Cultural Tourism remains the only book to bridge the gap between cultural tourism and
cultural and heritage management. The first edition illustrated how heritage and tourism …

This book emerged from a long-held belief by the editors and many other academic
observers that many tourism dynamics in the developing world are quite different from those …

Visitor attractions (VAs) play a crucial role in the success of a tourism destination, where they
act as key motivators for visits and as resources for local communities. The range of …

Is the designation World Heritage Site (WHS) effective? Does it yield high net brand equity?
The five research objectives in the present study seek to explore awareness of the …

ABSTRACT The UNESCO World Heritage (WH) List is often regarded as a successful
tourism brand that motivates site nominations. However, there is relatively little research …

The World Heritage (WH) brand signals property so irreplaceable that its values must be
sustained intact in perpetuity. A primary function of the WH symbol, one element of the WH …

This volume unravels the politics surrounding behind China's hegemonic project of heritage
tourism development in Lijiang. It provides a compelling study of the dialectical relationships …

Abstract The Pitons Management Area (PMA) World Heritage Site is one of the most visited
tourist attractions in St. Lucia. Given the magnitude of the tourism industry in St. Lucia in …

This edited book is the product of three research groups at the University of Brighton coming
together. The Cultural Informatics Research Group has run two very large European projects …

The heritagization of religious sites has been increasingly studied in recent decades, with
the focus shifting from the impact of mass tourism to considering the appropriation and …