A metaphor analysis research agenda for tourism studies

Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong

Annals of Tourism Research, 2016, vol. 57, issue C, 248-250

Abstract: •Proposes a research agenda on metaphor analysis for tourism studies.•Situates metaphor analysis within the linguistic turn in social sciences.•Identifies that tourism metaphors always have a selling function.•Metaphors used to sell tourism development to communities have yet to be examined.•Explores the use of ‘heart’ and ‘pillar’ metaphors by tourism policy makers in Ghana.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2015.12.013

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