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Alzahrani, Khaled. "Du cultuel au culturel : le tourisme international en Arabie Saoudite." Thesis, Grenoble, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014GRENH028.
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Depuis une décennie, on assiste, en Arabie Saoudite, à l'émergence de la problématique d'un développement touristique à partir des activités de pèlerinage. Celui-ci est vu comme l'origine de la venue des étrangers dans le pays; mais aussi comme déclencheur d'une ouverture. Cette approche a d'abord concerné une extension de l'activité autour des sanctuaires ; elle n'a pas envisagé d'autres territoires, d'autres acteurs, d'autres activités. Les acteurs territoriaux entre autres pourraient intervenir en concertation pour valoriser les ressources présentes dans cet espace avec l'accent mis sur celles d'ordre culturel. Il convient en effet de constater un problème d'uniformité des produits offerts à la consommation touristique. Alors que l'exploitation conçue durable de ces ressources permettrait moyennant la réhabilitation des sites et une évolution des habitudes, l'augmentation des flux touristiques, ainsi qu'un effet d'impulsion à l'économie du pays. La pertinence ou l'efficience d'une telle conception est fonction de l'organisation du système touristique, et de la façon dont les acteurs locaux vont réussir l'association d'une part ‘‘produits'' cultuel et culturel, et d'autre part ouverture à l'international. Cette thèse souhaite apporter sa contribution à l'évolution entre une situation de quasi-exclusivité cultuelle et un développement sur une base patrimoniale et culturelle. En nous attachant à une réflexion approfondie sur l'Arabie Saoudite, qui reçoit chaque année des millions de fidèles, nous avons essayé d'établir voire démontrer que, même dans un contexte encore fortement dominé par les activités cultuelles, l'idée du développement d'un tourisme culturel travaillée notamment dans un cadre local et régional, constitue la matière pertinente pour une impulsion de nature politique. En référence aux résultats de cette recherche, le développement du tourisme culturel à partir du cultuel devrait s'appuyer pour le moins deux paramètres essentiels. Dans un premier temps, la valorisation et l'exploitation du stakeholder de connaissances déjà détenues conduirait à une part de redynamisation des politiques publiques, et à se tourner vers l'élaboration d'un système de tourisme favorisant divers partenariats. Dans un second temps, il conviendrait de mobiliser et coordonner les acteurs institutionnels et de terrain ; ce processus touchant donc les secteurs public et privé, s'appuierait sur une meilleure l'harmonisation de la gestion des activités touristiques, et la mutualisation pour partie des compétencesOver the last decade, tourism has been developing in Saudi Arabia through the pilgrimage to Mecca, seen as a lever for attracting foreigners. This has meant that local stakeholders have primarily focused on the extension of the Holy Places without taking into account the diversification of tourism activities, whereas by working collectively they could enhance the interest of the country's cultural resources. In other words, there is a problem of the uniformity of the Saudi tourism offer. However, cultural sites could be rehabilitated by the sustainable exploitation of existing cultural sites, thus increasing tourist flows and boosting the country's economy. The pertinence and effectiveness of such a strategy would depend on the organization of tourism activities and the manner in which local stakeholders manage to blend the religious, the cultural and opening up to the outside. The present thesis endeavours to contribute to the discussion by suggesting new approaches to encouraging tourists to “pray and stay” – to go from pilgrim to cultural sightseer. In this case study of Saudi Arabia, a country that year in and year out hosts millions of pilgrims, the author seeks to show that, even in a context still strongly dominated by religious activities, the idea of developing cultural tourism is an appropriate analytical framework and could also be a powerful means of boosting regional and local policies. It is shown that cultural development based initially on the religious should meet two essential conditions. Firstly, greater recourse to stakeholder knowledge of tourism would lead to more dynamic public policies and promote partnerships. Secondly, triggering such a process would enable stakeholders to be mobilized and actions coordinated at all institutional levels by pooling skills and having public/private services dedicated to tourism activities
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Doody, Maureen E. "Cultural tourism in Newfoundland." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ48383.pdf.
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Doody, Maureen E. (Maureen Elizabeth) Carleton University Dissertation Sociology and Anthropology. "Cultural tourism in Newfoundland." Ottawa, 1999.
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Freitas, Juliana Pereira. "Pirenópolis: Na rota do turismo cultural." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, 2005. http://localhost:8080/tede/handle/tede/2289.
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Previous issue date: 2005-08-11Speaking of tourism is in vogue today, especially that we are experiencing the same state of development, tourism study has several interfaces that can be: culture, heritage and cultural tourism as well as a mode of existing tourism. Tourism a recent phenomenon with multiple interpretations, which cover various sciences such as anthropology, psychology and administration. Cultural tourism, an alternative form of tourism that should be developed in a sustainable manner so as not to exhaust the local, not to rob and not to extinguish the attractions of the place. But it occurs to cultural tourism is necessary that the local population has not only material assets and, yes, intangible assets, which can distinguish between the sites that have similar heritage matters. It should have traditions, values and histories, or that their culture is the cornerstone for the existence and maintenance of cultural tourism site. Make an analysis of tourism resources of Pirenopolis in order to identify them, in order to turn them into tourist products, and thus sustainably use. The analysis uses a resource study of the tourism system, the SWOT analysis and ultimately will be made to the methodology of inventory that will identify the current capabilities and potential of the site so you can use them sustainably.
Falar de turismo hoje está em moda, principalmente que estamos vivenciando o desenvolvimento do mesmo do Estado, estudar o turismo apresenta várias interfaces que podem ser: a cultura, o patrimônio cultural e, também o turismo cultural que uma modalidade de turismo existente. Turismo um fenômeno recente com várias interpretações, por abranger diversas ciências como antropologia, administração e psicologia. O turismo cultural, uma forma alternativa de turismo, que deve ser desenvolvido de maneira sustentável para não esgotar o local, não depredar e não extinguir os atrativos do local. Mas para que ocorra turismo cultural é necessário que a população local tenha não só patrimônios materiais e, sim, patrimônios imateriais, que podem fazer a diferenciação dos locais que possuem patrimônios matérias parecidos. Tem que possuir tradições, valores e folclores, ou seja, a sua cultura que é o diferencial para a existência e manutenção do turismo cultural local. Fazer uma análise dos recursos turísticos de Pirenópolis, a fim de identificá-los, com o intuito de transformálos em produtos turísticos e, consequentemente, utilizar de maneira sustentável. A analise dos recursos utilizará um estudo do sistema turístico, da análise SWOT e, por fim, será feito à metodologia de inventário que identificará os recursos atuais e potencias do local para que se possa utilizá-los de maneira sustentável.
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Wang, Jing. "Modelling the causes and measuring the consequences of cultural tourism : the economic and cultural impacts of cultural tourist attractions." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2012. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14564/.
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A complete view of cultural tourism requires perspectives on both its economic aspect and its cultural dimension. This thesis presents the first cultural tourist taxonomy in the literature, which classifies the various types of cultural tourists by using fundamental distinctions based on economic theory. It also explains the necessity of classifying cultural tourists into those six well-defined categories, and why it should only be six. Building on McKercher and du Cros (2002), it models the causes and measures the consequences of cultural tourism, and develops a framework for evaluating the economic and cultural impacts caused by cultural tourist attractions. The method of evaluating the economic impact of cultural tourist attractions is based on the causal chain model, and it has improved the approach used in Femandez-Young and Young (2008) and Young et al (2010), which attributes to an attraction the amount of tourist expenditure at the destination caused by the existence of the attraction. The method of measuring the cultural impact is a new contribution to the literature, as this study provides a way to quantify the complex concept of cultural impact, using the ideas of meta-preferences and preference formation (Sen, 1977; 1983; 2002). This research has succeeded in developing a theoretically-based and practically applicable method for measuring and combining the economic and cultural impacts of cultural attractions. The methods have been applied to two cultural attractions in Nottingham: Nottingham Contemporary and the Galleries of Justice. The collected empirical results have demonstrated the feasibility and practicability of the evaluation method based on the new taxonomy. The combined evaluation method enables policy-makers to evaluate comprehensively the overall impact of each attraction and locate the attraction in the cultural space by taking both economic and cultural impacts into account.
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Bovana, Solomzi Victor. "Cultural villages inherited tradition and "African culture": a case study of Mgwali Cultural Village in the Eastern Cape." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/552.
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A growing number of studies concerning cultural villages have in most instances tended to focus on the cultural village as almost legitimately self-explanatory and have not been particularly concerned with either how a particular history is produced in and through these villages, or with the ways that particular discourses and practices associated with heritage, tourism, community and development intersect in the production of these meanings. As such Mgwali Cultural Village seemed to promise something different in the form of cultural villages. The thesis argues that Mgwali Cultural Village is unique in the history of cultural villages in that it moves away from presenting a cultural village in Africa as tribal and primitive. It does this by opening up spaces for other aspects such as Christianity and resistance politics, story of Tiyo Soga rather than focusing and confining itself only to aspects cultural portraying Africans and traditional. It is imperative that cultural villages ought to be understood within a broader framework and context where its definition and presentation is not trapped into an anthropological paradigm thinking of exploring and discovering something new by tourists which they are not familiar with. However, the thesis also argues that much as Mgwali Cultural Village promised something new from the known through depiction of other aspects, those histories seem to be absent or marginal at the Cultural Village. The only aspects that are fore grounded are traditions and culture thus freezing Mgwali as a village and its people in time as if they have not evolved and its cultures are static and not dynamic. The thesis therefore explores all those contradictions, silences, or absence thereof of other stories and histories.
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Tam, Yuen-yee Chloe. "Cultural tourism Singapore and Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31953256.
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Chu, Bo-ling, and 朱寶玲. "Cultural tourism in Macau and Singapore." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B26813427.
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Tam, Yuen-yee Chloe, and 譚婉儀. "Cultural tourism: Singapore and Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31953256.
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Pandurangadu, Geddam A. "Muncie downtown revitalization through cultural tourism." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1014789.
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The objective of the study is to propose a strategy to revitalize Muncie's downtown through cultural tourism. This is seen as a critical catalyst to help preserve the historical fabric of the downtown.Muncie's downtown, with its historical and cultural assets, has an opportunity to attract the tourism, convention, and conference business which in turn can support hotels, restaurants, specialty shops, and entertainment establishments.In view of above, this creative project attempts to revitalize downtown through linking and promoting cultural tourism facilities like museums, theaters and festivals, convention and conference centers, and specialty shops.A transport loop connecting the tourist anchors like Ball State University, Minnitrista Cultural Center, and downtown of has been proposed. The tourist routes in Muncie and to East Central Indiana have been identified to enable the visitors to visit tourist destinations easily. Signage, and banners have been proposed along major routes to give proper orientation to visitors and also to enhance the image of Muncie.A strategy has been outlined for the preservation historical buildings through adaptive reuse. All these proposals have been incorporated as an urban design strategy.Department of Architecture
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Watson, Stephen. "Church tourism : representation and cultural practice." Thesis, University of York, 2007. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11077/.
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The purpose of this study is to examine the representation of English parish churches as tourist attractions and the processes by which heritage tourism is constructed as a cultural practice. The subject has yielded an intensely critical canon of literature since the 1980s, which has drawn attention issues such as commodification, dissonance and authenticity. An important early question, therefore, is the extent to which heritage can be framed as a useful concept in social science or whether it is simply an object of study and deconstruction. Latterly more attention has been focused on the role and construction of the heritage as process, the study of which reveals a discourse in which national identities and power relations playa significant part. These in tum are expressed within a performative framework characterised by the representational practices ofagencies involved in tourism. Parish churches are seen as material examples of the heritage, are common features of the landscape, and often the oldest building in the locality. As such they form an essential component of the imagery and place mythology of the English Countryside. Tourism agencies and the higher authorities of the Church are active in representing these buildings as, and within, touristic space so as to add cultural capital to the attraction value of destinations and to bolster the Church's role in regional government. In doing so they employ representational practices that draw on the rural-historic, an established cultural construction related to the authorised heritage discourse, that supports national identity and social cohesion. This study employs a mainly qualitative approach to identify the key representational practices associated with church tourism and the variations in such practices that exist within the organisation ofthe Church itself, and between the church and other powerful agencies. It also examines the perceptions, attitudes and behaviours of church tourists and attempts to gain insights on their ~esponse to these practices. The research reveals, through its bricolage, a duality in the response of churches to tourism between passivity and additionality in r / relation to both representational and spatial practices. Additionality expresses an engagement with the processes of creating and managing heritage attracti~ns whereas passivity describes ambivalence about the value of tourism and a reluctance to take on this additional role. The research suggests, therefore, that the role of churches as tourist attractions is contested, often within the Church itself Visitors may feel awkward acting as tourists within a church and there is often little there to support their presence as such. Churches do not appear, therefore, to be fully achieved as tourist attractions and the reasons for this are explored in relation to the cultural work that churches already do, as well as their residual social authority and the perceptions of tourists. It is proposed that without the interventions of Church and State, and the conventional representations of heritage, people and communities might find in churches a more direct and transparent engagement between past and present and between themselves and the places they both occupy and visit.
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Jew, Jeongyong. "Links Between Cultural Heritage Tourism and Overall Sense of Tourist Well-Being." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53702.
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Cultural heritage tourism is still the growing segment of tourism industry. Moreover, many tourists prefer exploring something new, cultural heritage tourism (CHT) has become one of the major "new" segments of tourism demand. Therefore, it is true that cultural heritage tourism has been one of the major sources of both quantitative and qualitative growth of tourism industry in many countries.
In regard to the context of cultural heritage tourism industry, by identifying the relationship and impacts between tourist motivations, tourist satisfaction, and overall sense of tourist well-being, tourism marketers and administrators who are engaged in cultural heritage tourism can improve strategies for creating tourist's distinctive experiences, allowing tourists to become more physically and emotionally engaged in cultural heritage tourism destinations.
However, there is, if any, very limited work that explores the link between cultural heritage tourism experiences and overall sense of tourist well-being induced by these experiences. Therefore, this study examines what attributes on tourist motivation contribute to the overall sense of well-being of tourists who visit cultural heritage tourism destinations. Therefore, this study examines what attributes on tourist motivations contribute to the satisfaction and the overall sense of well-being of tourists who visit cultural heritage tourism sites.
An online survey using panel data from a marketing research company was used to collect 350 completed questionnaires. Tourist motivations (HONs and LONs), tourist satisfaction, and overall sense of tourist well-being were measured using different scales from previous researches discussed in the literature review.
This study conducted various analyses including a profile of 350 respondents based on descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis of tourist motivations, correlation analysis of all constructs, and path analysis for the conceptual study model to understand the relationships between tourist motivations and tourist satisfaction, tourist motivations and overall sense of tourist well-being, and tourist satisfaction and overall sense of tourist well-being and identify impacts of each construct on the study model.
This study contributes to the growing body of knowledge in understanding the link between cultural heritage tourism and overall sense of tourist well-being and identifying the perceived value and critical role of tourist motivations and tourist satisfaction connecting to overall sense of tourist well-being by establishing a theory based on empirical link between tourist motivations and overall sense of tourist well-being via tourist satisfaction in the context of cultural heritage tourism business.Master of Science
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Soper, Anne K. "Cultural heritage, identity, and tourism in Mauritius moving beyond the tourist gaze /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3220177.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Geography, 2006.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed April 15, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-05, Section: A, page: 1864. Adviser: Daniel C. Knudsen.
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Renkert, Sarah Rachelle, and Sarah Rachelle Renkert. "Community-Owned Tourism: Pushing the Paradigms of Alternative Tourisms?" Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625309.
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The Kichwa Añangu Community lives in Ecuador's Yasuní National Park. As a community, they have chosen to dedicate their livelihood to community-owned tourism, or what is commonly called turismo comunitario in Ecuador. Tourism brings multiple, ongoing challenges to the Añangu Community. Shifting market demands, growing regional and transnational competition, and large-scale climate events each present ongoing vulnerabilities. Furthermore, the Añangu do not own rights to the petroleum reserves quietly resting under their land. Nonetheless, they persist in their tourism project and have become recognized as a model for community-owned tourism in Ecuador. In part, this thesis seeks to explore why the Añangu Community has chosen to not only pursue, but expand their involvement in community-owned tourism. This research will demonstrate that tourism is locally embraced as a vehicle for livelihood wellbeing, environmental stewardship, and cultural reclamation. The key question then becomes, why is the Añangu Community’s tourism project successful? Here, I argue that through community agency and governance, the Añangu Community is able to practice economic, environmental, and cultural self-determination via their local control of the tourism project.
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Berno, T. E. L. "The socio-cultural and psychological effects of tourism on indigenous cultures." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Psychology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4941.
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This research addresses the socio-cultural and psychological effects of tourism on the indigenous people of a developing nation. The Cook Islands served as a case study.
Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to collect data on four islands which had experienced varying degrees of tourism and other acculturative influences. The data were then analysed using a methodology informed by grounded theory.
It was found that although residents on all four islands had experienced acculturative influences including tourism, (a highly visible, contemporary form of acculturation), there was no significant indication of psychological dysfunction associated with this. It is suggested that this is due in part to the characteristics of Cook Islands culture, the type of tourism currently experienced in the Cook Islands, and specific ethnopsychological features of Cook Islanders which act to moderate the stressful aspects of intercultural contact resulting from tourism. A conceptual model is proposed outlining this process and its subsequent outcomes.
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JOJIC, Sonia. "Sustainable Tourism as a driving force for branding Gjirokastra, Creative Tourism and Tourism for all, as enhancers of Cultural Toursim in achieving sustainable development." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Ferrara, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2487908.
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Although we are well into the 21st century, our cities are still governed by political, environmental, economical and social problems. With globalization spreading all over the world, these issues are not local anymore; instead they are quickly becoming evident at a global scale. As a consequence, cities, places, destinations are suffering the effect of an increasing standardization and the declining quality of urban spaces, followed sometimes by loss of identity, structure and meaning. This has pushed researchers and experts to investigate issues of space and places as means of correction by offering new marketing tools focusing in Branding Places, especially Cultural Heritage sites. In disposition to these common trends, nowadays there is an increased competition between different countries and cities throughout the world in attracting investments and investors, followed by local and government policies, which leads cities to implement marketing and branding strategies almost every year. Albania as many other countries in the world, is also know of holding many potential regarding tourism development. Beside the fact that for the past ten years Albania has been trying to create a brand for attracting more investments, and attention as a touristic attraction attempting to build up a tourism brand, the country is still lacking many basic resources and new methodologies in transitioning from an aggressive tourism (intervention to the landscape, cultural heritage, environment) to more sustainable tourism trends in branding the country and especially Gjirokastra.
Referring to the standardization of cultural tourism as a simple mean of branding a place, in accordance with change in tourists’ motivations and interest, has resulted in identifying and developing new trends and forms of sustainable tourism worldwide: such as cultural tourism experienced through cultural routes; creative tourism, and accessible tourism, as new forms which avoid mass tourism and the “Mathew Effect” of places enhancing new possibilities of the applied place with social, economic, and environmental benefits.
Similar to many other destinations that have been working on basing their branding methodologies relying to new trends of sustainable tourism which have gained contribution to the economical and cultural activities of the area applied, this research explores the possibility and means of transforming Gjirokastra in an sustainable tourism destination by creating a winning strategy for long-term sustainability of the region, potentially impact the visitor experience and at the same time enhancing the economical, social, and environmental factors of the area.abstracteng
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Cole, Stroma. "Cultural tourism development in Ngada, Flores, Indonesia." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.731702.
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Schaub, Mareike. "Natural and Cultural Heritage in Tourism on Gotland : Heritage Tourism Characteristics and the Relation of Natural and Cultural Heritage." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-414410.
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This thesis researches into the heritage tourism characteristics on Gotland. Many destinations see a great potential to develop new tourism products around their heritage and thus meet a rising demand for enriching and unique visitor experiences. However, different considerations and stakeholders need to be taken into account to foster a sustainable development. The Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea has a long history as a tourism destination and is rich in heritage resources of diverse origin. A qualitative approach has been taken to study which traits characterise heritage related tourism to Gotland, and which potentials and challenges are seen by major stakeholders in the tourism and heritage development. One protruding result has been the strong connection between natural and cultural elements at the heritage sites as well as in tourism demand. Also the tourism strategy for Gotland strives for a further development of nature and culture as thematic tourism areas. Hence, a closer look has been taken into the relation of these two heritage elements. With help of the concept and methodology of heritagescapes two heritage sites have been analysed in a case study approach. The result shows that the integration of natural and cultural heritage to create cohesive and immersive visitor experiences at one site is challenging. However, taking both heritage elements into account can create synergies and they enhance how the respective other heritage element is experienced. This can broaden which visitor groups are attracted and in which season. Furthermore, the heritagescape approach gives practical management implications for the sites.
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Coughlin, Depcinski Melanie Nichole. "Cruising for Culture: Mass Tourism and Cultural Heritage on Roatàn Island, Honduras." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4458.
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This thesis examines the relationship between mass tourism and heritage tourism in the construction and perpetuation of histories and identities of local stakeholders on Roatàn Island, Honduras. I explore how identity is constructed by and through the tourism industry, and how much of the agency in forming identity and telling cultural stories resides in the hands of key stakeholders involved in the development of tourism on the island. Local cultural stories that focus on the people who live and have lived on the island for centuries are becoming increasingly silenced by a more commoditized, tourism driven, picture of life on Roatàn. Here, I examine how this silencing takes place, what its effects are on tourism and development, and consider what elements of the tourism industry have contributed to this silencing. On Roatàn, the issue of identity as interpreted through museums has become increasingly contested, as the tourism industry now controls the presentation of cultural and archaeological history of the island. This control influences how tourists visiting Roatàn interpret the past and present the heritage of local groups.
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Xie, Philip Feifan. "Authenticating Cultural Tourism: Folk Villages in Hainan, China." Thesis, Waterloo, Ont. : University of Waterloo, 2001. http://etd.uwaterloo.ca/etd/fxie2001.pdf.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waterloo, 2001."A thesis presented to the University of Waterloo in fulfilment of the thesis requirement for the degree of Doctor in Philosophy in Planning". Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfiche format.
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Stević, Ivana. "Networking for sustainable cultural tourism activities and dynamics." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/14568.
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Mestrado em Gestão e Planeamento em TurismoThe present work examines the role and importance of networks in cultural tourism activities and dynamics, especially orientating the research to the case of UNESCO World Heritage Site of Oporto city, Portugal. For this purpose, comprehension of an extensive literature on the topic was necessary in order to create a set of hypothesis to base the research on. This literature included not only the concept of networks, but also of governance and public policy. Subsequently, the focus was put on the particular case of the mentioned World Heritage Site, which included content analysis of legal documentation, official manuals, reports, and strategic and management plans for the Site. The last step of the research was empirical research, which included interviews with representatives of the entities responsible for strategic decisions and the management of the Site. In order to make a synthesis between the theoretical and the practical part of the research, test the hypotheses and reach the necessary conclusions, qualitative methods were used, due to being considered most fitting for this case. The ultimate aim of this dissertation was to identify opportunities for a better management and preservation of cultural sites, and verify how networks can contribute to their sustainable development.
O presente trabalho visa analisar o papel e a importância das redes nas atividades e dinâmicas de turismo cultural, especialmente orientando a investigação para o caso do Património Mundial da UNESCO, da cidade do Porto, Portugal. Para este efeito, a compreensão de uma extensa literatura sobre o tema foi necessária, a fim de criar um conjunto de hipóteses para basear a investigação. A revisão de literatura incluiu não apenas o conceito de redes, mas também de governança e de políticas públicas. Posteriormente, o foco recaiu sobre o caso particular do Património Mundial, que incluiu a análise de conteúdo de documentação legal, manuais oficiais, relatórios e planos estratégicos e de gestão do Sítio. A última etapa da pesquisa foi a investigação prática, que incluiu entrevistas com os representantes das entidades responsáveis pelas decisões estratégicas e de gestão do Sítio. A fim de fazer uma síntese entre a parte teórica e a parte prática da pesquisa, testar as hipóteses e chegar às conclusões necessárias, foram utilizados métodos qualitativos, devido a serem considerados mais apropriados para este caso. O objetivo final deste trabalho foi identificar as oportunidades para uma gestão superior e a preservação dos sítios culturais, e verificar como as redes podem contribuir para o seu desenvolvimento sustentável.
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Bernard, Jennifer. "Expressions of identity : tourism and acadian cultural performances /." Access restricted. DAL users only, 2008.
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Carter, Rodney William. "Cultural change and tourism : towards a prognostic model /." [St. Lucia, Qld. : s.n.], 2000. http://adt.library.uq.edu.au/public/adt-QU2001.0016/index.html.
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Kim, Soojung. "Intangible cultural heritage and sustainable tourism resource development." Thesis, Griffith University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/382686.
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Intangible cultural heritage is representative of a community’s cultural authenticity and identity and includes oral traditions, performing arts, festive events or traditional craftsmanship which have been inherited over generations (UNESCO, 2003). Each culturally diverse community possesses its own unique and authentic intangible cultural heritage, which is not only an integral element of the soul of a community, but can be a vital resource for generating tourism at the national and local levels.
There is little argument that intangible cultural heritage can provide a destination and/or community with a unique selling point and competitive advantage in the global marketplace. Intangible cultural heritage is experiential by nature, thus supports tourists in their desire to have a culturally authentic experience. In the process of commodification, however, intangible cultural heritage is transformed and staged too often and to varying degrees, which can lead to a loss of its authenticity (Alivizatou, 2012; Giudici, Melis, Dessi, & Ramos, 2013). Therefore, an approach facilitating intangible cultural heritage as a sustainable tourism resource is tenuous (WTO, 2012).
Despite the increasing attention to intangible cultural heritage and the advice to adopt sustainable approach in the development of intangible cultural heritage as a tourism resource, little research has explored intangible cultural heritage from sustainability perspectives. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate the extent to which the development of intangible cultural heritage facilitates the development of a sustainable tourism resource. To achieve this, the following three objectives were developed. First, to situate the sustainable tourism development literature within the context of intangible cultural heritage; second, to analyse public organisations’ documents in order to determine the extent to which they have facilitated the development of intangible cultural heritage as a sustainable tourism resource; and third, to establish a framework facilitating intangible cultural heritage as a sustainable tourism resource.
This study adopted a single case study, with South Korea as a single representative case. A qualitative-dominant, mixed method approach was used in the process of data collection, analysis and interpretation. A total of 131 public documents from six public organisations were analysed for the second objective. Semi-structured face to face interviews were conducted with a total of 25 intangible cultural heritage practitioners and 22 locals; and questionnaires were given to 255 visitors at National Intangible Heritage Centre in Korea and then collected, to address the third objective.
The critical interpretive analysis of 131 public documents revealed that overall, Korean public organisations’ goals and strategies have shown a propensity toward economic neoliberalism, mainly by regarding intangible cultural heritage tourism resources as economic tools. To a much lesser extent, they focus on social development such as ICH practitioners’ equity to participation in the decision-making process and/or intangible cultural heritage practitioners’ empowerment.
The analysis of 47 interviews with intangible cultural heritage practitioners and locals, and of 255 questionnaires revealed that safeguarding intangible cultural heritage and developing its tourism role share a symbiotic relationship. This study presents a framework to facilitate the growth of the symbiotic relationships. The framework suggests, for the symbiotic relationship to be facilitated, a top-down approach blended with a bottom up approach, cooperation between stakeholders, and entrepreneurship are necessary.
This research addresses a gap in the literature and provides the practical understanding of intangible cultural heritage development. The exploratory research on intangible cultural heritage provides a much-needed framework for intangible cultural heritage to be a sustainable tourism resource, which can be groundwork for future academic research. Moreover, the project offers valuable insight into the combination of various intangible cultural heritage development strategies within one destination (i.e., South Korea), in order to reduce overlapping efforts by stakeholders in South Korea and maximise synergies to facilitate a greater range of positive impacts on the development of intangible cultural heritage for communities.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Dept Tourism, Sport & Hot Mgmt
Griffith Business School
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Schroeder, Jacqueline. "Aboriginal cultural tourism : Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park." Thesis, University of Sydney, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/276115.
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Alomari, Thabit. "Motivation and socio-cultural sustainability of voluntourism." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Anthropology, c2012, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3295.
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Volunteer tourism (voluntourism) has been described as an alternative form of tourism to mass tourism. It has been suggested that understanding the motivations of voluntourists might lead to a better understanding of the socio-cultural dimension of voluntourism sustainability. The aim of this thesis is to identify the key motives of voluntourists and how these motives affect the socio-cultural sustainability of a society. Virtual ethnography, observation, and semi-structured interviews were employed in order to collect the research data from Eden Valley – a Canadian First Nation reserve, Global Citizen Network (GCN) – a voluntourism organiser, and voluntourists who took part in previous volunteering trips. The study found that authenticity, cultural concerns, the search for unique experience, helping the ‘other’, and self-healing are the key motives that drive travellers to participate in voluntourism projects. The data collected show that voluntourism has a greater positive socio-cultural impact on targeted communities than mass-tourism.viii, 122 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm
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Carr, Anna M., and acarr@business otago ac nz. "Interpreting culture: visitors' experiences of cultural landscape in New Zealand." University of Otago. Department of Tourism, 2004. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070501.150326.
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This thesis examines visitors' awareness and experiences of cultural values for natural areas of importance to Maori. The South Island/Te Wai Pounamu contains natural landscapes with scenic and recreational values that attract large numbers of domestic and international visitors. Many of these areas have a cultural significance for members of the South Island's Ngai Tahu iwi and hapu groups. The Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 legally recognised the traditional relationships between the iwi and the natural world, whilst other Acts of Parliament provide direction to government agencies for encouraging iwi involvement in the management of natural resources. Measures include increased participation in the management of national parks through iwi representation on regional conservation boards, the New Zealand Conservation Authority, and the inclusion of Ngai Tahu values within subsequent national park management plans.
National park interpretation may influence visitors' awareness of cultural values for natural areas as visitors encounter information panels, displays, publications such as visitor guides or brochures, experience guided tours and/or audiovisual shows and view other interpretive medium. The researcher investigated visitors' awareness of Maori values for landscape at three South Island case study sites: Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, Fiordland National Park, and Lake Pukaki. An understanding of the Ngai Tahu values for these areas was achieved through site visits, a literature review and informal interviews to enable comparisons of the management history of interpretation at the case study sites. Visitors' experiences at each site were explored with interviews, participant observations and a survey that provided qualitative and quantitative data. The survey was administered between January and April 2000 to 716 visitors, yielding 472 valid returns (65.9%).
A comprehensive profile of visitors' demographics, social and environmental values was developed from the survey data. Visitors were well educated with 70% having a tertiary education and the majority of visitors were employed in professional occupations. When asked about their previous experiences of other cultures, many visitors reported prior encounters with Australian Aborigine and Native Americans. Visitors considered Rotorua and the Bay of Islands as the locations most closely associated with Maori whereas the study sites were not regarded as significant to Maori, despite the presence of on-site interpretation conveying Maori values for each area. Maori culture was not an important travel motivation for most visitors to these areas and the research revealed diverse reactions from the survey respondents towards cultural interpretive material. Despite this a small percentage of visitors (14%), of domestic and international origins, had an extremely strong interest in future opportunities to experience cultural interpretation of the landscape, particularly in material that tended towards the narrative, for example mythology and legends.
It was concluded that a niche demand for Maori perspectives of natural areas could be further met with increased resources for interpretation at visitor centres. It was also proposed that such interpretation could attract a Maori audience, increasing Maori visitation to national parks. The participation of Maori and other host community members in the development and delivery of cultural landscape interpretation would provide broad perspectives and unique educational opportunities for the visiting public. At the case study areas, and throughout New Zealand, the cultural landscapes encountered by visitors had complex and diverse meanings to a wide range of peoples, depending on individual circumstances. Similarly, the diversity of visitors requires the development of interpretation which responds to visitor demand as well as management needs, the multitude of meanings for the landscape being but one of many possible themes.
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Muller-Lierheim, Hendrik. "Building on strengths : poverty alleviation through cultural tourism towards a business strategy for a cultural tourism project in the Langa Township." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/848.
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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.ENGLISH SUMMARY: The study looks at the different elements of a business strategy developed for a cultural tourism project in the township of Langa, located in the city of Cape Town. Its unique nature lies in the fact that the operators of the enterprise are volunteering young residents of the area, who will benefit through support provided by the community-based organisation in their subsequent training. Thus, the venture is at the same time a tourism enterprise, a generator of development funds and a community organisation. In line with a systematic approach to business strategising the study consists of four major sections. The first section (chapter 2) provides a broad background to the cultural-tourism industry, incorporating lessons to be learned from Cyprus, Papua New Guinea and Botswana as well as other parts of South Africa. It also reviews tools available to segment the cultural tourism market and estimate its size. With the focus on skills shortages in township environments, the third chapter outlines some of the challenges likely to confront the project. It also indicates the skills-development needs and expectations which are likely to motivate the project participants. As a further background for the preparation of the business strategy, chapter 4 summarises the relevant core elements of the business environment around cultural tourism in township areas. It also covers critical elements of the tourism industry’s competitive environment and relevant stakeholders. The fourth key chapter covers (with respect to the particular Langa-focused community-based cultural-tourism venture) all conventional topics, including vision, mission and goal statements, envisaged product offerings and marketing plans, value-chain characteristics and an assessment of the (expected) competitive situation. The final chapter briefly touches on the appropriateness of this township project or business as a tool for the social and economic transformation of the township youth.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die studie ondersoek die verskillende elemente van 'n besigheidsstrategie vir ‘n projek binne die gebied van kulturele toerisme, met besondere klem op die Langa woongebied in Kaapstad. Die besondere karakter van die projek word bepaal deur die feit dat die projekdeelnemers vrywillige jeugdiges is, wat hoop om deur hul samewerking hul verdere opleidingsgeleenthede te verbeter. Die projek is dus terselfdertyd ‘n toerisme onderneming, ‘n skepper van ontwikkelingsfondse en ‘n gemeenskapsorganisasie. In ooreenstemming met ‘n gestruktureerde sakestrategie bestaan die studie uit vier hoofdele. Die eerste afdeling (hoofstuk 2) verskaf ‘n breë agtergrond tot kulturele toerisme, met besondere verwysings tot Ciprus, Papoea-Nieu Guinee en Botswana asook ander dele van Suid-Afrika. Dit behandel ook konsepte wat gebruik kan word om die mark van kulturele toerisme in segmente op te breek en sy grootte te beraam. Met die klem op vaardigheidstekorte in townships gee die derde hoofstuk ‘n oorsig van enkele uitdagings wat die projek sal tref. Terselfdertyd gee dit ‘n aanduiding van die opleidingsbehoeftes en verwagtings wat die jeugdiges betrokke by die projek mag koester. As ‘n verdere agtergrond vir die voorbereiding van ‘n sakestrategie skets hoofstuk 4 sekere van die kernelemente van die sakeomgewing rondom kulturele toerisme in gebiede soos Langa. Dit dek ook kritiese aspekte van mededinging in die toerismebedryf asook van die betrokke belangegroepe. Met die fokus op Langa en gemeenskapstoerisme behandel die vierde deel alle relevante aspekte van ‘n sakemodel: Dit sluit in doelstellings en mikpunte, die beoogde dienstespektrum en bemarkingsplanne asook die mededingingsdinamiek. Die laaste hoofstuk besin oor die toepaslikheid van hierdie projek of sakemodel as ‘n instrument vir die sosiale en ekonomiese transformasie van die “township”-jeugdiges.
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Mohamed, Abdalsalam A. A. "Valuing natural and cultural resources for eco-cultural tourism development : Libya's Green Mountain." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2014. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20072/.
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This study focuses on achieving eco-cultural tourism development via identification and evaluation of natural, cultural and then eco-cultural resources (in terms of capital and criticality) for identifying the potential of eco-cultural tourism development and also determining the drivers of and barriers to tourism development. This is achieved through the views and perceptions of different cohorts of stakeholders. The case study is Libya's Green Mountain region (hereafter known as LGM). This study has developed a new framework for the identification and evaluation of 'Eco-Cultural Tourism Capital' (ECTC) and 'Critical Eco-Cultural Tourism Capital' (CECTC), to indicate eco-cultural tourism development potential, and also to determine the drivers of and barriers to tourism development. The framework ultimately aims to achieve eco-cultural tourism development. For the purposes of this study, eco-cultural resources are a combination of natural and cultural resources. 'Potential' means resources that can be exploited for tourism development (in this case eco-cultural resources). 'Capital' refers to resources that are perceived to have touristic value and commoditisation value. 'Critical Capital' refers to the extent to which this capital is perceived to be important, unique and non-substitutable. The study found that many of the eco-cultural resources in LGM can be considered as ECTC because they have touristic value which refers to recreational, cultural, historical, health and other value. Such ECTC are considered CECTC because they are important, unique and non-substitutable. CECTC indicates the potential for eco-cultural tourism development and needs to be more carefully focused as well as managed and developed sustainably. There are many factors that encourage tourism development which are considered drivers of tourism development in LGM. On the other hand, there are barriers facing tourism development regarding the local community and lack of infrastructure, facilities and services. Determining drivers and barriers helps to identify the key elements that should be considered and involved in achieving eco-cultural tourism development. Therefore, for developing eco-cultural tourism in LGM, it is necessary to identify potential, local community involvement, investment, and take advantage of the drivers. The results of the study can be applied in other destinations where eco-cultural tourism is underdeveloped. This study contributes to the literature in regard to eco-cultural tourism development and its potential. It explains the ideas of ECTC and CECTC and how they can be used for developing eco-cultural tourism. It then develops a framework for developing eco-cultural tourism. The study also contributes to the body of knowledge about tourism industry in Libya and LGM and eco-cultural tourism in particular.
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Howells, Sohret Basaran. "Social and cultural impacts of tourism and the tourist motivation : TRNC as a case study." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.322384.
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Brown, Naomi Joy. "Tourism and tourist contact in Bakau : aspects of socio-cultural change in a Gambian town." Thesis, University of Hull, 1993. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3933.
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[From the introduction]:The purpose of this dissertation is to study the development of tourism in the town of Bakau, in The Gambia, to place its development within the general context of socio-cultural changes in the town, and to study and assess interaction between tourists and residents in Bakau. As my fieldwork for this dissertation developed, the main focus of my research narrowed to a study of the youths in Bakau and their interactions and relations inward to their elders in town and outwards to the tourists with whom many youths have regular contact. A large number of youths in Bakau become beachboys or so-called "bomsas" and in this dissertation I focus on the activities of the "bomsas" who assume the role of culture brokers, acting as mediators and innovators in town. I also focus on the level and the types of interaction between the tourists who visit Bakau and the "bomsas" and other residents in Bakau. Finally I consider how the residents in Bakau view tourism and tourists in their town.
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Stephenson, Marcus Lee. "Tourism, race and ethnicity : the perceptions of Manchester's Afro-Caribbean community concerning tourism access and participation." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.389501.
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Tourism research has tended to overlook issues relating to the variability of tourism access and participation across diverse social groups. This study selects one particular minority group, the UK Afro-Caribbean community, and examines whether this group emulates, or may wish to emulate, various tourism patterns. It is hypothesised that the community's impetus to travel and be involved in tourism is , different from established norms. This supposition is derived from a theoretical assessment of the possible factors which influence Afro-Caribbean access and participation: the economic, the social, the cultural and the product-related determinants. Accordingly, this work considers, through a "marginality perspective", structural factors which could have a significant influence upon tourism involvement, especially racism, economic disparities and urban constraints. However, through recognising an "ethnicity perspective", it is suggested that "tourism" could be culturally discordant and considered not to be a priority in people's lives. Therefore, particular forms of "travel" (eg. the visiting of friends and relatives market), reflecting cultural aspirations and preferences, are believed to be of importance to the Afro-Caribbean community. This study employs an ethnographic method, applied to various members of Manchester's (Moss Side) Afro-Caribbean community. This method, developed through a variety of strategies (informal/unstructured. interviews, "casual conversations", observation/participation, etc.), attempts to reveal people's perceptions (impressions! opinions) and experiences of traveVtourism. The approach adopted is reflexive, intracultural and based on an emic (insider) perspective .. The ethnographic presentation explores degrees of access and forms of participation through particular case studies: UK travel (with reference to countryside travel), European travel, Caribbean island travel, and transatlantic travel (with reference to America and Canada). The fmdings indicate that "travel" by the study group is atypical of mass and mainstream "tourism", distinguished by differences of kind and volume. Tourism involvement per se is limited, an outcome of both the marginality and the ethnicity determinants. The interrelationships between ethnic and racial boundaries have an effect of differential access, thereby influencing various aspects of tourism and travel: motivations, preferences, trips and destinations chosen (and not chosen), frequency of ventures, quality of experiences, host and guest relationships, etc . .. . An analysis of the social data reveals that whilst members of an Afro-Caribbean community do not aspire to a tourist identity, tourism and travel can, in various ways, reinforce an ethnic and cultural identity.
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Chung, yan-yi Eddy. "A review of cultural heritage tourism in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B4389513X.
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Bi, Chun. "The Cultural Characteristics in China's Official Online Tourism Advertisements." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Medier och kommunikation, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-175873.
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Tourism advertising is an important approach in providing information about tourism destinations and in attracting potential customers, and in this process, particular cultural factors are usually conveyed. In this thesis, the main intention was to describe the cultural factors reflected in advertising and discover the role that Chinese cultural identity plays in China’s official Internet tourism advertisements to overseas markets using a theoretical framework of diverse cultural issues. The objects of this study are the official tourism advertisements from China National Tourist Office’s (CNTO) websites. The author researched Chinese cultural characteristics and tried to connect them with the expressional tendencies in tourism advertisements. Using a quantitative content analysis method, the most frequent cultural symbol in advertising was discovered as the basis and general image of the online tourism advertisements. Then the author discussed the external manifestations of cultural factors in tourism advertising in detail and analysed the internal cultural values behind them using the qualitative discourse analysis method. The main conclusions of this study indicated that the most representative cultural characteristic of Chinese culture in tourism advertising is a high-context cultural feature; in addition, at present traditional ideology in Chinese society, such as Confucianism and Taoism, was still being conveyed in tourism advertising. In general, Chinese cultural traditions influenced tourism advertising expressions, both in external manifestations and internal connotations.
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English, Elizabeth Anne. "Cultural tourism planning, a case study, Dawson City, Yukon." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0011/MQ26767.pdf.
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鍾仁宜 and yan-yi Eddy Chung. "A review of cultural heritage tourism in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4389513X.
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Su, Rui. "Interdependence and tension around cultural tourism in city destinations." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2014. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20409/.
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Cultural tourism in cities involves cultural resources and the producers and consumers of those resources, with the integration of these elements resulting in different forms of cultural tourism and varied associated relationships. Culture and cultural heritage tourism often feature prominently in city-based tourist activities, and they can assist cities to achieve broad socio-economic and political objectives. Given the importance of urban cultural tourism, it is surprising that few studies have sought to establish a more comprehensive understanding of the processes and issues involved in its production and consumption. Instead, much relevant research focuses only on specific individual aspects or features of cultural tourism. The study responds to the need to understand urban cultural tourism through a holistic approach that also simplifies the relevant complex relationships. This research develops a holistic, relational and dialectical conceptual model in order to improve our critical understanding of urban cultural tourism. The model draws certain ideas from the circuit of culture conceptualisation of the assembly of contemporary material artefacts and from previous studies of cultural heritage tourism in cities. The central dialectic in the proposed model of urban cultural tourism concerns relationships of interdependence and tension. Urban cultural tourism involves much interdependence, such as between the production and consumption of tourism products, between culture and tourism departments, and between producers of cultural tourism products in the cultural and tourism sectors. Yet, there is also much tension involved in these relationships, such as between the preservation and commodification of cultural resources and between potentially different expectations of cultural tourism's producers and consumers. The model thus focuses on processes of interdependence and tension in urban cultural tourism. The applicability and value of the theoretical model is considered for the case of the city of Nanjing in China, a distinctive context for urban cultural tourism due to the city's rich cultural resources and the major changes in China's economy, society, politics and governance. The assessment is based on triangulation using a range of sources, including semi-structured in-depth interviews with industry officials and managers and tourists, observation, documents, photographic records, and social media. The research findings demonstrate the model's value, notably through its integrated approach, its focus on dialectical relationships of interdependence and tension, and the prominence given to four key relationships and their connections with each other and their context. It provided valuable new insights into the relationships in Nanjing between culture and tourism policies and between relevant government departments, between the public and private sectors, between the production and consumption of cultural tourism, and between the encoding and decoding of related messages. These relationships had to be seen as reflecting and affecting China's distinctive political, economic and socio-cultural context. Conclusions are also drawn about the wider applicability and value of the model for researchers interested in cultural tourism in other urban contexts.
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Jessa, Sirhan. "Cultural heritage regeneration of District Six: a creative tourism approach." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1614.
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Dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree
Master of Technology: Tourism and Hospitality Management
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at the Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyThis study is aimed at determining whether the potential exists for further developing cultural and heritage tourism activities in the redeveloping District Six. A rich and diverse cultural heritage provides the basis from which the study examines whether the implementation of a cultural heritage tourism plan in the redeveloping area, is appropriate, will help address issues of restitution and ultimately contribute to the country’s cultural heritage tourism assets. Currently no formal tourism plan for District Six exists. A historical study provides an assessment of the areas’ cultural heritage assets, manifested in politics, music and dance, art, literature, and architecture. A search of existing cultural and heritage tourism literature was conducted in order to gain insight into the descriptive, theoretical and conceptual research questions identified. Relevant development policies and frameworks impacting and supporting potential tourism development in the area were examined. These include the DFD6 (2011) and the National Heritage Tourism Strategy (2012). Creative tourism was further examined as a tool to augment the tourism product and positively contribute to cultural regeneration. Business and functional linkages to assist the integration of District Six tourism into the broader economy were then identified. A comparative analysis of the introduction of a cultural heritage tourism plan in Genadendal is made. This area experienced similar socio- political and historical conditions as District Six. Thus, parallels of the potential challenges were drawn and opportunities identified. A theoretical model for cultural heritage tourism in District Six is then presented by identifying and explaining elements of model theory, discussing models applicable to the research area and adapting a normative framework for cultural heritage tourism on the Cape Flats. The model recommends solutions to problems such as a lack of capacity and skills, funding and investment, public participation and stakeholder engagement. Furthermore, an empirical survey in the form of in-depth interviews was administered to seventeen relevant academics, heritage and tourism practitioners, resident representatives and development consultants. The methodology included extracting qualitative data through transcribing interviews and thematically presenting and analysing the data. Finally, a list of recommendations is provided.
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Hodgson, Renata. "Perceptions of authenticity Aboriginal cultural tourism in the Northern Territory /." View thesis, 2007. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/32902.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2007.A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, College of Business, School of Management, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographies.
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Feng, Xianghong. "Economic and socio-cultural impacts of tourism development in Fenghuang County, China." Online access for everyone, 2008. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Summer2008/x_feng_062608.pdf.
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Setoca, Alexandre Manuel Fernandes. "O perfil do turista cultural da cidade de Portalegre." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/30102.
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O turismo de cultural assume grande importância na relação dos turistas com o património cultural, as suas motivações, o tipo de experiências que procuram e a satisfação com as características e atributos da cidade. Portalegre tem várias atrações culturais associadas ao património material e imaterial. A cidade tem recebido vários turistas e visitantes, mas até ao momento ainda não foi realizado nenhum estudo académico para aprofundar as motivações que levam os turistas a visitar a cidade de Portalegre, bem como as experiências que adiquirem no destino. Assim, a presente dissertação pretende analisar o perfil do turista cultural que visita a cidade de Portalegre. Para o estudo seguiu-se a abordagem quantitativa através da aplicação de um inquérito por questionário; The Cultural Tourist Profile in the City of Portalegre
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Cultural tourism is very important in the relationship of tourists with cultural heritage, their motivations the type of experiences they are looking for and satisfaction with the characteristics and attributes of the city. Portalegre has several cultural attractions associated with material and immaterial heritage. The city has received several tourists and visitors, but so far no academic study has been carried out to deepen the motivations that lead tourists to visit the city of Portalegre, as well as the experiences they acquire in the destination. This dissertation intends to analyze the profile of the cultural tourist who visits the city of Portalegre for the study a quantitative approach was followed through the application of a questionnaire survey.
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Fernandes, João David Carvalhinho. "A importância da experiência turística na área da vitivinicultura." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/23970.
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O presente relatório de estágio apresenta como principal objectivo, fazer uma descrição, análise e reflexão acerca do estágio levado a cabo durante 4 meses no enoturismo Cartuxa. Este relatório está inserido no âmbito do Mes-trado em Turismo e Desenvolvimento de Destinos e produtos com o objectivo de adquirir o grau de Mestre pela Universidade de Évora.
Para a elaboração deste relatório foi realizado uma revisão da literatura sobre turismo cultural, enoturismo, perfil do turista que visita a cidade de Évora, a qual deu origem ao quadro conceptual que suporta a investigação empírica. Caracteriza-se a entidade em que se realizou o estágio e as atividades desen-volvidas e uma análise crítica de desempenho, realçando os aspetos positivos e os menos conseguidos do trabalho desenvolvido. Por consequência, o relató-rio contém uma componente de investigação científica e um relato de cariz operacional; Abstract:
The importance of tourism experience in the wine sector
The main goal of this report is to make a description, analysis and reflec-tion about the internship developed during 4 months at Enoturismo Cartuxa. This report is part of the Master’s degree in Tourism and Development of Desti-nations and Products with the purpose to acquire the Masters Degree by the University of Évora.
This report will include a literature review about cultural tourism, wine tourism, profile of the tourist that visits the city of Évora, which gave rise to the conceptual framework that supports the empirical research. The focus will be the entity in which the internship occured, the activities that were carried out, and a critical analysis of the personal performance, highlighting the positive and the less achieved aspects of the work developed. As a consequence, the report contains a scientific research component and an operational report.
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Caneira, Tatiana Isabel de Passos. "Estágio curricular na Fundação Eugénio de Almeida. Caracterização do perfil de públicos dos espaços da Fundação Eugénio de Almeida." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/26687.
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O presente relatório é o resultado de quatro meses de estágio na Fundação Eugénio de Almeida,
em Évora. Na primeira parte, apresenta-se uma contextualização teórica na qual se
evidência os conceitos de turismo e os diversos “fatores” que lhe são subordinados, do turismo
ao turismo cultural, os equipamentos culturais e categorias, o museu como espaço de turismo
e a definição do turista dos espaços culturais. Na segunda parte apresenta-se todo o estudo
empírico sobre a Fundação Eugénio de Almeida, local de estágio e onde teve origem o estudo
sobre o perfil do público que visita a Fundação. Através da análise a questionários aplicados
aos visitantes deste espaço encontrou-se a caracterização e as motivações do público que a
visita. Os resultados mostram a importância deste estudo para o desenvolvimento de novos
projetos que possibilitem motivar e atrair os visitantes que já conhecem o espaço e os novos
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Characterization of the Publics of the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation
This report is the result of a four-month internship at the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation in
Évora. In the first part, we present a hypothetical context that highlights the concepts of tourism
and the various “factors” that are subordinated, from tourism to cultural tourism, cultural
facilities and categories, the museum as a tourism space and the definition of the tourist of
cultural spaces. cultural The second part presents the whole empirical study on the Eugénio
de Almeida Foundation, where the internship took place and where the study on the profile of
the public visiting the Foundation was conducted. Through the analysis of questionnaires applied
to the visitors of this space, we found the characterization and motivations of the public
who visited it. The results show the importance of this study for the development of new
projects that motivate and attract visitors who already know the space and the new audiences
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Ramchander, Pranill. "Towards the responsible management of the socio-cultural impact of township tourism." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08262004-130507.
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Preble, Christine. "Imperial consumption cruise ship tourism and Cozumel, Mexico." Thesis, State University of New York at Albany, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3620844.
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This dissertation defines cruise ship tourism in the context of a local community. The theoretical manifestations and development of cruise ship tourism are presented and analyzed. This research traces the development of the U.S.-based cruise ship industry (i.e. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and Carnival Corporation & PLC) and its subsequent effects in one port-of-call community, the island of Cozumel, Mexico. Cruise ship tourism in Cozumel is compounded in San Miguel, the island's only urban center, at the three cruise ship piers and associated shopping centers. Defining U.S.-based cruise ship tourism in the context of Cozumel is significant as it is the most important cruise ship port-of-call in Mexico, the Caribbean, and the world (APIQROO 2013; CLIA 2013; FCCA 2013). The focus of this investigation examines the ways the development and corporate practices of the U.S.-based cruise ship industry formulate a climate of competition between local and internationally owned and operated businesses in cruise ship port-of-call communities. The U.S.-based cruise ship industry establishes contracts with businesses for a fee and advertise such businesses on a map for cruise ship tourists. These corporate strategies promulgate inequality between local employee, multinational business, and U.S.-based cruise ship industry as well as local and tourists. Cruise ship tourists in Cozumel affirm these "guaranteed and approved" businesses are safer, more easily accessible, and more frequented than locally-owned and operated options.
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Silveira, Cláudia Maria Pacheco da. "Açores, um destino cultural e paisagístico sustentável." Master's thesis, Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/2459.
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A dissertação em ênfase procura demonstrar a validade da simbiose existente entre a cultura e a natureza e a sua potencialidade em termos de comercialização turística neste caso aplicado à realidade turística do Destino Açores.
Assim sendo, a investigação prende-se por aferir os benefícios que a introdução do produto Touring Cultural e Paisagístico acarreta e a sugestão de modelos de aplicação para a sua viabilização considerando as vertentes inerentes ao princípio da sustentabilidade, a ecológica nomeadamente a salvaguarda dos recursos naturais, a económica visando a sustentabilidade da oferta turística e a sociocultural levando ao envolvimento da população local com a actividade turística.
O estudo analisou a opinião dos intervenientes turísticos do subsector dos operadores turísticos e agências de viagens e dos responsáveis das instituições culturais. A finalidade da investigação foi perceber o estado actual do turismo na região, os factores imprescindíveis para a sustentabilidade e diversificação da oferta turística, o que falta aos Açores para potencializar novos produtos. De que forma o Touring Cultural e Paisagístico pode diversificar a oferta turística, a interpretação turística através dos guias intérpretes regionais e da população local e o que falta no interface entre o turismo e a cultura.The dissertation seeks to demonstrate the validity of the symbiosis between nature and culture and its economic and marketing potential applied to the Azores tourism destination reality. Thus, the research aims to assess the benefits of the introduction of the Cultural & Landscape Touring and develop conceptual models for its application according to sustainability principles, namely environmental protection of natural resources, economic sustainability of tourism supply and through involvement of local communities with tourism activities associated with the socio-cultural pillar. The purpose of the research was also to analyse the current state of tourism in the region, to identify the key factors for the diversification and sustainability of tourism supply, understand the lack of development of different tourism products in the Azores region and how Cultural & Landscape Touring could fulfil this gap. As well as, how local communities and regional tour guides involvement could contribute in tourism enhancement and identify the main gaps in the interface between tourism and culture. Concerning data collection, stakeholders linked to travel agencies and tour operators, as well as, local cultural institutions were inquired. Unfortunately the dimension of the sample study was reduced due to the reluctance of many contacted stakeholders to participate. An inventory of cultural and natural resources of Ponta Delgada’s Heritage Centre in S. Miguel island performed, enable us to argue the potential of such resources although a lack of correct resource aggregation in a tourism product was identified.
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Furtado, Ana Vanessa Pereira. "Turismo militar no Concelho de Peniche." Master's thesis, Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/2458.
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Actualmente, o mercado mundial do turismo caracteriza-se pela evolução do turismo de massas generalizado para um tipo de turismo mais individual, mais especializado e exigente. O acesso à realização de viagens e deslocações encontra-se disseminado um pouco por todo o Mundo, e em ritmo de crescimento, pelo que cada vez mais os destinos necessitam apostar na especialização, na qualidade e na diversificação como forma de atrair visitantes. Neste contexto, apresenta-se o turismo de índole militar, enquadrado no turismo cultural, como complemento à oferta turística já existente no concelho de Peniche – numa região caracterizada pela predominância do turismo de sol e mar, urge apostar noutros tipos de turismo complementares que permitam diversificar
a oferta, reduzir a sazonalidade e contribuir para a atracção de mais visitantes e prolongamento das suas estadas, resultando num positivo impacto económico.
O conceito de dark tourism, no qual se enquadra o turismo militar, tem vindo a ser
delineado e estudado ao longo dos últimos anos, e são vários os pontos por todo o
Mundo onde foi implementado nas décadas mais recentes. Trata-se de uma temática relativamente recente em termos de estudos e publicações, mas será provavelmente, e
tal como vários autores defendem, das mais antigas motivações para a prática da
viagem. Este conceito foi aqui aplicado ao concelho de Peniche, nomeadamente, às
estruturas defensivas aí existentes construídas no período pós-Restauração, criando assim uma alternativa cultural à tradicional oferta turística do concelho. O objectivo não foi a criação de um percurso turístico baseado nesta temática, mas sim a aplicação teórica e prática do conceito ao concelho de Peniche – mais do que a delineação do percurso, apontam-se as medidas necessárias para a implementação do turismo militar, de forma a permitir um bom desenvolvimento deste conceito no concelho.Nowadays, the world tourism market shows an evolution of the generalized mass tourism into a more individual type of tourism, more specialized and demanding. The access to travelling is largely spread all around the world, and presently at an increasing rhythm, creating the need for the destinations of investing in specialization, in quality and in diversification as a way to attract visitors. Within this context, the military tourism, integrated in the cultural tourism, is presented as a complement to the touristic offer that already exists in Peniche – in a region characterized by the prevailing sea and sun tourism, it’s important to bet in other complementary kinds of tourism which will allow to diversify the offer, decrease seasonality and attract more visitors and increase their stays, with its positive economic impact. The concept of dark tourism, within which the military tourism is integrated, has been outlined and studied during the last few years, and there are many places around the world where the concept has already been applied in the recent decades. It’s a relatively recent subject, as far as studies and publishing are concerned, but it’s likely to be, as many authors defend, one of the most ancient motivations for travelling. The concept has been here applied to the region of Peniche, namely, to the existing defensive structures that date back to the after-Restauration period (the period after the independence recovering from Spain, in the 1st of December of 1640), creating a cultural alternative to the traditional touristic offer of this region. The aim wasn’t to create a touristic tour based on this thematic, but to apply the concept both in theory and in practice to Peniche – more than creating the touristic tour, here are presented the necessary measures for the performance of the military tourism, allowing the good development of this concept in the region of Peniche.
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Kay, Pandora. "Determinants of cultural event tourist motivation." Thesis, 2007. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15615/.
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This thesis investigates the determinants of tourist motivation to ascertain the new audience potential of Western and Asian tourists for locally-based, cultural attractions and events, and the associated effective marketing strategies necessary to attract these tourism markets.
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Shao-YingYang and 楊紹英. "Exploring the Service Experience of Cultural Tourist in Craft-based Cultural Tourism: Perspective from Co-Creation Tourism Experience." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8n453q.
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碩士國立成功大學
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Demand for more participative and interactive experiences has become more and more important in tourism because what tourism providers really intend to sell to their customers are those ‘experiences’. However, the criticism of serial reproduction in tourism experience has been criticized. The concept of co-creation is now widely and variously adopted by tourism scholars in the idea of tourism experience, though in fact there is few co-creation empirical research. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explore the co-creation tourism experience in the service experience of cultural tourist for cultural tourism from both the organization and customer perspective in traditional craft industry by proposing the propositions and conceptual framework which are conducted through empirical case studies. A qualitative approach enables this study to gain deeper insight into how tourism experience and co-creation are connected to each other, and how a better connection could help improve the customer experience in the experience gap. As for the case studies, Shoyeido Incense and Marumasu-Nishimuraya are chosen as examples for this study. Both of them provide cultural tourism experience, and they are well known for their long history and hospitality in customer service. Data collection involved in-depth interviews as well as participant observation: service providers are interviewed for entrepreneurial behavior, and cultural tourists are interviewed for participation activities. The study aims to provide a strategy guideline for the service provider of traditional craft industry to develop the co-creation tourism experience. The idea of co-creation tourism experience is related to not only the influencers among physical, social and organizational provided by the service provider, but also cultural tourist’s physical and mental reaction while interacting with the surroundings. Moreover, the understanding of co-creation should include the analysis of the interaction between these two aspects. After analyzing the case study, the study finds out that (1) hospitality and passion of the front staff, (2) cultural authenticity, (3) innovative thinking of the entrepreneur and (4) the user-friendly design on the tangible and intangible service could enhance the overall co-creation tourism experience and result in a memorable service experience on the craft-based cultural tourism.
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Chiu, Yu-Ching, and 邱于菁. "Cultural tourism in Mexico." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31740577278262923885.
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碩士靜宜大學
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In recent years, there is a progressive increase in cultural tourism in Mexico. Because of its importance in the tourism market, Mexican government has begun to promote cultural tourism in the 90. In order to promote cultural tourism, in 2001, the Secretary of Tourism in Mexico included this area in the National Tourism Program 2001-2006, and has developed regional cultural tourism programs with related sectors. Mexico has rich and attractive cultural resources, with numerous archaeological and historical heritage. Besides, Mexico is one of the countries in the world, which have most world heritage sites. Its unique cultural resources are considered great potent in the market. Because, in the last decade, there are more tourists visiting the archaeological, historical heritage and museums in Mexico, and the offer of these cultural-tourism resources is increasing. The author discusses the situation of the offer and demand in cultural tourism market in Mexico by the method of quantitative analysis. This thesis consists in three chapters discussing the cultural tourism development in Mexico：1)Do cultural resources of Mexico have competitive advantage? 2) Do Mexican tourism and cultural policies contribute cultural tourism competition？ 3) What are the impacts of cultural tourism development in Mexico?. Finally, the thesis presents a detailed and concrete conclusion.