Open Access
Cultural and heritage tourism: identifying niches for international travelers
Alzua Aurkene,T O Leary Joseph +1 more
- Vol. 9, Iss: 2, pp 2-13
About:
The article was published on 1998-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 128 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heritage tourism & Cultural heritage management.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Staged authenticity and heritage tourism
TL;DR: This paper analyzed the role of perceived authenticity as a measure of product quality and as a determinant of tourist satisfaction, and found that high perception of authenticity can be achieved even when the event is staged far away from the original source of the cultural tradition.
Journal ArticleDOI
The core of heritage tourism
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between personal characteristics, site attributes, awareness, perceptions, and behavior (before, during, and after) and found that those who view a place as part of personal heritage are likely to behave significantly differently from others.
Journal ArticleDOI
Measurement of tourist satisfaction with restaurant services: a segment-based approach.
Atila Yüksel,Fisun Yüksel +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated whether tourists could be grouped into distinct segments; whether the composition of variables determining customer satisfaction differed among the identified segments; and whether market segmentation strategy could contribute to more parsimonious satisfaction prediction models.
Journal ArticleDOI
Tourism development of World Heritage Sites in China: A geographic perspective
TL;DR: In this article, the authors apply geographical tools in an examination of the geographical distribution of sites and their spatial relationship to tourist origin cities to identify three major sources of threat that may compromise the protection of the heritage sites.
Journal ArticleDOI
The impact of world heritage site designation on local communities – A case study of Ogimachi, Shirakawa-mura, Japan
TL;DR: The authors examines economic, socio-cultural, physical and attitudinal changes in/around World Heritage Site (WHS) Ogimachi from the local communities' standpoint and explores the background of these changes and views.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
The application of cluster analysis in strategic management research: an analysis and critique
TL;DR: Analysis of 45 published strategy studies reveals that the implementation of cluster analysis has been often less than ideal, perhaps detracting from the ability of studies to generate knowledge.
Journal ArticleDOI
Configurational approaches to organizational analysis
TL;DR: The 1993 Special Research Forum on Configurations as discussed by the authors was dedicated to the proposition that configurational theory and research can significantly advance understanding of people, groups, and organizations, and thus can be used to improve organizational analysis.
Journal ArticleDOI
Cultural tourism and business opportunities for museums and heritage sites
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the need for cultural and heritage facilities to look carefully at their operating policies and practices to focus on issues such as customer service, partnerships and packaging opportunities and to be open to entrepreneurial approaches while continuing to meet their heritage preservation and education mandates.
Journal ArticleDOI
Mindful visitors: Heritage and tourism
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that successful interpretation is critical both for the effective management and conservation of built heritage sites and for sustainable tourism, and they introduce the concept of mindfulness and outlines its use in developing a model for designing effective interpretation at heritage sites.
Book
The Tourism System: An Introductory Text
TL;DR: In this paper, a revision of a work on tourism focuses on the marketing aspects of tourism, based on asking specific specific questions - why people travel, where and how tourism works, and what can be done to increase tourism.