Can liminality/ liminal behaviour explain what happens at beach resorts?
Author: Parmley, V Enrolment Number: 052201273 Abstract: This paper discusses key issues in tourism surrounding the issue of liminality and it\’s connections to the beach. It compares our behaviour at home with our behaviour in an unfamiliar place away from our home environment and social norms. This paper looks at how people behave whilst in the beach environment along with british holiday traits and touches upon personal space, territory and what factors influence people to behave the way they do whislt at the beach. It also focusses on the beach dress codes and looks at how it might also influence unusual or out of the ordinary behaviour. Keywords: Liminality, Behaviour, territory, personal space Liminality is a term we can use when referring to certain environments where anti-social or unacceptable behaviour might be found to be acceptable. This particularly applies to the beach/ seaside. The beach is a liminal zone whereby we are considered to perhaps lose our identities, revel in
