus a simple canoe. For tourists an Impsource, for the man and his son the harsh reality of survival. It is about a shared Impsource – Foto 10/Bocas del Toro, Panama

A woman carrying a bucket of water on her head, walking with a gently swinging pace, photographed by a tourist – two worlds and two realities. We are dealing with an incidental Impsource and object related authenticity – Photo 9/Nicaragua

Daily life in a city may produce many possible experiences. This type of shared and incidental Impsources determine ImpCal intake at a destination. Obviously, such a city is full of authenticity – Photo 7/India

Original ox cart used as an tourist attraction, trying to give tourist some authentic feel of the place (Escazu, Costa Rica).

Simple way of processing sugar cane – interesting for tourists and a Side Impsource. Tourists have this tendency sometimes to hide behind their cameras not wanting to interfere, but not really observing either – Photo 13/Costa Rica

A local guide showing a coffee plant; an additional explanation by specialized guides may enhance the ImpCal intake. Expectations usually are fairly narrow and authentcitiy is object related – Photo 15/Costa Rica

Two realities: handicraft made by a local population for tourists hanging side by side with imported jeans meant for the locals. For an observant tourist small details may form a shared Impsource – Photo 11/El Castillo, Nicaragua

Floodings are an incidental Impsource, without expectations and no information beforehand. They still can be an Impsource, convennient or not as they may be – Photo 17/Panama

Contact with the locals in a public bus forms part of what we call shared Impsources. Information provision deals with factual information only: departure time and location of the bus terminal. Expectations are broad. – Photo 4/India

It is hard to say if these indigenpous people always dress like this or not and the photograph does not reveal its secret, if it is about something objective or symbolic authentic. Is this staged or original? – Photo 19/Peru

For a change a photograph without an Impsource, but the tourists themselves form the subject of the picture. Tourism without photography is nearly unthinkable nowadays – Photo 20/Vietnam

Just crossing the border may be converted into an Impsource, in this case between Costa and Panama on the Caribbean side. An unexpected shared Impsource may impose more lasting experiences than one thinks – Photo 18/Costa Rica-Panama

With digital camaras photographing has become even more important, to the point of not observing with the naked eye anymore. Nature provides for authentic experiences and expectation should be fairly narrow in this case – Photo 8/Argentina

Sports may lead to an important intake of ImpCal; on the photograph an example of a Side Impsource. Physical exercise may lead to activity related authenticity – Photo 2/Costa Rica

A local population may form an Impsource in their own right – in the picture the Ghanges river. Cities are important shared Impsources and in these cases tourists usually have an idea what to expect – Photo 5/India

A city can be used as a major tourism attraction. The buildings and squares become shared Impsources and in most cases we are dealing with object related authenticity.

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A small street in Guatemala full of signs in English. How does this affect a sustainable development?