A short video of my visual impressions in Jordan
make sure to watch in HD
Music: Jihad Akl - A Violin Affair
As our lives become increasingly fast paced
and as we are all more and more present on the World Wide Web, the media have
gained influence on tourism and destinations all over the world. The variety of
ways in which images of a certain places are spread out in the world are
greater than ever before, posing opportunities but at the same time dangers to
touristic places. Photographs and video material of a place that is shown on
TV, in newspapers, travel books, etc. allow future visitors to have
expectations and images that distances them from the actual reality way before
their visit. This ‘danger’ is now even more present as private pictures are
increasingly available online when uploaded on various social media. Thus they
do not constitute the mere capturing of a moment to frame and hang up in the
living room to show family and friends, but have the ability to reach a global
audience.
While I do not intend to reach a global audience with this video, I did want to
capture moments on my trip to Jordan to share the visual experience I had with
family, friends and readers of my blog. I chose the title ‘Welcome to Jordan’
as this phrase resounded everywhere I went and made me feel very welcomed in
the country. Furthermore it reminds me of the most memorable tourist encounter
I had.
Tim Edenson, ‘Tourism’ International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (2009), p. 310.
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