Cultural Heritage and Tourism: An Introduction
Subtitle
2nd edition
Cultural heritage is one of the most important tourism resources in the world. This book provides a comprehensive theoretical overview and applied knowledge of the issues, practices, current debates, concepts and management concerns associated with cultural heritage-based tourism. The second edition has been updated to include timely and emerging topics such as geopolitics, conflict, solidarity tourism, overtourism and climate change. It also expands on important areas such as environmental change, technology, social media, heritage economics, Indigenous knowledge and co-created experiences. This edition includes up-to-date data, statistics, references, case material, figures and pedagogical tools. It remains an important and accessible text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of cultural and heritage tourism, cultural resource management and museum management.
Bio
Dallen J. Timothy is a professor at the Arizona State University School of Community Resources and Development. He is editor of the Journal of Heritage Tourism. His tourism research interests include heritage, geopolitics, religious travel and empowerment.
Praise for this book
Professor Dallen Timothy is one of the world's most eminent scholars in the field of cultural heritage tourism. Using an articulate but accessible style, he covers a comprehensive range of pertinent themes from the basics of heritage management to complex issues of authenticity and the interpretation of the contested past. This book provides invaluable material for Cultural Tourism and Heritage Management courses at all levels.
Melanie Kay Smith Budapest Metropolitan University, Hungary
This thought-provoking, comprehensive book, written by 'unashamedly, a self-proclaimed heritage fanatic' will assist students, scholars and practitioners to understand, conceptualize and effectively and responsibly manage cultural heritage. Those interested in participating in the academic discussion about cultural heritage tourism, recognizing it as a complex multidimensional phenomenon, must read this clear, well-structured and readable book.
Yaniv Poria Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
