Permission to Rebel: A Critical Evaluation of Alcohol Consumption and Party Tourism

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Author
Carlisle, Sheena
Ritchie, Caroline
Date
2020-07-02Acceptance date
2020-06-11
Type
Article
Publisher
Springer
ISSN
2520-8691
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There is increasing societal worry about the long and short-term medical implications of binge
drinking. There is also societal and fiscal concern about the impact that the rowdy carnivalesque
behaviours engendered by the heavy drinking expected during a party tourism holiday has upon both
the tourist and the local community. Therefore, a multi-disciplinary analysis of extant literature
relating to the party tourism phenomenon and the consumption of excess alcohol which identifies
gaps in current knowledge is timely. Reviewed from a British tourist perspective, the party tourism
enclave primarily hosts friendship and rites of passage groups, and stag and hen parties where a high
alcohol consumption is an expected, if not compulsory, holiday behaviour. The authors go beyond
sole recognition of excessive alcohol consumption in beach destinations using thematic analysis to
assess the role of the communal enclave space, the power of place and representations of drinking to
excess via media and holiday discourses. This is measured in the context of culturally (un)acceptable
behaviours within different drinking groups according to demographics, peer group pressures,
purpose of holiday and personal incentive to drink. This links to roles of social media, levels of risk
tourists are willing to take, memories of holiday drinking experiences, the role the hospitality and
tourism industry in promoting alcohol consumption and levels of governance and policing within the
party tourism destination. Recommendations are made for future empirical research to inform policy
and practice within party and nightlife destinations.
Journal/conference proceeding
International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure;
Citation
Carlisle, S. and Ritchie, C. (2020) 'Permission to Rebel: A Critical Evaluation of Alcohol Consumption and Party Tourism', International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure. DOI: 10.1007/s41978-020-00061-4
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Article published in International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure on 02 July 2020, available open access at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41978-020-00061-4.
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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