1st Edition
Heritage and Tourism in The Global Village
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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A nation's heritage is one of the most potent forces for generating tourism: the Tower of London is the greatest 'visitor attraction' in Britain. But it is pushed into insignificance by comparison with the visitors travelling to Disneyland, Epcot and the other entertainment complexes in the USA; and it will be dwarfed by Euro-Disneyland east of Paris. So how should heritage attractions respond:... Read more
1 Introduction: setting the global scene 2 Home thoughts 3 Indigenous and colonial 4 East and West 5 The aloha experience: Hawaii 6 Urbane and streetwise 7 The rural scene 8 In the museum direction 9 The ‘moving object’ 10 Global products 11 Heritage, tourism and ‘the village’
Biography
Priscilla Boniface worked for many years for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, and is now a freelance consultant in communications and heritage. Peter J.Fowler is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
'It is enjoyable ... It should be compulsory for all local authority councillors who demand potential tourist attractions, as well as all tourist and publicity officers...' – Museums Journal
