Resumen de The Tourist's Gaze: from the Perspective of a Muslim Woman
Asra Zaliza Bte Asbollah, Clare Lade, Ewen J. Michael
This article continues the exploration of factors determining the tourist gaze in differing circumstances. Without intending to engage in a feminist debate, the article focuses on the preferences of women tourists as factors contributing to the development of domestic tourism in Malaysia. It goes further by using their own �tourist gaze� as a tool to explore these perceptions. This approach delivers outcomes that differ substantially from those of previous studies in comparable Western environments. Here, a case study from the resort town of Setiu serves to illustrate the complex array of social forces�a heady compound of nationality, race, culture, religion, and gender�to distinguish the preferences of local tourists and of Malay Muslim women in particular
