Cultural Tourism

Tourism to India as popular culture:

by Noga Collins-Kreiner

This paper considers a cultural, educational and religious experience of Western
tourists to Dharamsala in... more This paper considers a cultural, educational and religious experience of Western
tourists to Dharamsala in Northern India. It supplies information on the growing
phenomenon of Western people visiting the East for self-fulfilment, study and belief.
The article aims to deal with tourism in its popular cultural format, as this aspect of the
phenomenon is under-theorized. A structured questionnaire was administered to 127
visitors at seven different sites in Dharamsala. In addition, 20 in-depth interviews were
held with participants. Participant observation was chosen as another research method,
as one of the researchers had lived in Dharamsala from 2004 to 2005. The study
examines and analyses the characteristics of visitors to Dharamsala in terms of their
cultural, educational, religious, and tourist experience and positions the visitors on a
scale of motivations from education to tourism, and from pilgrimage to tourism.

AS CONTRIBUIÇÕES DOS ESTUDOS CULTURAIS NA ANÁLISE DO TURISMO CULTURAL

by ADRIANA BRAMBILLA

AMASRA’DA KÜLTÜREL TURİZM AMAÇLI KORUMA POLİTİKALARI

by Mehmet Tunçer

Paper presented at

OVPM-OWHC-OCPM (Dünya Miras Şehirleri Organizasyonu) – Council of Europe – and Safranbolu Belediyesi

AVRASYA ULUSLAR ARASI TURİZM SEMİNERİ

“AVRASYA DÜNYA MİRAS ŞEHİRLERİNDE KÜLTÜREL TURİZMİN GELİŞİMİ”
10-11-12 Kasım 2005
SAFRANBOLU

Amasra, Fenike ve İon SESAMOS' undan, Kraliçe AMASTRİS Amasra’ sına, Roma ve Bizans' tan, Cenovalılar' a, Osmanlı’... more Amasra, Fenike ve İon SESAMOS' undan, Kraliçe AMASTRİS Amasra’ sına, Roma ve Bizans' tan, Cenovalılar' a, Osmanlı’ dan, 2000' li yıllara, yaklaşık üç bin yıldır varlığını sürdürmektedir.
Kent, hala onu Osmanlı'ya kazandıran Büyük Fatih'in "ÇEŞM-İ CİHAN'ı yani “Dünyanın Göz Bebeği” dir.
Ancak, yoğun yapılaşma, doğal, tarihsel çevrenin tahribatı ve çevre sorunları ile bu niteliklerini giderek kaybetmektedir.
Bu Bildirinin amacı; Amasra yerleşiminin doğal değerlerini, antik kalıntılarını, ören yerlerini ve arkeolojik sit alanları ile tarihsel/geleneksel kent dokusunu korumak amacıyla yapılmış çalışmaları ve Gayrimenkul Eski Eserler ve Anıtlar Yüksek Kurulu ve Ankara Kültür ve Tabiat Varlıklarını Koruma Kurulu tarafından alınmış kararları değerlendirmek ve bu değerlerin bütüncül, sürdürülebilir korunması ve geliştirilmesine ilişkin görüş ve öneriler geliştirmektir. Ayrıca, bir başka amaç da; “KÜLTÜREL TURİZM”’e yönelik bundan sonraki çalışmalara yön verebilecek, “TARİHSEL VE DOĞAL ÇEVRE KORUMA POLİTİKALARI” geliştirmektir.

Bu çalışmada öncelikle doğal, kültürel ve tarihsel değerlerin korunmasına yönelik alınan kararlar değerlendirilecektir. Daha sonra geleceğe yönelik koruma – geliştirme politikaları geliştirilecektir.

The Ancient Tea Horse Road and the Politics of Cultural Heritage in Southwest China

by Gary Sigley

Published in the China Heritage Quarterly (www.chinaheritagequarterly.org), No. 20, 2012.

In 2005, a tea caravan (mabang 马邦) emerged out of the mists of time and made an epic journey from Yunnan 云南 to... more In 2005, a tea caravan (mabang 马邦) emerged out of the mists of time and made an epic journey from Yunnan 云南 to Beijing, from the 'periphery' to the 'centre'.[1] The caravan, consisting of forty muleteers and over one hundred mules, was transporting a precious four-tonne cargo of Pu'er tea cakes (普洱茶饼) from the tea producing regions of southeast Yunnan to the capital of the People's Republic. The tea was highly valued as 'tribute tea' (贡茶), calling to mind the time when precious commodities from across the empire were offered up to the imperial court, and also reflecting in the present the rapacious demand for luxury and exotic goods amongst China's nouveau riche (and, we might add, as gifts to curry favour with those in positions of power) ...

BURDUR’DA DOĞAL VE KÜLTÜREL ÇEVRENİN KORUNMASI : SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİRLİK; EKO-TURİZM; KÜLTÜREL MİRAS TURİZMİ BAĞLAMINDA POLİTİKA ÖNERİLERİ

by Mehmet Tunçer

16-19 Kasım 2005, BURDUR, (Burdur Valiliği ve Burdur Belediyesi tarafından düzenlenen) I. BURDUR SEMPOZYUMU, Turizm Alt-Başlığı’nde Sunulan Bildiri; “BURDUR’DA DOĞAL VE KÜLTÜREL ÇEVRENİN  KORUNMASI  : SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİRLİK; EKO-TURİZM; KÜLTÜREL MİRAS TURİZMİ BAĞLAMINDA POLİTİKA ÖNERİLERİ”. (Yayınlanmıştır)

Ürdün'de Dünya Bankası projesi olarak hazırlanan "Controlled Urban Growth and Eco-Tourism master Plan Study for... more Ürdün'de Dünya Bankası projesi olarak hazırlanan "Controlled Urban Growth and Eco-Tourism master Plan Study for Ajloun Area" dan alınan dersler ışığında, Burdur için;

a. Sürdürülebilir tarihsel çevre korunması için öneriler geliştirilmesi,

b. Sürdürülebilir doğal çevre korunması için öneriler geliştirilmesi,

bu bildirinin hedeflerindendir..

Itinerari etruschi: Il porto di Pyrgi

by Marina Marcelli

in Chiron, suppl. a Teknos, anno VI, n. 7/8 (luglio-agosto 1996), pp. 30-31

Turismo de eventos y patrimonio: entre el ocio y el negocio

by Francesc González Reverté

Reflexión acerca de como los eventos pueden funcionar como atractivo turístico para destinos muy diversos, generar... more Reflexión acerca de como los eventos pueden funcionar como atractivo turístico para destinos muy diversos, generar dinámicas de desarrollo local y regional, contribuir a políticas de regeneración urbana o actuar como palanca de desarrollo cultural

(1994) Mégalithisme expérimental au C.A.I.R.N

by Bertrand Poissonnier

Published in :' Les sites de reconstitutions archéologiques. Actes du colloque d’Aubechies, 2-5 septembre 1993'.  Archéosite d’Aubechies, 1994:53-57.

Materializing Absence: Tourists, Surrogates, and the Making of “Jewish Portugal” (2007)

by Naomi Leite

In Things That Move: The Material Worlds of Tourism and Travel, ed. Mike Robinson. Leeds: Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change.

Tourism unfolds in and through encounters with the material world. But what is the role of the material when the... more Tourism unfolds in and through encounters with the material world. But what is the role of the material when the tourist attraction is an absence? How does one tour a world that no longer physically exists? I explore this question in relation to Portugal, a country with a burgeoning Jewish heritage tourism market but little material evidence of past Jewish settlement. The historical narrative that draws thousands of tourists each year highlights the country’s once-thriving medieval Jewish population, wiped out by mass forced conversions and three centuries of the Catholic Inquisition (1536-1821). The medieval community’s synagogues, cemeteries, and ritual objects were also destroyed, leaving few easily identifiable “Jewish” remains for tourists to visit today. And yet package tours of “Jewish Portugal” abound. This paper examines the practices through which tourists and tourism providers imaginatively engage the physical world of the present as a means to experience an invisible past, collaboratively creating their destination in the moment of the tourist encounter. Of particular interest are the ways in which buildings, neighborhoods, and museum objects stand in as surrogates for the medieval material heritage that was lost. The Museu Luso-Hebraico, until recently Portugal’s sole Jewish museum, provides a key example. Housed in the country’s only remaining pre-Inquisition synagogue, its ad hoc collection is made up largely of everyday Jewish items from around the world, sent by tourists who were moved by the lack of Portuguese objects to represent the long-absent medieval Jews.

Un patrimoine phénix est-il possible ?

by Julien Bastoen

Published in 'Continuité', #120 (spring 2009)

L'esprit d'un lieu disparu renaît-il d'une simple reconstruction à l'identique ? Si le débat fait rage depuis peu pour... more L'esprit d'un lieu disparu renaît-il d'une simple reconstruction à l'identique ? Si le débat fait rage depuis peu pour le Manège militaire de Québec, à Paris, la question se pose depuis 138 ans à propos du défunt palais des Tuileries. Et tout indique que la réflexion n 'estpas encore arrivée à son terme...

La résurrection des Tuileries, ou la tentation de l’hyperréalité

by Julien Bastoen

Published in 'Criticat', #5 (2010/03)

Disparu il y a plus d’un siècle du paysage parisien, le palais des Tuileries continue de défrayer la chronique. Le... more Disparu il y a plus d’un siècle du paysage parisien, le palais des Tuileries continue de défrayer la chronique. Le projet de sa reconstruction, défendu depuis une dizaine d’années par un comité ad hoc, suscite une controverse qui trouve des échos non seulement dans les prémices mêmes de ce débat après 1871, mais aussi dans les nombreux cas de répliques d’édifices disparus qui caractérisent notre époque fétichiste et mercantile.

Faux et usages du faux. Quand le clonage architectural redécouvre ses origines : le cas du palais des Tuileries à Paris

by Julien Bastoen

Published in 'Penser et pratiquer l’esprit du lieu' (Célia Forget, ed.). Québec: Presses de l’université Laval, 2011, 71-84

Destroyed by arson during the bloody Commune de Paris in 1871, the Palais des Tuileries was finally cleared down after... more Destroyed by arson during the bloody Commune de Paris in 1871, the Palais des Tuileries was finally cleared down after twelve years of heated debate on its eventual reconstruction, despite interventions by Viollet-le-Duc and Haussmann. Today, the absence of a monument on this site could be seen as a sign of national amnesia, resulting from a selective recollection of the past for political purposes. Drawing on the renewed interest on the concept of memory on the part of researchers, a group of scholars and philanthropists are seeking to remedy this perceived necglect by proposing nothing short of recreating an architectural clone of the palace for the cultural industry, a project that would be sacrificed on the altar of political consensus. Prior to examining the relevance of rebuilding a forgery to resuscitate the spirit of the place, it may be wise to analyze the ideological mechanisms and motives behind the various reparation, restoration and reconstruction projects of the years 1870 and 1880.

Visual identity and Indigenous tourism: power, authenticity, hybridity and the Osoyoos Indian Band's Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre

by Katie Bresner

Masters Thesis

The tourism industry is particularly reliant on the use of imagery to create a brand for a destination or attraction... more The tourism industry is particularly reliant on the use of imagery to create a brand for a destination or attraction in order to effectively market its product. In the case of Indigenous tourism, a paradox often exists between maintaining a level of recognition and familiarity that mirror the expectations of the public imagination, and conveying a representation that is locally meaningful and emblematic. Investigation into the visual representation and communication of identity through tourism is a means to illustrate three overlapping issues that are prevalent throughout the literature on Indigenous tourism. These are: control, authenticity, and hybridity. This research project addresses these issues through an extensive review of anthropological and tourism-related literature and its application to the specific case study of one Indigenous tourism business, the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre (NDCC), owned and operated by the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) in Osoyoos, British Columbia (BC), Canada. Semiotic and visual analyses are used to elucidate the messages about OIB identity communicated through the Centre’s visuals, in order to bring the example of the OIB and NDCC into conversation with the larger issues found within Indigenous tourism.

Indian for a Night: Sleeping with the “Other” at Wigwam Village Tourist Cabins

by Katie Algeo

Frank Redford of Horse Cave, Kentucky, started a chain of Wigwam Village tourist cabins in 1933, an enterprise that... more Frank Redford of Horse Cave, Kentucky, started a chain of Wigwam Village tourist cabins in 1933, an enterprise that eventually expanded to seven locations stretching from Florida to California. With individual cabins in the shape of tepees, Wigwam Village capitalized on the appeal of kitschy roadside attractions and on Americans’ fascination with Native Americans. In the waxing days of automobile travel by the masses, each Village also served as a practical agglomeration of tourist services – in addition to accommodations, each offered a gas station, restaurant, and gift shop. By drawing on methods of deconstruction and hermeneutic analysis, this paper explores themes related to the appropriation and commercialization of Native American culture represented by this tourism enterprise, including the geographically displaced authenticity of a dwelling style indigenous to the Great Plains, the entrenched American habit of “playing Indian,” the social construction of a pan-Indian identity through markers of generic “Indian-ness” rather than specific tribal cultures, and the surprisingly enduring appeal of this decidedly not politically correct landscape.

Managing Tourist Space in Pueblo Villages of the American Southwest

by Alan A. Lew

Prepublication version. Published in In Singh, Tej Vir, ed., Tourism Development in Critical Environments, pp. 120-36. Elmsford, NY: Cognizant Communications Corporation.

Keywords: Tourism, Pueblo Indians, Acculturation, Village Design, Tourist Behavior, Environmental Management
more Keywords: Tourism, Pueblo Indians, Acculturation, Village Design, Tourist Behavior, Environmental Management

First paragraph:

Acculturation is defined as the process of culture change that occurs when a society with superior technological sophistication comes into contact with one of inferior technological sophistication.  The latter is most likely to become an acculturated society, experiencing dramatic shifts in social structure and world view.  The North American experience has largely been one in which American Indians have experienced pressure to change under the expanding influence of European settlers (Bodine 1972).  Societies can react in a variety of ways under pressure of this kind (Lew 1989).  In general, these reactions can be classified into two types: innovation diffusion, and cultural adaptation.

turismo cultural y nuevas ocupaciones

by Josep Font Sentias

Outros trópicos: novos destinos turísticos, novos terrenos da antropologia

by maria cardeira da silva

Activités rurales et tourisme durable dans le haut Var

by David Ward-Perkins

February 2012. Study funded by the Fondation d'Entreprise du Crédit Agricole Provence Côte d'Azur.

Mobile devices: a tool for tourism and learning at archaeological sites

by Jose María Cuenca

Co-authored with Alex Ibáñez Etxeberría, Mikel Asensio & Naiara Vicent

ABSTRACT
The study analyses data obtained from the implementation of public programmes that utilise mobile... more ABSTRACT
The study analyses data obtained from the implementation of public programmes that utilise mobile devices at archaeological sites. The work documents that the two main uses for such devices are augmented reality (AR) and geocaching games involving GPS equipment. The paper notes the educational opportunities presented by the use of these devices. The work concludes that the programmes achieve good general results, are well rated by users, raise interest and are motivating. However, published ratings are limited and very descriptive, and evaluation standards are poor.
KEYWORDS
mobile devices; archaeological sites; augmented reality; cultural heritage; cultural tourism; mobile learning; m-learning; informal learning; educational programmes; geocaching games; GPS; global positioning systems; mobile communications.

Cultural events and tourism development in Catalonia

by Francesc González Reverté

Draft
Co-authored with Oriol Miralbell-Izard

This paper explains the way that the events with rates based on cultural heritage (tangible and intangible) are... more This paper explains the way that the events with rates based on cultural heritage (tangible and intangible) are generated for dynamic development. The capacity to generate events in development is understood here in a wide sense, so it will take into account both economic and social impacts. The structure includes the following sections. First we make a conceptual reflection about what are the vectors that allow the use of culture and heritage (and therefore cultural events) as an argument for tourism development. Second, we describe the importance and outline the main features of tourist cultural events in Catalonia. In the last section we explain the effects that events have on local development through the analysis of different indicators. Finally, we review the main contributions of the paper and outline the challenges of integrating events in Catalan tourist policy.