Sustainable Development Of Cultural Tourism Research Articles

Role of Community Empowerment in the Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management: A Review

The study's objective is to examine the role of cultural heritage in socially sustainable development and, through the descriptive analysis, provide a comprehensive understating concerning cultural heritage management, social empowerment, and sustainable development. The study highlights the importance of long-term planning, community engagement, and strengthening partnerships in developing sustainable cultural heritage management. Quality integration with economic, social-cultural, and environmental values is essential for further sustainable cultural heritage conservation. The descriptive analysis utilized in the study provides the theoretical understanding of community empowerment in the cultural heritage and its positive effects, such as social cohesion, well-being, and conflict elimination. These contributions represent the prerequisite of socially sustainable development. The documentary evidence analysis demonstrates the essence of community engagement in cultural heritage planning. Municipality document analysis reveals constraints of cultural heritage practice, particularly community participation organization in cultural heritage management. Distinct authors highlight the core contributors to successful community involvement in sustainable cultural tourism development: Knowing sustainable development principles, cultural heritage potential, and possible positive and negative implications of tourism. Practical cooperation between governmental, non-governmental, and educational organizations generates the prerequisite for effective cultural heritage management. The national strategy document for cultural heritage highlights the importance of social inclusivity in heritage planning and management. However, community participation in the process needs improvement, particularly in the context of Akhmeta municipality.

Harmony in Motion: Sustainable Cultural Tourism and the Water Narrative along the Singapore River

The Singapore River precinct, beyond its role in promoting economic development as a tourist area, holds a more significant and enduring significance in establishing Singapore's national cultural image externally and deepening domestic cultural identity internally. This paper scrutinizes the sustainable development of cultural tourism along the Singapore River, with a particular emphasis on the construction of a water narrative. The study delves into the role of public art installations in showcasing Singapore's achievements in water resource management. By intertwining art with the city's unique cultural background and commitment to environmental sustainability, these installations not only enhance Singapore's global reputation but also stimulate public awareness. The narrative emphasizes Singapore's history of achieving water independence, shaping a distinctive cultural background that attracts tourists. While recognizing the effectiveness of public art, the paper calls for further examination of its potential to inspire environmental concern and the need to balance historical accuracy in shaping Singapore's image. This research provides valuable insights into the dynamic relationship between public art, cultural representation, and sustainable tourism development.

KÜLTÜREL TURIZMIN DOKUSUNU ORTAYA ÇIKARMAK: İSTANBUL'DA TURISTLER VE DENEYIMLER, MEMNUNIYET VE ETKILEŞIM ARASINDAKI BAĞLANTIYI İNCELEMEK

This study introduces a novel approach to cultural tourism in Istanbul by quantifying satisfaction and engagement as measurable values. The complex dynamics of cultural tourism in Istanbul is examined, with a specific focus on the interplay between tourist experiences, satisfaction levels, and the extent of engagement with the city’s cultural offerings. Employing a quantitative research design, the investigation surveys tourists in Istanbul and employs rigorous statistical analyses to derive meaningful findings. Drawing insights from a sample of 230 respondents, the research presents the findings based on different aspects of cultural tourism, including tourist experiences, satisfaction, and engagement. Departing from traditional qualitative assessments, our research employs regression analyses to systematically explore the relationships between tourist experiences and these quantifiable dimensions. This innovative model offers a structured perspective on the impact of tourist experiences, providing unique insights into the intricate dynamics that shape cultural tourism in Istanbul. This methodological novelty advances the empirical understanding of cultural tourism and establishes a robust foundation for future research endeavors. The character of Istanbul as a cultural tourist destination is intricately shaped by the nuanced interactions between tourists and the city’s tourism infrastructure. These interactions, characterized by a symbiotic relationship, meet travelers’ expectations, and frequently surpass them, laying the foundation for a heightened sense of happiness. Satisfaction, a pivotal component of cultural tourism, is intricately linked to the authenticity of experiences. Istanbul’s open infrastructure and unwavering commitment to preserving cultural heritage contribute significantly to the happiness and satisfaction of its visitors. Moreover, the dynamic facet of cultural tourism, termed engagement, transforms visitors into active participants in the cultural narrative. Engaged visitors seek deeper connections, fostering an upward spiral of satisfaction and positive experiences. The implications of these findings presented in the results obtained carry substantial weight for stakeholders in Istanbul’s cultural tourism landscape, offering valuable insights that can inform strategic decisions and contribute to the sustainable development of cultural tourism in the city. Keywords: cultural tourism, tourist satisfaction, Istanbul.

O desenvolvimento sustentável do turismo cultural no contexto da rota do enxaimel (Brasil)

The enxaimel or half-timberwork route is in the city of Pomerode, in the Vale Europeu region, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Due to its cultural relevance, it was elected by the UN as one of the best tourist villages in the world. The article seeks to identify and analyse the challenges as indicated by the social agents for the sustainable development of cultural tourism along the route and to highlight the best practices to take advantage of the benefits of tourism as a way to preserve the local culture. Due to its exploratory nature, the research is based on a case study. The use of the qualitative research method proved apt to validate the hypotheses. The results indicated that cultural tourism on the route has created economic opportunities for those involved and further emphasised the need for the active involvement of community agents in the implementation of strategies that help maintain tourism in a sustainable way.

Spatio-temporal evolution and influencing factors of culture and tourism integration efficiency in Shandong Province, China under high-quality development.

Improving culture and tourism integration efficiency is an important way to promote the high-quality development of cultural tourism. According to the inherent requirements of high-quality development, this paper constructed an evaluation indicator system for culture and tourism integration efficiency. Then, the culture and tourism integration efficiency of 16 cities in Shandong Province, China during the period from 2010 to 2019 was measured with the benevolent DEA cross-efficiency model. On the basis of exploratory spatial data analysis and dynamic spatial Durbin model, we explored the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics and influencing factors of culture and tourism integration efficiency in Shandong Province. The results show that from 2010 to 2019, the culture and tourism integration efficiency in Shandong Province has experienced three stages of "rapid growth-rapid decline-stable rise period". The spatial pattern has changed from "high in the east and low in the west" to "high in the central and low in the north and south", and regions with high integration efficiency are mainly concentrated in Jiaodong Peninsula. The level of economic development significantly promotes the culture and tourism integration efficiency in local and neighboring cities in the short and long term, while policy environment has a significant negative impact. Traffic conditions and human capital only promote the culture and tourism integration efficiency in local cities. The level of information development and openness degree only have a long-term effect on the culture and tourism integration efficiency, without short-term effect. The research results are of great significance to improve the growth quality and sustainable development of cultural tourism in Shandong Province. Our work could provide a scientific basis for maximizing the allocation benefits of cultural and tourism resources in similar regions in the world.

Architectural Survey, Diagnostic, and Constructive Analysis Strategies for Monumental Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Management of Tourism

Heritage is under constant pressure to be adapted for tourism. The aim of this research was to improve the performance of both the tourism sector and the cultural heritage sector in a balanced and sustainable way, by considering the principles of conservation and preservation. Non-invasive tools such as ground penetrating radar (GPR), unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and even virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies have been used to develop new methodologies, allowing us to generate new experiences and heritage tourist attractions, which not only do not generate negative impacts on the monuments themselves, but also promote their preservation without diminishing the cultural and tourist offers of the city. A case study was carried out on Mérida, a UNESCO World Heritage City, where tourism is a strong economic engine of the city. The results obtained are two-fold: on one hand, an effective interdisciplinary working methodology for heritage management was developed, and on the other hand, new approaches for the sustainable development of cultural tourism were generated.

Development of Strategy for Culture-Based Tourism Village in Tempilang Village, Bangka Barat, Indonesia

Tempilang Village is one of the culture-based villages in Bangka Barat District which has historical value and various cultural attractions. However, there are some factors which may inhibit the position of Tempilang Village as a tourism-based village, such as the inadequate role of the local district government in managing cultural assets, especially in its utilization as a tourism attraction, community involvement in promoting villages and the role of cross sectors in development of cultural and economic potentials in Tempilang Village. This research aimed at formulating a sustainable cultural tourism development strategy to enhance the cultural potential and economic condition of the surrounding local community. This research used descriptive qualitative analysis, content analysis, IFAS EFAS and SWOT matrix. The results of the IFAS and EFAS analysis in the SWOT Cartesian diagram indicated that Tempilang Village is in a favorable position with the dominant strength and opportunity factors and growth strategy as the main focus of the development strategy. Based on the results of analysis of internal and external factors using the SWOT matrix, there were four main strategies for sustainable tourism development to be implemented in Tempilang Village, including strategies for optimizing the management of cultural tourism, strategies for optimizing the potential of home based enterprises in the village to support tourism activities, utilizing intangible culture in the village as a product of cultural tourism and managing tangible cultural assets in the village through opportunities for cooperation.

“Authenticity” as a Pathway to Sustainable Cultural Tourism? The Cases of Gotland and Rapa Nui

In this paper, two World Heritage island destinations are compared, Gotland in the Baltic and Rapa Nui in the Pacific. Both islands deal with a growing number of tourists, which asks for rethinking of tourism development. As cultural heritage plays a major role in tourism for both destinations, it is especially important to look into sustainable cultural tourism development from the perspective of authenticity. The paper is based on a variety of materials and takes an innovative approach to methods through a student–staff collaboration. The data show that social acceptance of tourism by local communities on both islands could be achieved through the creation of authentic experiences. Furthermore, data show that it is rather potent to engage both locals and tourists in modernized authentic experiences. However, this can only be done if locals are empowered and are genuinely allowed to steer the development of tourism.

Digital Application of Intangible Cultural Heritage from the Perspective of Cultural Ecology

This paper explored the digital application of intangible cultural heritage from the perspective of cultural ecology. Through field investigations, combined with cultural ecology theory, an ontology-based semantic web technology was proposed, and Nanjing "Yunjin" brocade weaving technique was selected as the research object. The specific steps were as follows: First, based on the field surveys and cultural ecology theory, the intangible cultural ecological environment was divided into natural and social environments. Next, constructing the intangible cultural heritage ontology was constructed, including the collection and collation of Nanjing Yunjin weaving technique knowledge corpus, based on user needs analysis and corpus analysis, CIDOC CRM was used to create rules to build the ontology. Finally, based on the MediaWiki platform and Semantic MediaWiki, the semantic web model of the intangible cultural heritage was designed, and its semantic retrieval function was realized, thereby achieving the practical application of intangible cultural heritage digitization. Based on the perspective of cultural ecology, a set of intangible digital application models was proposed, which expanded the digital application of the cultural ecology theory, verified the application of this model in the sustainable development of cultural tourism, and provided reference for the sustainable development of cultural tourism.

Residents’ sense of place, involvement, attitude, and support for tourism: a case study of Daming Palace, a Cultural World Heritage Site

ABSTRACT This paper intended to examine how local residents’ senses of place of tourism site and involvement in tourism could influence their attitude toward tourism, which eventually affected their support for tourism development. A questionnaire survey was conducted at eight neighborhoods surrounding Daming Palace Heritage Park, a UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed to examine the relations among these variables. Results indicated that positive attitude of residents toward tourism positively affected their support for tourism development but negative attitude negatively affected their support. Whilst sense of place influenced both positive and negative attitudes, involvement influenced only the positive attitude. The findings may provide reference for the sustainable development of cultural tourism and heritage conservation of Cultural World Heritage Sites.

Sustainable Cultural Tourism Development: A Strategic For Revenue Generation in Local Communities

Sustainable Cultural Tourism Development: A Strategic For Revenue Generation in Local Communities

Sustainable Cultural Tourism Development: A Strategic For Revenue Generation in Local Communities

Sustainable Cultural Tourism Development: A Strategic For Revenue Generation in Local Communities

Teaching the Whitefella—The Role of Cultural Tourism in Opening Remote Indigenous Art Centres to Non-Indigenous Visitors

This article explores how a remote Aboriginal-owned and -run art centre, Ikuntji Artists in Haasts Bluff, has developed grassroots-level cultural tourism. While not many remote Indigenous art centres engage with the tourism industry, Aboriginal tourism engagement has only recently been identified by the Northern Territory Government as a major business development area. Steered by the member artists and the board, the art centre has been able to create a range of workshops and activities that can be offered to small-scale tour operators. Over the past five years, an arts festival and various workshops for university field students and other small tour operators have been hosted. Member artists, staff and the board as well as the community see cultural tourism as an opportunity to share their culture by way of teaching visitors about the Luritja language, culture and country. Thus, this article argues that art centres can engage meaningfully in cultural tourism and support remote Indigenous communities in the sustainable development of cultural tourism.

Sustainable Cultural Tourism Development for Hill Tribe Community

Sustainable Cultural Tourism Development for Hill Tribe Community

Comparison and prospect of Chinese and international cultural tourism

This article reviews 509 Chinese and international journal articles on cultural tourism from1976-2012. It compares the current situation of Chinese and international cultural tourism research based on the annual number of articles, main origin journals, constitution of authors, and distribution of case studies, research types, research fields, research theories and frameworks, and research methods. Generally speaking, Chinese and international cultural tourism research has shown an increasing trend in the past 37 years. The difference is that cultural tourism research started earlier abroad, and the number of articles has increased gradually internationally but sharply at home in recent years. The article also compares the evolution of Chinese and international cultural tourism research during three phases(1976-1989, 1990-1999, and 2000-2012). The analysis shows the following results: first, the types of study in both Chinese and international cultural tourism research were few and scattered in the twentieth century, but became abundant, diverse, and concentrated in the twenty-first century. Ethnic cultural tourism and heritage cultural tourism are the most important research types at home and abroad. The difference is that they achieved a dominant position in 1976-1989 abroad, but reached such position only in the twenty-first century in China. The secondary and auxiliary research types are not identical in China and abroad. Second, in the evolution of the cultural tourism research fields there are two booming and two declining areas domestically but five booming and two declining areas abroad. Specifically, current situation and problems of and suggestions for cultural tourism development, and sustainable development of cultural tourism are the two booming research areas in China, while theoretical considerations and regional cooperative development of cultural tourism are the two declining research areas. Hosts and guests, cultural attractions, marketing,sustainable development, and information provision of cultural tourism are the five booming research areas internationally, while current situation and problems of and suggestions for cultural tourism development, and theoretical considerations of cultural tourism are the two declining areas of research internationally. In addition, several new research fields have arisen both at home and abroad in recent years, which include cultural memory in cultural conservation, evolution of cultural tourism destinations, institutional culture in cultural tourism development, communication and management in cross-cultural tourism, and integration of cultural creativity industry and cultural tourism industry. Third, increasingly, a multitude of academic theories, frameworks, and research methods are applied in Chinese and international cultural tourism research. Academic theories and research methods applied overseas are relatively more diversified and advanced. Compared with international research,application of new theories, frameworks, and research methods in domestic research usually occured later and progressed slowly. Chinese scholars concentrate on descriptive and conceptual analysis, while overseas scholars focus on descriptive and statistics study. Application of modeling methods has been on the rise both at home and abroad in recent years. Finally, the article projects the trends of domestic cultural tourism research in the future,and proposes to switch from concentrating on theoretical research to combining theoretical research with applications, from tracking and referring international research to independent innovative research, from focusing on qualitative study to combining qualitative and quantitative studies, and from isolated research to cooperative team research.

Research on the Protection of Yichang Traditional Dwellings and the Sustainable Development of Cultural Tourism

After analysis of yichang traditional dwellings protection present situation and the value of the development of cultural tourism，The author of this paper intends to use the protection of the traditional dwellings in Yichang and its sustainable utilization as a starting point to establish the new image of Yichang cultural tourism, which can not only promote the development of the tourism industry in Yichang, as well as play a big role in the protection of traditional houses. Due to the deficiency of Yichang, which was shown in Part of the development of traditional folk tourism . So I put forward that we should make full use of the local traditional culture and fully explore the cultural connotation of local-style dwelling houses, so as to improve the residents living facilities. Also appeal for a rational look at developmental relationship between traditional dwelling and cultural tourism, seeking the best way to protect traditional residence and its tourism sustainable development.

Cultural Tourism in Ohrid as a Selective form of Tourism Development

The aim of this paper is to investigate a specific type of tourism associated with cultural heritage through the analysis of the key segments that define it. The conducted research is related to a specific area through which it highlights its applicative value. The first part creates a broader context in which cultural tourism should be a part of the tourist offer. The second section focuses on a specific tourist destination, the city of Ohrid, which defines the necessary activities in order to ensure successful development of the cultural tourism. The analysis is based on the application of the SWOT methodology, applied for the wider area of Macedonia, with a detailed case study elaboration for the Ohrid area as most suitable for development of cultural tourism. The analysis differentiates the basic areas: the supply side, the scope of governance, marketing and promotion, with numerous indicated activities necessary to ensure the sustainable development of cultural tourism in an area protected by UNESCO. Generally it should be accepted that if cultural tourism is a complex type of tourism, then for its development the cluster approach should be essential which will ensure involvement of all stakeholders. If a variety of relevant activities are provided in the basic domains of operation which are addressed to each participant in cultural tourism, then its success will be very certain.

Sustainable Mi'kmaw cultural tourism development in Nova Scotia, Canada: examining cultural tourist and Mi'kmaw perspectives

This study assessed tourists' motivations and satisfaction in participating in authentic Mi'kmaw tourism activities in Nova Scotia, Canada, as well as the ideas, perceptions and components of sustainable cultural tourism development from the Mi'kmaw perspective. To solicit the tourists' perspective, surveys were administered to tourists visiting the existing Mi'kmaw cultural tourism sites in Nova Scotia, while the Mi'kmaw perspective was obtained through key informant interviews. The results of the survey suggest that tourists visiting the Mi'kmaw cultural tourism sites were highly educated and deeply interested in learning about culture and participating in authentic cultural experiences. Tourists were also highly satisfied with their experience and were interested in participating in aboriginal tourism again. Findings regarding the Mi'kmaw perspective indicate a focus on cultural tourism's ability to educate both tourists and the Mi'kmaw people on the Mi'kmaw culture as well as provide economic opportunities for Mi'kmaw communities. Of greater importance to the Mi'kmaw people is the preservation and protection of the Mi'kmaw culture. Conclusions drawn from the research include recommendations for the future success and sustainability of the Mi'kmaw cultural tourism sector. This study's findings may also inform other Canadian aboriginal communities seeking to develop robust and sustainable cultural tourism in their own settings.