Cultural tourism / [edited by] P. Diaz, M.F. Schmitz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Diaz, P.

Schmitz, M. F.

Series:

Tourism Today

Tourism today ; 1

Standardized Title:

Cultural tourism (2014)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heritage tourism.

Sustainable tourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Place of Publication:

Southampton, UK ; Boston, Massachusetts : WIT Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A key feature of the tourism system is its ability to adapt to new demands while generating others. Tourism's capacity for renewal is based largely on a balance between competitiveness and opportunity to transform places and objects or even people into socioeconomic resources. The modern tourist has become more aware of the pitfalls of mass tourism, leading to a growing demand for variety. As a consequence of environmental awareness, tourism has been shown to be one of the economic activities that contribute most to the deterioration of the landscape.Today a reinterpretation of the negative ef

Contents:

Cover; Cultural Tourism; Copyright Page; Preface; About the Editors; Contents; Factor contributing to the success of cultural event management: The Phanom Rung Festival, Burirum province, Thailand; Ecotourism as a catalyst for social resiliency and the cultural preservation of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara tribes; Socialist Heritage Tourism in the Municipality of Koper: valorisation of newly recognized tourist sites; Dynamic of Boon Kam Fa tradition of Phuan Ethnic Group in the Thailand tourism context

Enhancing services provision in urban greenspaces through tourism promotion: the case of the private patios in Central AmericaCharacterizing rural tourism in Japan: features and challenges; The role of geotourism in supporting regeneration in disadvantaged rural communities in Ireland; Can vernacular buildings survive with traditional life inside and tourism outside?; Welcome to Brazil, Amazon Region, the green center of the world: a strategy for sustainable tourism and eco-tourism; Sustainable tourism and land resources for non-motorised mobility

Sustainable strategies for regeneration of rural building heritageGlobal perspectives in sustainable urban environments; Author index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 21, 2013).

ISBN:

1-84564-807-2

OCLC:

863046173