1st Edition

Dynamics of Heritage Management and Tourism Development Trends, Practices, and Approaches

Edited By Surabhi Srivastava, Ruchika Kulshrestha Copyright 2025
302 Pages 7 Color & 22 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

302 Pages 7 Color & 22 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

This book explores and elaborates on the concept of “heritage tourism” and its implications for the tourism industry worldwide. The book is unique in that it offers a thorough assessment of the literature on heritage management in order to highlight the significance of conserving and promoting tangible and intangible cultural assets for sustainable tourism development. It provides direction for... Read more

SECTION I: CHANGING DYNAMICS OF HERITAGE MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

1. Changing Dynamics of Heritage Management through Sustainability

Ruchika Kulshrestha and Surabhi Srivastava

2. Interpretation as a Management Tool for Birdwatching Tourism Sites: The Case of the Arena Blanca Reserve, Alto Mayo, Perú

Pablo César Romo-Román, Rosse Marie Esparza-Huamanchumo, María De La Cruz Del Rio-Rama, and José Álvarez-García

3. Challenges in Conservation of Architectural Heritage and Tourism Development in Urban Areas: A Case Study in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nam Trung Nguyen, Bao Ha Son, Nga Viet Nguyen, and Thanh Van Vo

4. Digitization as a Tool for Conservation and Sustainability of the Built Heritages: A Distant Dream or an Existing Reality?

Javed Salim, Anubha, Sarah Hussain, Nusrat Yasmeen, and Priyakrushna Mohanty

5. The Evolution of the Image of Andalusia in Tourism: From the Foreign Vision to the Integration of the Romantic Cliché in Contemporary Promotional Activity

José David Albarrán Periáñez

6. Tîrtha DarŚana: Pilgrimage-Centric Construct and Reconstruct of Varanasi/KâŚî

Krishna Kumar, Shankha Pratim Bhattacharya, and Pulak Mishra

7. Heritage Management and Tourism Development Strategies in Tamil Nadu

I. M. Karthikeyan

SECTION II: BRANDING AND MARKETING OF HERITAGE TOURISM PRODUCTS

8. World Heritage Sites in the Tourist Destinations Known as "Pueblos Mágicos" (Magic Towns)

Miriam Edith Pérez-Romero, Martha Beatriz Flores-Romero, Donaji Jiménez-Islas, and José Álvarez-García

9. The Potential of Military Tourism for Peace Fostering and Sustainable Heritage Management

Isabel Vaz De Freitas and Makhabbat Ramazanova

10. "I Am a Central Museum": A Smartphone Application for Filling the Gap Between History and Visitors

Sarang S. Dhote

SECTION III: SOCIAL CULTURAL ASPECTS OF HERITAGE MANAGEMENT AT TOURIST DESTINATIONS

11. Ethnic-Based Heritagization and Interpretation of Past Cultural Legacies in Ethiopia: Its Discourse and Impacts

Tsegaye Ebabey and Yonas Legesse

12. Stakeholder Collaboration for Sustainable Tourism Development at Cham Community’s Living-Sacred Sites in Vietnam: A Living Heritage Approach

Tuyen Dai Quang

13. Preserving Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Khasi Indigenous Community of Meghalaya Through the Nongkrem Dance Festival: An Event Tourism Destination Perspective

Iadonlang Tynsong and Sharad Kumar Kulshreshtha

Biography

Surabhi Srivastava, PhD, has 18 years of teaching experience in heritage tourism marketing and management. She is an Associate Professor at the Om Kothari Institute of Research and Management, Kota, Rajasthan, India. She has organized workshops, seminars, and presentations and has contributed as the author of four books (national publications) and editor of two books (international publications) on heritage tourism. She has been awarded first prizes for her research and also received the Global Women Inspiration Award (2022) for exploring tribal tourism, nature tourism, and agri-tourism for community development. She holds an MBA and a PhD (both in Tourism) from the University of Lucknow, India, and a PDF (Tourism) from the University of Kota, India.

Ruchika Kulshrestha, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Business Management at GLA University Mathura, India. Her research interest pertains to heritage tourism, destination management, tourism marketing, and tourist behavior. She has published her research in international Scopus-indexed journals and has also presented papers at international conferences. She is actively involved in organizing faculty development programs. Her articles are published in the Economic Times, Travel Daily News, and other magazines. She chaired a session at IIM Kashipur and DSMS Durgapur, among others. She has received various awards for her contribution to tourism education. She earned her PhD (Tourism) from Jiwaji University, MBA (Tourism) from IIPS Indore, and is qualified in UGC NET (Tourism Management).