Heritage Tourism Planning Research Articles

Developing of Village’s Heritage Tourism Planning Through Integrated of Foodscape and Landscape Architecture at Lahat Regency

Developing of Village’s Heritage Tourism Planning Through Integrated of Foodscape and Landscape Architecture at Lahat Regency

Planning Urban Regeneration through Heritage Tourism: The Case of Kliptown, South Africa

Literature on heritage tourism planning in sub-Saharan Africa is underdeveloped. The aim in this paper is to investigate one highly significant heritage site, which is located in metropolitan Johannesburg, South Africa’s leading urban tourism destination. The specific focus is on Kliptown, a township of modern Soweto, situated 25 km south-west of Johannesburg city centre. In South African history, Kliptown is important in the anti-apartheid struggle for hosting the 1955 Congress of the People and the signing of the Freedom Charter. The planning of Kliptown as a destination for heritage tourism and its local impacts for physical area regeneration are analysed. It is demonstrated that at Kliptown, as has been the case with several other heritage tourism projects implemented during the post-apartheid period, the promised developmental effects for local communities have not materialised.

Exploring the role of strategic environmental assessment in cultural heritage tourism planning: a case study of the Srirangapatna-Mysore region in India

ABSTRACT Sustainability is critical to the delivery of cultural heritage tourism (CHT) since its foundation to attract tourist relies on the preservation of the historic and cultural offerings of the host community. CHT destinations within urban and semi-urban heritage sites in emerging economies find this particularly challenging. To explore this issue and its associated challenges, this paper brings together an interdisciplinary team representing disciplines of heritage management, architectural and cultural history, economics, environmental planning and sustainability to establish the extent to which sustainability principles are integrated within CHT destinations in the semi-urban destinations of emerging economies. An interdisciplinary analysis of the case study of Srirangapatna-Mysore region in India, using a framework for evaluating sustainability principles within CHT reveals environmental considerations to be the weakest link. Accordingly, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is proposed as a tool that can compensate some of the caveats identified in the case study by potentially enhancing stakeholder involvement, raising heritage and environmental awareness, facilitating regional approach and avoiding costly mistakes.

Tourism 3.0 and archaeology: approaching tourists’ generated‑content of World Heritage sites

Archaeology is not the main focus of local governments’ strategy for tourism in many Spanish World Heritage contexts defined by non-archaeological criteria; but, are there alternative ways of engaging with it? The surge of 2.0 websites has upturned the traditional direction of tourism discourse from governmental bodies and marketing organizations to the audiences and participants, that is, the tourists. The tourists themselves produce the website contents (photographs, facts, experiences…) that are then shared with the wider online communities of prospective and present tourists. What can these collaborative platforms tell us about archaeology in World Heritage destinations? Through the assessment of this user-generated content on a 2.0 websites (TripAdvisor), this paper critically addresses how archaeology is presented in fifteen non-archaeological World Heritage Sites in Spain and reflects on whether 2.0 websites may provide new opportunities for promotion. Local and regional museums, one of the most widespread elements created by governmental cultural policies, become an opportunity to generate new contents themselves while using these spaces to attract tourists to archaeological values. The issue of authenticity and the need to address experiential tourismare added potentials for the use of 2.0 websites as useful sources of information for heritage tourism planning.

Community participation in heritage tourism planning: is it too much to ask?

ABSTRACTConsidering the complications of collecting empirical data on community participation, this study proposes a new methodological approach that departs from the current literature. For the first time, an experimental procedure is adopted to conduct a direct comparison between participatory and non-participatory decision-making in the context of heritage tourism planning. Contrary to previous work, this is the first ex-ante assessment of community participation at a destination with no such prior experience. The analysis relies on behavioural data on choices, deliberation and conflict studied in the context of a controlled collaborative environment. The findings suggest that choices and deliberation between participatory and non-participatory groups exhibit no statistically significant differences although participatory groups were more susceptible to conflict. However, interestingly, conflict was constructive as it increased provisions for heritage goods. Furthermore, intra-group heterogeneity did not always affect collective decisions negatively whereas trust and institutional credibility played a major role in influencing both individual and collective preferences. These findings have important implications for research and policy, opening a novel avenue for the systematic study of participation dynamics to inform the instigation of participatory endeavours.

Drivers of community participation in heritage tourism planning: an empirical investigation

ABSTRACTDespite increased emphasis on community participation in tourism planning, our current knowledge of community attitudes and their motivations to engage in such collaborative governance is limited and fragmented. This paper explores the role of heritage values, tourism and community perceptions held by destination hosts as drivers to willingness to participate in heritage tourism development. Such enquiry aims to enhance our current knowledge of community views and their potential to influence involvement in participatory decision-making in order to inform policy approaches to collaborative heritage tourism strategies. Using a relatively inexperienced destination community (Kastoria, Greece), the study collects quantitative data via an attitudinal survey. Our findings suggest that intentions to participate are mainly driven by community ideals while their positive influence is more evident on community members with high place attachment. Heritage values play a significant role; however, their effects do not always favour participation as they can also act as barriers to involvement. On the other hand, tourism perceptions are found to be mainly insignificant in shaping intentions to participate. Finally, the paper presents and discusses variations between different demographic groups and draws implications for policy.

Place Attachment and Heritage Tourism at the Great Wall

This article explores how involvement in heritage tourism development affects residents' place attachment through case studies at Badaling and Mutianyu Great Wall in Beijing, China. Questionnaire surveys were administered in December 2008 at both sites to acquire opinions of local residents concerning tourism impacts. Sociocultural impact factors illustrating changes in place attachment were examined. Results indicate that the local people at both sites experienced enhanced recognition of the value and attractiveness of the Great Wall and their hometown through tourism development, strengthening their pride in their community and their willingness to stay. Tourism development also increased employment opportunities for local people. Thus, residents' emotional and functional attachments to their hometown were enhanced through their involvement in heritage tourism. Practical implications are discussed for heritage tourism planning and management.

Participation, Power and Racial Representation: Negotiating Nature-Based and Heritage Tourism Development in the Rural South

Nature-based and heritage tourism development provides a potentially valuable tool in the distribution of benefits to rural counties in the southeastern United States. However, tourism planners often fail in their efforts to incorporate culturally diverse populations in planning processes. This study examines African Americans' role in nature-based and heritage tourism planning in Hamilton County, Florida. While public officials have solicited community involvement, African Americans, who comprise over 40% of the county's population, continue to be underrepresented in public planning initiatives. This study uses qualitative ethnographic methods to account for African American residents' opinions regarding participation in county decision making and their role in the emerging nature-based and heritage tourism industry. It highlights issues that can impede efforts at cross-cultural collaboration and points to the need for addressing historic power relations in approaching future collaborative strategies.

APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY AND HERITAGE TOURISM PLANNING: WORKING FOR THE WESTERN ERIE CANAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR PLANNING COMMISSION

Using a case study approach, this article demonstrates how applied anthropological research can be used in heritage tourism planning, specifically in regions designated by state or federal government as “heritage areas.” The participatory nature of ethnographic research not only identifies the ideas, perspectives, and needs that are vital to an effective heritage tourism plan, it also brings together the individuals and agencies that will become actively involved in the implementation of the plan. This reduces the distinction between the phases of planning and acting and promotes ownership and involvement in the tourism strategy. Because of this, both the ethnographic research process and the data it generates are complimentary components of community‐based tourism planning. Also discussed are some common issues that arise in heritage tourism planning, such as conflicting stakeholder desires for resources, community frustration or exhaustion with the planning process, and mixed definitions of the concept of “heritage.”

Cultural Heritage Tourism Planning and Development: Defining the Field and Its Challenges

Cultural Heritage Tourism Planning and Development: Defining the Field and Its Challenges