Heritage and Tourism : Places, Imageries and the Digital Age.

By:

Egberts, Linde

Contributor(s):

Alvarez, Maria D

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Landscape and Heritage Research SerPublication details: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2018.Description: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9789048536443
9048536448

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Heritage and Tourism : Places, Imageries and the Digital Age.DDC classification:

338.4791 23

LOC classification:

G156.5.H47

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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.

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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.

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