Hilary Du Cros, Bob Mckercher

Cultural Tourism (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Cultural Tourism remains the only book to bridge the gap between cultural tourism and cultural and heritage management. This edition bases the discussion of cultural tourism in the theory and practice of cultural and heritage management.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000056365
• Artikelnr.: 59279090

Autorenporträt

Hilary du Cros is an Honorary Research Fellow, University of New Brunswick, Canada. She has a unique perspective on tourism, heritage and arts management after 35 years as an academic and consultant in the Asia-Pacific Region. Books include The Arts and Events with Lee Jolliffe (2014) and Cultural Heritage Management in China with Y.S.F. Lee (2009).

Bob McKercher is a Professor of Tourism at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has wide-ranging research interests focused around special interest tourism markets, product development and consumer behavior. He received his PhD from the University of Melbourne in Australia, a Master's degree from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and his undergraduate degree from York University in Toronto, Canada. Prior to entering academia, he worked in a variety of operational and advocacy positions in the Canadian tourism industry.

Inhaltsangabe

Part A Setting the context. 1 Introduction: defining cultural tourism. 2.
Challenges in achieving sustainable cultural tourism. 3. Issues, benefits,
risks and costs. Part B Cultural Assets. 4. Cultural heritage management
principles and practice (with special reference to World Heritage). 5.
Tangible Cultural Heritage. 6. Intangible cultural heritage and creative
arts. Part C Tourism, the tourist and stakeholders. 7. How tourism works.
8. The cultural tourism market: a cultural tourism typology. 9. Tourism
attraction system, markers and gatekeepers. Part D Products. 10. Cultural
tourism products. 11. Assessing product potential. 12. Market
Appeal/Robusticity Matrix: a site specific auditing tool. Part E
Operationalization. 13. Framework for understanding what is necessary for a
successful attraction. 14. Applying planning and management frameworks. 15.
Experience creation. Epilogue.