Photographic tourism

Special Interest Tourism

Emash Stephan Wijesinghe
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Introduction
Experience

Photographic tourism is a form off special interest

tourism in which tourists visits a particular place
with the primary aim of photographing subjects that
are unique to him/her
Typologies
i. Architectural photography
ii. Landscape photography
iii. Street photography
iv. Aerial photography
v. Astrophotography
vi. Sports photography
vii. Documentary photography
viii. Wildlife photography
i. Architectural photography
Transportation

❑Architecture represents culture and heritage of the

destination
❑Modern architecture
❑Ancient architecture
❑These take place in urban cities or heritage sites
ii. Landscape photography

❑ Landscape photographer like to travel lonely places of

earth
❑ May travel happens due to seeing, watching or
discovering of landscapes
❑ Urban landscapes [cityscape]
❑ Natural landscapes
iii. Street photography

❑ Genre of photography that records everyday life in a

public place
❑ The very publicness of the setting enables the
photographer to take candid pictures of strangers,
often without their knowledge.
iv. Aerial photography

❑ Photos taken from above are known as aerial

photography
❑ Airplanes, Helicopters, Hot air balloons and Drones
are most commonly used mediums in photography
v. Astrophotography

❑ Due to the increase of urban areas it is

difficult capture photos
❑ Desserts and arctic is the best ways to
capture astrophotos
vi. Sports photography

❑ Stadiums and other sport related

arenas attract a lot of tourists
❑ These event invite people to get close
to the sports and capture their
memories
vii. Documentary photography

❑ Documentary Photography is as can be seen by the

name is the documentation of historical objects,
people and events, everything that is photographed
is real.
❑ Documentary Photo can either be of wars, famous
people, inventions and people in hardships
viii.Wildlife photography

❑ This is the best type photography for tourists interested in wildlife in its natural
habitant
❑ Wildlife photography suggests to keep distance to least interfere with the natural
habitant
❑ Hiking and safaris are most common for this type of photography
Motivational factors

❑ Love for photography

❑ To make memories
❑ Recognition
❑ Nostalgia
❑ To be famous
❑ Media [ social networking ]
❑ To tell a story
My personal favorite destination for travel
photography

MONT SAINT-MICHEL VI Saint-Malo

, France , France
 The Poison Garden at the Alnwick Venice of the Netherland
Garden in Northumberland, England
STAKEHOLDERS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TOURISM
❑ Tourism service providers
❑ Transport operators
❑ Governments
❑ NGOs
❑ Host community
❑ Tourists
❑ Trade associations
Role of media in photographic tourism

❑ Promoting destinations
❑ Make the people aware of
photographic tourism
❑ Marketing through media
Social media for travel photography

❑ Instagram
❑ Hashtag
❑ Crowdfire
❑ Facebook
❑ Pinterest
❑ Tumbler
CONCLUSION
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