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Doing ethnography of tourist enclaves

Boundaries, ironies, and insights

York University, Canada, kschmid{at}yorku.ca

This article discusses the range of methodologies used to explore the making of tourism enclaves at Luxor, Egypt. Enclaving in tourism describes a process of segregating tourists from the local residents, to develop exclusive touristic spaces. This process has developed at Luxor since the beginning of elite tourism in the 19th century. It was apparent that both a historical and ethnographic approach would require the innovation of strategies to gather information about the contributions and resistance of key tourism actors (informal guides, tourists, tour operators, and government), to the production of enclaving. This article will examine the multifaceted approach used to gather information from and about these actors, including the benefits and drawbacks of integrating historical and ethnographic information. Investigating the production of exclusion also revealed ethical issues and other pitfalls to research.

Key Words: actors • enclave • ethnography • guides • fieldwork • method

Tourist Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1, 105-121 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1468797608094934


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