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Cultural heritage
About: Cultural heritage is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 28201 publications have been published within this topic receiving 273875 citations. The topic is also known as: cultural assets & cultural goods.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a landscape approach to the identification of localities with a high probability of possessing cultural heritage interests is presented, where the authors focus on one type of archaeological site, Bronze and Iron Age grave mounds.
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01 Feb 2018
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the evolution suffered by the very conception of heritage, key element in modern occidental culture, and the progressive theoretical re-elaboration of the concept of "territory" as a cultural and economic resource.
Abstract: The consideration of territory as a cultural and economic resource develops on its recent and on-going valuation as part of the historic and cultural heritage. This understanding as «heritage», rests on two main coordinates: the evolution suffered by the very conception of heritage, key element in modern occidental culture, and the progressive theoretical re-elaboration of the concept of «territory». Both collide, in the last few years, in a identification that allows to talk of territorial heritage, qualifying, thus, not only the construed object but the «construction» of space, beyond the building. This perspective, which is the one to justify this meeting, constitutes the starting point of this analysis.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined whether there is a link between the rank of a sporting event, the development of tourism, and the impact on the host city's image and found that the highest additional tourism activity in the city on the occasion of participation in an event as an athlete or supporter was undertaken by the participants of the lowest ranked sporting event (half-Marathon).
Abstract: The theoretical part of this article presents the meaning of sporting events for the tourism industry and the importance of sporting events at a small scale, as well as heritage sporting events for sustainable development of tourist destinations. The literature review shows that there is a clear research gap with respect to the analysis of economic and social impacts of small-scale events. The empirical research was conducted by the method of a diagnostic survey during three sporting events of different rank, which took place in Poland and represented various sports disciplines—running, horse riding, and swimming. A total of 2098 respondents took part in the study, including sports tourists and resident-hosts who took part in the studied events. The aim of the study was to examine whether there is a link between the rank of a sporting event, the development of tourism, and the impact on the host city’s image. The results of the study showed that the highest additional tourism activity in the city on the occasion of participation in an event as an athlete or supporter was undertaken by the participants of the lowest ranked sporting event (Half-Marathon). They also gave the highest rating of the positive impact of a sporting event on the host city’s image. The hosts also rated the highest social impact from the Half-Marathon (i.e., increased sense of pride, social integration, and local identity). Events related to the heritage of the sport of a given region and other smaller-scale sporting events, including mass sports and recreation events (e.g., marathons and other running events), provide an alternative to homogenized, commercial, and very expensive sporting events in the world and may contribute to the sustainable development of tourist regions. The research results show that big social potential lies in the organization of small-scale sports events. The reflections contained in this article may inspire the organization of small-scale sporting events and the continued care for sporting events related to the cultural heritage of a given region. Events of this kind successfully impact tourist revival and improvement of the regions’ image.
70 citations
01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: The results showed that aesthetics of AR have the strongest influence on perceived enjoyment, and South Korea, having high power distance, collectivism, and high uncertainty avoidance culture, displayed stronger dependence on social influence and hedonic characteristics of AR.
Abstract: Augmented Reality (AR) is one of the emerging technologies used in cultural heritage tourism sites around the world. However, the process of having behavioural intention to use AR can be varied in different culture. Thus, this study selected two different countries, South Korea and Ireland, having high smartphone penetration rates, but with very different cultural profiles, and investigated the impact of cultural difference on acceptance of AR application (app) in cultural heritage tourism sites. Further, this study focused on the aesthetic and hedonic characteristics of AR apps from the perspective of hedonic information system. The results showed that aesthetics of AR have the strongest influence on perceived enjoyment. Also, as expected, South Korea, having high power distance, collectivism, and high uncertainty avoidance culture, displayed stronger dependence on social influence and hedonic characteristics of AR. Based on these findings, we present theoretical and practical implications.
70 citations
70 citations