Cultural heritage and tourism : an introduction /
Timothy, Dallen J.,
Cultural heritage and tourism : an introduction / Dallen J. Timothy. - Second Edition. - Bristol, Channel View Publications: 2020 - xxii, 549 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Aspects of tourism texts; 7 . - Aspects of tourism texts. .
Previous edition published 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cultural heritage and tourism -- Section 1. Consumption of culture: Heritage demand and experience -- The heritage supply: Attractions and services -- Spatial perspectives and heritage resources -- Looking for something real: Heritage, tourism and elusive authenticity -- Tourism and the politics of heritage -- The need to conserve the past: The impacts of tourism -- Protective legislation and conservation organizations -- Protecting the past for today: Heritage conservation and tourism -- Telling the story: Interpreting the past for visitors -- Planning principles and cultural heritage destinations -- Marketing the past for today -- Raising revenue and managing visitors -- Section 2. Museums: Keepers of the past -- Archaeological sites and ancient monuments -- Landscapes of the elite and the ordinary -- The industrial past -- Religious sites and pilgrimage -- Diasporas, roots and personal heritage tourism -- Indigenous culture -- Dark tourism: Atrocity and human suffering -- Conclusions: The future of the past.
"This book provides a comprehensive overview of the issues, practices, current debates, concepts and management concerns associated with cultural heritage-based tourism, as well as applied knowledge. The 2nd edition expands on timely and emerging topics and includes up-to-date data, statistics, references, case material, figures and plates"--
9781845417741
2020003630
Heritage tourism.
G 156.5 .H47D35 2020
338.4/791
Cultural heritage and tourism : an introduction / Dallen J. Timothy. - Second Edition. - Bristol, Channel View Publications: 2020 - xxii, 549 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Aspects of tourism texts; 7 . - Aspects of tourism texts. .
Previous edition published 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cultural heritage and tourism -- Section 1. Consumption of culture: Heritage demand and experience -- The heritage supply: Attractions and services -- Spatial perspectives and heritage resources -- Looking for something real: Heritage, tourism and elusive authenticity -- Tourism and the politics of heritage -- The need to conserve the past: The impacts of tourism -- Protective legislation and conservation organizations -- Protecting the past for today: Heritage conservation and tourism -- Telling the story: Interpreting the past for visitors -- Planning principles and cultural heritage destinations -- Marketing the past for today -- Raising revenue and managing visitors -- Section 2. Museums: Keepers of the past -- Archaeological sites and ancient monuments -- Landscapes of the elite and the ordinary -- The industrial past -- Religious sites and pilgrimage -- Diasporas, roots and personal heritage tourism -- Indigenous culture -- Dark tourism: Atrocity and human suffering -- Conclusions: The future of the past.
"This book provides a comprehensive overview of the issues, practices, current debates, concepts and management concerns associated with cultural heritage-based tourism, as well as applied knowledge. The 2nd edition expands on timely and emerging topics and includes up-to-date data, statistics, references, case material, figures and plates"--
9781845417741
2020003630
Heritage tourism.
G 156.5 .H47D35 2020
338.4/791