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Heritage and Tourism : Places, Imageries and the Digital Age / Linde Egberts, Maria D. Alvarez.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Landscape and Heritage ResearchPublisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource : 30 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789462985353
  • 9789048536443
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4791 23
LOC classification:
  • G156.5.H47 .H4634 2018
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Tourism and Heritage / Egberts, Linde / Alvarez, Maria D. -- 2. Tourism Conflicts and Conflict Tourism / Laarse, Rob van der -- 3. Heritage Landscapes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki / Bui, Huong T. / Yoshida, Kaori / Lee, Timothy -- 4. Revealing and Presenting the Past(s) for the Public / Verhoeven, Mariëtte -- 5. Who Takes the Lead in Initiating Cooperation in a Cultural Network and Why? / Lemmetyinen, Arja / Nieminen, Lenita / Aalto, Johanna -- 6. Sustainability of Heritage-Tourism Destinations / Aydın, Begüm / Alvarez, Maria D. -- 7. Localising National Tourism Websites / Mele, Emanuele / Ascaniis, Silvia De / Cantoni, Lorenzo -- 8.Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through "In-Situ", Customisable, 3D-Printed Souvenirs / Anastasiadou, Constantia / Forster, Samantha Vettese / Calder, Lynsey -- 9. Tracking the Heritage Tourist / Knippenberg, Karim van / Egberts, Linde -- 10. The Construction of a Tourist-Historic Icon / Egberts, Linde / Melgers, Renée -- 11. Conclusion / Egberts, Linde / Alvarez, Maria D. -- Index
Summary: Heritage and tourism mutually reinforce each other, with the presentation of heritage at physical sites mirrored by the ways heritage is presented on the internet. This interdisciplinary book uses humanities and social sciences to analyze the ways that heritage is branded and commodified, how stakeholders organize place brands, and how digital strategies shape how visitors appreciate heritage sites. The book presents covers a wide geographic diversity, offering the reader the chance to find cross-cutting themes and area-specific features of the field.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Tourism and Heritage / Egberts, Linde / Alvarez, Maria D. -- 2. Tourism Conflicts and Conflict Tourism / Laarse, Rob van der -- 3. Heritage Landscapes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki / Bui, Huong T. / Yoshida, Kaori / Lee, Timothy -- 4. Revealing and Presenting the Past(s) for the Public / Verhoeven, Mariëtte -- 5. Who Takes the Lead in Initiating Cooperation in a Cultural Network and Why? / Lemmetyinen, Arja / Nieminen, Lenita / Aalto, Johanna -- 6. Sustainability of Heritage-Tourism Destinations / Aydın, Begüm / Alvarez, Maria D. -- 7. Localising National Tourism Websites / Mele, Emanuele / Ascaniis, Silvia De / Cantoni, Lorenzo -- 8.Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through "In-Situ", Customisable, 3D-Printed Souvenirs / Anastasiadou, Constantia / Forster, Samantha Vettese / Calder, Lynsey -- 9. Tracking the Heritage Tourist / Knippenberg, Karim van / Egberts, Linde -- 10. The Construction of a Tourist-Historic Icon / Egberts, Linde / Melgers, Renée -- 11. Conclusion / Egberts, Linde / Alvarez, Maria D. -- Index

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Heritage and tourism mutually reinforce each other, with the presentation of heritage at physical sites mirrored by the ways heritage is presented on the internet. This interdisciplinary book uses humanities and social sciences to analyze the ways that heritage is branded and commodified, how stakeholders organize place brands, and how digital strategies shape how visitors appreciate heritage sites. The book presents covers a wide geographic diversity, offering the reader the chance to find cross-cutting themes and area-specific features of the field.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)