Meanings
- informalThe process of making or turning into something resembling Disneyland; homogenization and commercialization, especially in tourism.
Residents distance themselves from the Disneylandification of the city
2022, Zara Pinto-Coelho, Helena Pires, editors, The City of the Senses, the Senses in the City, UMinho Editora, →ISBN, page 1162 more examples
Thus it becomes inevitable that the border to kitsch and ‘Disneylandification’ will be crossed, quite often even under the formally correct surveillance of the authorities.
2010, Susanne Oberheu, Michael Wadenpohl, Cappadocia: A Travel Guide Through the Land of Fairychimneys and Rock Castles, →ISBN, page 26If it is the case elsewhere that the tourist industry has ‘touristified’ urban centres that already existed, subjecting them to a process of Disneylandification, Las Vegas is a tourist city created from scratch in the middle of the Mojave Desert, designed purely for the function of drawing in and accommodating tourists.
2021, Marco D'Eramo, The World in a Selfie: An Inquiry into the Tourist Age, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 127Synonyms: theme parking
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process of making or turning into something resembling Disneyland; homogenization and commercialization, especially in tourism.
Origin
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