1st Edition

Resilience, Authenticity and Digital Heritage Tourism

By Deepak Chhabra Copyright 2022
252 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the authentication of authenticity in heritage tourism by using a resilient smart systems approach. It discusses the emerging trends in cultural tourism and outlines, in a detailed manner, their significance in negotiating authenticity in tourism experience. Authentication of authenticity is an evolving, less-researched field of inquiry in heritage tourism. This book... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Negotiated Authenticity and its Vulnerability  3. The Authentication and its Authenticating Process  4. Information and Communication Technology and Digitalization in Heritage Tourism  5. Smart and Sustainable Marketing Frameworks for Heritage Tourism  6. Negotiated Authentication of Heritage Accommodations  7. Negotiated Authentication of Homestay Tourism  8. Negotiating Authentication of Nation Branding and Heritage Tourism  9. Negotiated Authentication of Museums  10. Negotiated Authentication of Ethnic Cuisines  11. Negotiated Authentication of Heritage Souvenirs  12. Conceptualizing a Smart Resilient Negotiated Authentication System in Transformative Times

Biography

Deepak Chhabra is an associate professor and senior sustainability scientist at Arizona State University, United States. Her research interests include authenticity and authentication of heritage, economic equity, smart/sustainable marketing strategies for heritage tourism, and alternative healing/restorative systems and eudaimonic well-being of both visited and visiting communities.