Cities as Creative Spaces for Cultural Tourism: A Plea for the Consideration of History
Cultural tourism around the world is big business. Tourism stakeholders within tourism destinations understandably work hard to develop brands and images that entice cultural tourists to visit. However, when tourism stakeholders involved in this process do not prioritise host community selfknowledge...
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Instituto de Investigación Social y Turismo
2010-04-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.pasosonline.org/Publicados/8310special/PS0310_03.pdf |
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| description | Cultural tourism around the world is big business. Tourism stakeholders within tourism destinations understandably work hard to develop brands and images that entice cultural tourists to visit. However, when tourism stakeholders involved in this process do not prioritise host community selfknowledge, cultural integrity is compromised and cultural distortion inevitably arises. The purpose of this paper is to raise the issue of congruity between tourism brand and tourist experience, and to make a plea for the consideration of history in the imaging, branding and interpretation processes. The conclusion is that the effective use of local history can illuminate host community self-knowledge for the benefit of both cultural tourist and host community. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-137afbf8a1b14bd49ca49cb62d7661912022-12-22T01:29:20ZengInstituto de Investigación Social y TurismoPASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural1695-71212010-04-01831726Cities as Creative Spaces for Cultural Tourism: A Plea for the Consideration of HistoryMarian WalkerCultural tourism around the world is big business. Tourism stakeholders within tourism destinations understandably work hard to develop brands and images that entice cultural tourists to visit. However, when tourism stakeholders involved in this process do not prioritise host community selfknowledge, cultural integrity is compromised and cultural distortion inevitably arises. The purpose of this paper is to raise the issue of congruity between tourism brand and tourist experience, and to make a plea for the consideration of history in the imaging, branding and interpretation processes. The conclusion is that the effective use of local history can illuminate host community self-knowledge for the benefit of both cultural tourist and host community.http://www.pasosonline.org/Publicados/8310special/PS0310_03.pdfCitiesCultural TourismHistoryImagesIdentityAuthenticity |
| spellingShingle | Marian Walker Cities as Creative Spaces for Cultural Tourism: A Plea for the Consideration of History PASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural Cities Cultural Tourism History Images Identity Authenticity |
| title | Cities as Creative Spaces for Cultural Tourism: A Plea for the Consideration of History |
| title_full | Cities as Creative Spaces for Cultural Tourism: A Plea for the Consideration of History |
| title_fullStr | Cities as Creative Spaces for Cultural Tourism: A Plea for the Consideration of History |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cities as Creative Spaces for Cultural Tourism: A Plea for the Consideration of History |
| title_short | Cities as Creative Spaces for Cultural Tourism: A Plea for the Consideration of History |
| title_sort | cities as creative spaces for cultural tourism a plea for the consideration of history |
| topic | Cities Cultural Tourism History Images Identity Authenticity |
| url | http://www.pasosonline.org/Publicados/8310special/PS0310_03.pdf |
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