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Cole, Stroma. "Cultural tourism development in Ngada, Flores, Indonesia." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.731702.
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Mohamed, Abdalsalam A. A. "Valuing natural and cultural resources for eco-cultural tourism development : Libya's Green Mountain." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2014. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20072/.
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This study focuses on achieving eco-cultural tourism development via identification and evaluation of natural, cultural and then eco-cultural resources (in terms of capital and criticality) for identifying the potential of eco-cultural tourism development and also determining the drivers of and barriers to tourism development. This is achieved through the views and perceptions of different cohorts of stakeholders. The case study is Libya's Green Mountain region (hereafter known as LGM). This study has developed a new framework for the identification and evaluation of 'Eco-Cultural Tourism Capital' (ECTC) and 'Critical Eco-Cultural Tourism Capital' (CECTC), to indicate eco-cultural tourism development potential, and also to determine the drivers of and barriers to tourism development. The framework ultimately aims to achieve eco-cultural tourism development. For the purposes of this study, eco-cultural resources are a combination of natural and cultural resources. 'Potential' means resources that can be exploited for tourism development (in this case eco-cultural resources). 'Capital' refers to resources that are perceived to have touristic value and commoditisation value. 'Critical Capital' refers to the extent to which this capital is perceived to be important, unique and non-substitutable. The study found that many of the eco-cultural resources in LGM can be considered as ECTC because they have touristic value which refers to recreational, cultural, historical, health and other value. Such ECTC are considered CECTC because they are important, unique and non-substitutable. CECTC indicates the potential for eco-cultural tourism development and needs to be more carefully focused as well as managed and developed sustainably. There are many factors that encourage tourism development which are considered drivers of tourism development in LGM. On the other hand, there are barriers facing tourism development regarding the local community and lack of infrastructure, facilities and services. Determining drivers and barriers helps to identify the key elements that should be considered and involved in achieving eco-cultural tourism development. Therefore, for developing eco-cultural tourism in LGM, it is necessary to identify potential, local community involvement, investment, and take advantage of the drivers. The results of the study can be applied in other destinations where eco-cultural tourism is underdeveloped. This study contributes to the literature in regard to eco-cultural tourism development and its potential. It explains the ideas of ECTC and CECTC and how they can be used for developing eco-cultural tourism. It then develops a framework for developing eco-cultural tourism. The study also contributes to the body of knowledge about tourism industry in Libya and LGM and eco-cultural tourism in particular.
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Furusa, Rutendo. "Cross cultural understanding and volunteer tourism : the role of sending organisations in fostering cross-cultural understanding." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13670.
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Volunteer tourism has become a popular phenomenon worldwide and questions have been raised about the work that international volunteers do in Third World countries. Scholars have debated the possibility of a cross-cultural ‘misunderstanding’ developing between international volunteers and local community members. This research is based on the idea that there can be a possibility for cross-cultural understanding to take place. This thesis aims to gain better insight into the role that volunteer tourism organisations (VTOs) play in fostering cross-cultural understanding between the volunteers and the local community members that they work with. A framework suggested by tourism expert Eliza Raymond (2007) was used to assess how exactly organisations play a part in encouraging this type of understanding. The research focuses on two VTOs, Projects Abroad and Coaching for Hope as case studies. Both these organisations are involved in the facilitation of development programmes in disadvantaged communities in Cape Town.
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Feng, Xianghong. "Economic and socio-cultural impacts of tourism development in Fenghuang County, China." Online access for everyone, 2008. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Summer2008/x_feng_062608.pdf.
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Kong, W. H. "Development of a structural model for quality cultural heritage tourism." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2010. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/256/.
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The aim of this research is to develop and test a theoretical model of quality cultural heritage tourism. It offers an integrated approach to understanding cultural heritage development and management of tourist destinations, and attempts to extend the theoretical and empirical evidence regarding causal relationships including quality of experience, perceived quality, satisfaction and behavioural intentions. The previous literature has already presented the relationship among perceived quality, quality of experience, satisfaction and behavioural intentions in cultural heritage tourism. However, there is a relative lack of academic interest, particularly in Macao. Thus, this research tries to investigate the quality and related constructs in cultural heritage tourism. It seeks to understand the major constructs considered by local stakeholders and visitors in evaluating the quality in cultural heritage tourism, the importance of the availability of quality in the overall experience, visitors‘ behaviour toward quality cultural heritage tourism and also the constructs related to quality. The methodological approach of this research includes qualitative and quantitative methods in the field research in Macao, China. Semi-structured interviews with Macao stakeholders and a questionnaire survey with Macao visitors were used for data collection. A structural model of the relationships between perceived quality, quality of experience, satisfaction and behavioural intentions was tested SEM used in quantitative study tested the validity, reliability and potential of the quality models developed from literature reviews and grounded theory. The findings provide further evidence for the importance of perceived quality and quality of experience as the major constructs in the development of cultural heritage tourism and as a strategic objective which emphasises it as the core construct in cultural heritage tourism. The study also examines whether there is a relationship between quality of experience, perceived quality, satisfaction and behavioural intentions in cultural heritage tourism. The findings show that perceived quality leads to quality of experience and satisfaction. In addition, it suggests that perceived quality and satisfaction are the important determinants of behavioural intentions. An unexpected finding concerned the antecedents of perceived quality and the empirical results from the structural modelling presented in the study shows that authenticity, interpretations and behavioural intentions in cultural heritage tourism can affect the perceived quality which affects the quality of experience and their satisfaction indirectly. These results have generated a new concept in the literature. From the managerial standpoint, the findings offer suggestions for the future direction of cultural heritage tourism. It can enable researchers into cultural heritage tourism to gain a better understanding between these constructs and has shown an emerging consensus in their interrelationships. The tourism providers can improve quality of experience and perceived quality in cultural heritage tourism in order to develop effective strategies. Since cultural heritage tourism has been shown to be increasing and substantial, it should be beneficial for the destinations to examine the quality attributes and constructs that influence travelling and returning to cultural heritage destinations. By understanding the relationships between quality constructs, the tourism providers would better know how to develop cultural heritage tourism and improve the strategies to maximise its benefits. These findings are particularly useful to tourism providers because they provide directions for the implementation of sustainable cultural heritage tourism.
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Mohamed, Noorizan. "Conservation in Malaysia : landscape, tourism and culture." Thesis, University of York, 1995. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2540/.
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Ip, Pan-wai. "The role of heritage conservation in enhancing tourism development in Stanley." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/HKUTO/record/B39558678.
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McVeigh, Colleen. "Tourism and development in highland Sardinia : an economic and socio-cultural impact study of tourism in Baunei." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=56625.
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Tourism is being promoted as an economic development strategy world-wide. It is seen as particularly suitable for creating employment in areas which lack alternative development options. This study examines the economic and socio-cultural impacts of tourism on Baunei, a community located on the eastern coast of Sardinia. The research shows that the type of tourism found in Baunei (i.e. locally controlled and small-scale) is providing benefits to local people without causing significant economic disruption or social conflict. The fact that residents are actively seeking to develop tourism in their area is perhaps the best indication that tourism is not acting as a disruptive force in Baunei.
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Kohanek, Ann L. "A comparison of economic development projects that utilize arts and cultural tourism." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2006. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2006/2006kohaneka.pdf.
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Ismail, Reedwaan. "Development of a normative model for cultural tourism on the Cape Flats." Thesis, [S.l. : s.n.], 2008. http://dk.cput.ac.za/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=td_cput.
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Moayerian, Neda. "Exploring the Connections between Community Cultural Development and Sustainable Tourism in Central Appalachia." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/105145.
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During the past several decades, globalization forces in general and mechanization of coal mining jobs more specifically have sharply changed the economic and social conditions of many of the coal towns in the Central Appalachian region of the United States. Efforts to identify and seek alternatives to replace the ongoing decline of their traditional way of life are deeply entangled with community identity and culture due to the historical hegemonic role and power of coal mining and other extractive industries and their critical role in forming residents' identities.
Many of the small communities in this region are pursuing initiatives to highlight their natural and cultural assets in efforts to develop tourism as a new foundation for their economies. However, to avoid tourism simply becoming another extractive industry, researchers and practitioners have suggested that these communities must develop capacity to participate in and take ownership of tourism-related decision-making processes. In an effort to examine the dynamics of one such effort in detail this study drew on Community Capacity theory as interpreted by Chaskin (2001a) to explore the relationships between Community Cultural Development (CCD) and the sustainability of tourism in a small town located in Central Appalachia seeking to transition to a visitor-based economy.
This dissertation explored whether and in what ways engaging in CCD projects and community capacity are related and identified ways such interactions influence the sustainability of tourism. Along with personal observation and a review of relevant archival data, I conducted 10 semi-structured interviews with a sample of individuals from a community cultural development organization regarding their efforts to build possibilities for sustainable tourism in their rural jurisdiction.
This study's findings contribute to the existing literature by suggesting Chaskin's framework of community capacity as an apt model for charting progress towards sustainable community-based tourism. Moreover, this research found that employing CCD methods can enhance community capacity by encouraging a sense of shared identity among the group's members and through them among a broader cross-section of residents. Lastly, this inquiry suggested that CCD contributed to the sustainability of tourism in the case study community by increasing residents' effective participation in decision-making processes concerning such efforts, encouraging locals' partnership and ownership of tourism development projects and providing space for negotiating the tourist gaze in guest-host relationships.Doctor of Philosophy
Since at least the late 1960s and the advent of the ongoing decline of mining, the populations of many small coal-dependent towns in Central Appalachia have fallen into economic hardship (e.g., high rates of poverty, too few and/or inadequate jobs and public services), now confront a range of social issues arising from that harsh reality (e.g., youth out-migration, rapidly aging populations, the current opioid epidemic). In response to those conditions, many affected communities are investing in their wealth of natural resources and unique cultural assets to promote tourism as a palliative, if not replacement, for their previous economies. Tourism has the potential to reduce poverty and to boost shared prosperity among host communities, but it also, if poorly managed, could become another extractive industry. This study focused on the ways that residents in one Central Appalachian community have individually and as groups sought to assume ownership of their area's tourism-related efforts. I specifically analyzed participation in that jurisdiction's cultural activities (e.g., community theatre and story circles) to understand whether and how involvement in them affected participants' awareness of their capability to address the conditions in their community. My interviews with 10 active participants in my sample community's collective cultural projects revealed that residents did come to perceive themselves as possessing capacity as individuals and as groups to address the challenges that have arisen in their community as its traditional economy has declined. This study also found that participants in culture-based group activities were better prepared to participate effectively in tourism-related decision-making processes in their community. Indeed, many of those I interviewed have become owners and/or partners in tourism development projects because of the information and networks they developed during their participation in cultural activities. Finally, this analysis found that community cultural activities created a space for residents to interact regardless of their socio-economic status, ideological predisposition or other characteristics; an outcome that interviewees indicated they had come to cherish.
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Fernandes, João David Carvalhinho. "A importância da experiência turística na área da vitivinicultura." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/23970.
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O presente relatório de estágio apresenta como principal objectivo, fazer uma descrição, análise e reflexão acerca do estágio levado a cabo durante 4 meses no enoturismo Cartuxa. Este relatório está inserido no âmbito do Mes-trado em Turismo e Desenvolvimento de Destinos e produtos com o objectivo de adquirir o grau de Mestre pela Universidade de Évora.
Para a elaboração deste relatório foi realizado uma revisão da literatura sobre turismo cultural, enoturismo, perfil do turista que visita a cidade de Évora, a qual deu origem ao quadro conceptual que suporta a investigação empírica. Caracteriza-se a entidade em que se realizou o estágio e as atividades desen-volvidas e uma análise crítica de desempenho, realçando os aspetos positivos e os menos conseguidos do trabalho desenvolvido. Por consequência, o relató-rio contém uma componente de investigação científica e um relato de cariz operacional; Abstract:
The importance of tourism experience in the wine sector
The main goal of this report is to make a description, analysis and reflec-tion about the internship developed during 4 months at Enoturismo Cartuxa. This report is part of the Master’s degree in Tourism and Development of Desti-nations and Products with the purpose to acquire the Masters Degree by the University of Évora.
This report will include a literature review about cultural tourism, wine tourism, profile of the tourist that visits the city of Évora, which gave rise to the conceptual framework that supports the empirical research. The focus will be the entity in which the internship occured, the activities that were carried out, and a critical analysis of the personal performance, highlighting the positive and the less achieved aspects of the work developed. As a consequence, the report contains a scientific research component and an operational report.
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Carruthers, Clare. "The development of a "comprehensive" model of post-industrial urban cultural tourism development in the UK." Thesis, Ulster University, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.532172.
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Clery, Tom C. "Cultural Tourism in the "Tropical Playground" Issues of Exclusion and Development in Miami." Scholarly Repository, 2011. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_theses/255.
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Miami’s marketers have a long and successful history of creating and recreating imagery that draws visitors towards the "magic city" or the "tropical playground". This thesis investigates Miami’s marketing and its roots by analyzing the role and legacy of segregation in order to examine how tourism and its image relate to issues of exclusion and inequality. An inclusive rethinking of the definitions and usage of culture is then advocated as an important theoretical shift that could benefit development and revitalization in the city’s economically poorest neighborhoods. Analysis (through case studies, semi-structured interviews and GIS analysis) then shows how historic patterns of exclusion and adverse incorporation, especially in regard to tourism, are reproduced in much of Miami’s contemporary marketing, with the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) playing an important role in this process. The Black community especially suffers greater levels of exclusion from Miami’s tourism and marketing and therefore has the most to gain from a shift in policy and perception. Community-based cultural tourism has functioned in various US cities as a tool to assist urban revitalization however Miami has yet to implement such a program. The results of this research suggest a number of recommendations for cultural tourism’s implementation in Miami, emphasizing the need for a community-based coalition of non-profit organizations utilizing governmental, marketing and creative/artistic partnerships.
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McConaghy, Julia Ann. "Shrinking space : the impact of tourism and development on cultural and physical landscape /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1989. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arm129.pdf.
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Gumede, Thembinkosi Keith. "Heritage Tourism as a strategy for the local economic development in the vicinity of the KwaBulawayo and the Ondini Cultural Centres." University of Zululand, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1628.
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters of Development Studies in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Zululand, 2016The aim of the study was to find out how heritage tourism can be used as a strategy for local economic development. The study was conducted at KwaBulawayo (Eshowe) and at Ondini (Ulundi) Cultural Centres and their surroundings. The study asserts that heritage tourism is embedded and can be explained within a shift from industrial to post-industrial mode of production and consumption, where aspects of society, such as heritage and culture are packaged for tourism consumption. The shift from industrial to post-industrial society and the associated packaging and consumption of heritage in the form of tourism forms the main theory of the study. This shift took place in the late 1970s when global economic system which was predicated on industrialisation and manufacturing experienced problems which were recessionary. Out of the recessionary problems, a new system of production called post-industrialisation or post-Fordism or post-modernity emerged. Post- industrialisation came with new processes of production and consumption. With regards to consumption, consumerism became a feature of the new economy. Consumerism meant that aspects of the society, such as heritage and culture had to be packaged for the tourist consumption and revenue generation. The study employed the exploratory mixed methodology, which suggests that the study used both qualitative and quantitative methods. With analysis and interpretation of data, content analysis was used to analyse the interviews while, SPSS and Microsoft Excel were used to analyse quantitative data. The population of the study was comprised of the KwaZulu-Natal Tourism Official(s), Zululand and King Cetshwayo District Municipalities’ Tourism Officers, KwaBulawayo and Ondini Cultural Centres’ Site Managers, Tribal Authorities and community members of the KwaBulawayo and the Ondini Cultural Centres. The study conducted face-to-face interviews and a sample of thirty seven respondents was drawn from the tourism officials and communities. The study found that the role players, i.e. officials and community members, understand the study sites in terms of culture, history and tradition, which suggests that they have not moved beyond the use value of the heritage sites. The findings revealed that the community is well aware of the heritage sites, that is, the cases of this study. However, the study established that the majority of communities did not know how long the heritage sites have been in operation. With regards to the running of the study sites, based on the Provincial and District Officials’ responses, the results showed that the power to manage them is decentralised to the District and Local Levels. The findings showed that the marketing of the heritage sites is not satisfactory. However, the on-line marketing (e.g. Internet, Facebook) was found to be predominant. The general observation of the study showed that the branding of the heritage sites revolves around King Shaka and King Cetshwayo. The communities of the study areas embrace heritage tourism sites and are regarded as the most important role players in heritage tourism of the study areas. The study found that heritage tourism has been used as a strategy for the local economic development of the study areas. The findings presented that attributes, such as artefacts and infrastructure, e.g. roads, stimulate heritage tourism of the study areas. The study observed that the tourists’ turnout to the heritage sites is inadequate. The study, therefore, recommends that the heritage tourism sites, in collaboration with all stakeholders, need to find alternative strategies to improve heritage tourism in the study areas e.g. involving tourism operators in their tourism processes. This could assist the heritage sites to generate sufficient revenue to employ more locals and assist the emerging local entrepreneurs with funding to strengthen their business ventures. The study recommends that the heritage sites need to engage ordinary community members and the local business people, especially those in the hospitality business in the tourism development processes. This could strengthen positive relationship between community members and the heritage tourism sites. The study further recommends that the key role players in heritage tourism of the study areas need to focus more on the exchange value than on the use value of the heritage sites. In the end, the study recommends further research, which will focus on the basic policy and/or a principle that could address community engagement to ensure a collective and/or beneficial participation in the entire tourism industry.
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Blejwas, Emily K. Bailey L. Conner. "Social capital, cultural capital, and the racial divide community development through art in Alabama's Black Belt /." Auburn, Ala., 2007. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2006%20Fall/Theses/BLEJWAS_EMILY_35.pdf.
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J, Burger Lee. "Bakgatla ba kgafela design proposal for the cultural precinct of Saulspoort, Pilanesberg /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03132007-174153.
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Wang, Shuangzi, and 王双子. "Development of sustainable cultural heritage tourism in China : a comparative study of ancient towns in Lijiang and Chengdu." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/195106.
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The development of cultural heritage tourism has become a world-wide issue recent years. There is increasing pressure between cultural heritage conservation and tourism industry growth, however, the sustainable integration of cultural heritage and tourism can results in positive and synergistic effect on the whole system. Thus the research on sustainable development of cultural heritage tourism is increasing significant in a global scale. China is the typical country that facing the dilemma of pursuing tourism industry growth and cultural heritage protection, an integrated framework that can guide the cultural heritage tourism towards sustainability is necessary and urgent at present.
Lijiang Old Town in Lijiang and China’s Lane in Chengdu are used as comparative case study. Aspects related to sustainable cultural heritage tourism development are examined and evaluated according to the conceptual framework, including heritage conservation performance such as resource integrity, cultural authenticity, publicity and education; tourism industry performance such as economic growth, marketing and branding strategies, tourist satisfaction; mechanism performance such as policy support, stakeholder cooperation, assessment and monitoring mechanism, etc. It is found out that China’s Lane has a better performance than Lijiang Old Town due to its government-guide development mode and right segregation system. While it is also found that the cultural authenticity is decreasing both in Lijiang Old Town and China’s Lane largely due to the displacement of indigenous population and the disruption of local community network.
It is concluded that the role of government should shift from dominance to guidance, right segregation management mode should be promoted and effective and comprehensive assessment and monitoring mechanism should be established regarding the development of cultural heritage tourism in China. Moreover, cultural authenticity and local community network as the core of cultural heritage conservation should be highly valued by various sectors in the society, since they are the basic and essence to ensure long-term development of cultural heritage tourism towards sustainability.published_or_final_version
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Nkwanyana, Mildred Samukelisiwe. "The potential of cultural heritage tourism as a driver of rural development in the Zululand district municipality." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1244.
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A Dissertation of limited scope submitted to the Faculty of Arts in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course-work degree of Masters of Recreation and Tourism in the
Department for Recreation and Tourism at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2012.Cultural heritage tourism refers to travelling to experience the places and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present, such activities are found in living communities, these are signs that the past and present spoken of is authentic and rooted in the experience of the people. The importance of this study was to help create cultural heritage awareness among the people of the Zululand District Municipality. This was to be achieved by focusing on establishing the potential of cultural heritage tourism and finding out if cultural heritage tourism can be a driver of rural development. Cultural heritage tourism can be used to generate financial and social benefits using resources within the communities. The intention was to find out if the study area does have such cultural heritage resources, if so, how these resources could contribute to the development of the study area. The key objectives of this research study were achieved as reflected in Chapter 4. The objectives of this study are as follows: To identify cultural heritage resources available in the study area. To view local communities perception towards cultural heritage tourism development. To assess the level of participation by the local community in cultural heritage development. To discover strategies used by the Zululand District Municipality to transform cultural heritage assets into tourism products. To establish the contribution of cultural heritage tourism resources towards the economic upliftment of the community in the study area. The findings of the research study revealed that, the study area has cultural heritage resources which are available but are not utilised to the benefit of the community as yet. The level of the community participation in the development of cultural heritage tourism is therefore limited. The major problem with participation is caused by the lack of involvement in decision making of the respondents; the findings indicate that they are willing to learn more about cultural heritage tourism which will enhance their capacity to participate in tourism development.
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Omar, Hamimi. "The development of sustainable cultural heritage tourism in Malaysia : implication for planning and management." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/2121.
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This thesis examines the development of cultural heritage tourism in Malaysia, and questions if this tourism development has been managed in a sustainable manner. Recent national tourism policies in Malaysia increasingly have been aimed towards promoting cultural heritage tourism, signifying that cultural heritage tourism could be potentially one of the most important areas in the growth of the country’s tourism industry. While tourism development has contributed to the country’s economic growth, for cultural heritage, the thrust of the tourism industry is to make the most of the country’s non-renewable resources. This thesis identifies three key objectives required for creating sustainable tourism development in Malaysia: meeting the needs of local communities, satisfying the demands of a growing number of tourists, and safeguarding the remaining natural and cultural resources. Knowledge leading to improvements in the development of cultural heritage tourism is important, as knowledge is a primary means of strengthening its positive aspects and simultaneously mitigating its negative aspects, so that development can maintain a long-term viability. This study also explores some of the key management issues relating to the development of cultural heritage tourism at both Federal and State levels. A broad understanding is necessary for providing a firm basis in prescribing a thorough and realistic sustainable development framework. The study employs questionnaires, surveys, and interviews with a range of government officials, local communities, and tourists. The findings indicate that the government has played a major role in shaping the development of sustainable cultural heritage tourism in Malaysia, but at present there are many shortcomings that need to be addressed, such as definitions of the term Cultural Heritage, as well as management issues, including conflicts and bureaucratic barriers. These problems, consequently, hinder a comprehensive management of cultural heritage tourism. Additional findings indicate that local communities are not actively involved in tourism planning or decision-making processes, though they generally are satisfied with development at the locations of this study. The study also calls for higher quality tourist services, and the promotion of other elements of cultural heritage to compliment the already established yet limited elements. Finally, it suggests a Sustainable Cultural Heritage Tourism Framework, incorporating social and cultural elements. This thesis contributes new knowledge to the field of cultural heritage tourism in Malaysia and may serve as a starting point for researchers interested in this area. Furthermore, the results of this study are expected to be useful for guiding policy actions in the future.
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Thorn, Stephanie Lynn. "Russian cultural tourism planning, marketing, and development A case study of the Sheremetev Castle /." [Huntington, WV : Marshall University Libraries], 2009. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=961.
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Vitous, Crystal Ann. "Impacts of Tourism Development on Livelihoods in Placencia Village, Belize." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6773.
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Placencia Village is one of Belize’s leading “eco-destinations,” due to its sandy-white beaches, coral reefs, and wildlife sanctuaries. While the use of “green washing,” the process of deceptively marketing products, aims or policies as being environmentally friendly, has proven to be effective in attracting consumers who are thought to be environmentally and socially conscious, the exponential growth, coupled with the absence of established policies, represents a significant threat to Belize. This thesis examines the political-ecologic dimensions of rapid tourism expansion in Southern Belize by investigating how the health of the biophysical environment is perceived, what processes are responsible for change, and how these changes are impacting the socioeconomic livelihoods of the local people.
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Cui, Yakun, and 崔亞坤. "Developing sustainable cultural and heritage tourism in transitional China: a case study of Beijing." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45015740.
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Sautter, Jeremy. "Cultural heritage tourism at Saguaro National Park using the Community Capital Framework." Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/12057.
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Community Capital Framework often provides a foundation for analyzing community development in cities and neighborhoods (Flora & Flora, 2008). However, the relationship between cultural heritage tourism and individual community capitals has been little studied in southern, Arizona. Therefore the primary objective of this study is to determine the most influential capitals at a renowned cultural heritage site in Arizona, Saguaro National Park. For this case study an assessment system will be established to assess the most influential capitals. Robert Stake’s The Art of Case Study Research was used as the research model to examine the relationships between cultural heritage tourism and the individual community capitals at Saguaro National Park. Results from this case study indicated that natural and cultural capitals appear to be the most influential because much of the monument’s development and community outreach revolve around the protection of the site’s Saguaros and their importance as a cultural heritage resource to the indigenous people of the Sonoran desert.
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Monteiro, Ana Lúcia Vitela. "Turismo e território. Litoral Alentejano.Turismo como meio de desenvolvimento de pequenos aglomerados urbanos." Master's thesis, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Faculdade de Arquitectura, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2897.
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Tese de Mestrado em Arquitectura do Planeamento Urbano e TerritorialO Projecto Final pretende integrar um território muito específico, com uma realidade muito diversa, como Odemira, nos roteiros turísticos através de uma intervenção integrada que pretende promover o desenvolvimento dos pequenos aglomerados urbanos. O trabalho passa por uma reflexão que enquadra as diferentes realidades que operam no dia-a-dia de quem planeia, onde se tenta ter uma percepção do que é a realidade turística num território como Odemira, e onde convergem diferentes interesses, forças, instrumentos de planeamento e gestão territorial, e principalmente num território em que a cultura, as gentes e tradições são o seu maior bem e qualidade. Assim, procura-se implementar uma estratégia a nível concelhio, baseada na criação de um produto turístico integrado e qualificado “Odemira”. Para tal, foi realizado um plano estratégico para o desenvolvimento turístico do Concelho, que privilegia uma intervenção integrada no interior do Concelho, baseada na existência de redes de produtos turísticos, que possam proporcionar algum desenvolvimento para este território. Com este propósito, desenvolveu-se uma estrutura de redes turísticas que cobrem a totalidade do território, com pontos específicos (pequenos aglomerados urbanos - aldeias) onde se localizam equipamentos, serviços, alojamento e infraestruturas de apoio turístico. Será desenvolvido um modelo de intervenção, incidente numa das aldeias locais, baseado nas suas especificidades. Com a elaboração deste trabalho concluo que apesar da ruralidade deste território, e do pouco investimento para o desenvolvimento do mesmo, através da elaboração de estudos e de planos de intervenção direccionados, uma intervenção turística integrada pode proporcionar ao interior do concelho, e aos pequenos aglomerados urbanos um desenvolvimento e dinamismo que mais nenhuma actividade terá capacidade para tal.
This final project intends to integrate a very specific territory with different realities, like Odemira, in the tourist guidebooks through an integrated intervention that aims for the development of small cities. The work is based on the reflection of different realities that operate in the day by day of those who are in charge of planning, and on the fundamental notion of the sustainable tourism development in the region of Odemira. This is where different interests, influences, planning instruments and territorial management converge in a territory in which the culture, the people and the traditions are its main wealth and quality. Therefore, the implementation of a strategy at a local political level based on the creation of a tourist integrated and qualified product such as “Odemira” it is needed. Consequently it was elaborated a tactical plan for the tourist development of the district, which privileges an integrated intervention in the interior of the district. This intervention is based on the existence of corporative nets of tourist products as well as on cultural and landscape touring, and rural tourism which could provide a large development to territory. With this purpose, there was developed a structure of tourism nets that cover the totality of the territory, with specific zones (small cities - villages) where all the necessary equipments, services, accommodations and infrastructures of tourist support were provided. It will be developed a model of intervention, based on the specificities of the local villages. At the end of this study we may conclude that, in spite of the rural characteristics and the little investment found in this territory, the preparation of studies and plans of directed intervention, as well as tourist integrated intervention can provide, as no other, a good development and dynamism to the interior of the district, particularly to small cities
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葉斌緯 and Pan-wai Ip. "The role of heritage conservation in enhancing tourism development in Stanley." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B39558678.
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Grevsjö, Sara, and Mehran Noorzaei. "Sustainable Tourism Development in Gjirokastra : a current situation analysis." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för humaniora (HUM), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-26347.
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The typical tourism planning and development process can be divided into different phases: preparation (goals and objectives), research, conclusions, recommendations, implementation, monitoring & evaluation. This thesis is a part of such a development process and position itself in the research phase with the aim to create a knowledge base for future sustainable development of tourism in the world heritage city of Gjirokastra in the southern part of Albania. To create the socio-environmental map of the thesis, the authors lived two months in Gjirokastra, and with a holistic approach collected, compiled and analyzed an immense amount of data. Thus this thesis is only providing the first piece in the puzzle of the bigger project: to create a sustainable tourism development plan for the city of Gjirokastra. Gjirokastra has special conditions for tourism since it is a World Heritage site, elected in 2005 for its rare type of Ottoman stone houses which the old bazaar/old town is dominated by. The management of a World Heritage site is both a national and a global concern involving many stakeholders exhibiting different desires and requests. World heritage management and tourism destination aspirations are only two of many other issues facing the city of Gjirokastra and the nation of Albania. Like many other post-communist countries Albania is struggling between a fast economic development and the restraints of preserving heritage: modernization vs. tradition. In Gjirokastra this is evident through the city’s division in a new and old town – each fighting for attention and resources. The results of the thesis contains information on the tourism resources of Gjirokastra; this is described in chapters of supply research and culture-, economy- and natural resources. The current status and potential of each has been described and analyzed, data being collected through participant observation, analyzing written material and through interviews with visitors, local businesses and stakeholders. The result describes a city facing many problems due to lack of laws and regulations creating a variety of issues both in nature, culture and economy: poverty, “brain-leakage” through migration, waste, water and pollution, unemployment, poor stakeholder collaboration, abandoned houses and traditions, bureaucracy, corruption, management issue, a lack of tourism activities and information, poor marketing and poor tourism services. Tourism development is identified as an important tool for problem solution and societal development by the stakeholders, however the municipality’s actions are focused on the citizens and by catering to them it is considered that tourists will also benefit. This approach results in interest conflicts between the stakeholders where the municipality is focusing on improving the new town and the cultural organizations on the old town. Even though many elaborate tourism strategies already exists amongst the different stakeholders no one has so far been successfully implemented due to unclear responsibilities, action time frame issues and a lack of funds. Since there is no budget for tourism the different strategies turns into wish-lists from which money is sought. The result is a few successful short term projects funded by various different European organizations. The problem of restoring houses is also the following revitalization of them. The citizens of Gjirokastra want a modern life which the old houses cannot under the world heritage regulation provide. Here is where tourism is considered to be the solution – creating an attractive living and business area that will revitalize the old town. As of now the world heritage suffers from not having a management plan, the old houses are stuck in after-communism-legal issues in many cases then abandoned or modernized. There is no waste management in Gjirokastra and the effects of this is not being researched. The observation and interview result shows that there are multiple environmental problems that now accumulate, in this study the tourist satisfaction was affected by the waste appearance. Without laws and restrictions on tourism, heritage and environment it is easy to turn the eyes away from carrying capacity and focus on short term solutions. Tourism is in the meanwhile driven by private local entrepreneurship and innovation but without strategies, regulations or market research an imbalance in the tourism system is evident in the market and supply match. A bench marketing tradition or “copy & pasting” has so far resulted in restaurants, hotels, cafes and souvenir shops selling indistinguishable products and only a few other activities than sightseeing are being offered. In the visitor surveys from time to time it is apparent that tourists think Gjirokastra has great potential but the city’s problems are surfacing and affecting the level of satisfaction. There is thus a pressing need for collaboration between the different stakeholders to create one sustainable tourism development plan, to define roles and responsibilities and action implementation. The natural and cultural resources and its potentials for tourism are huge but without these regulatory bodies tourism impacts might be irreversible negative. It is in this moment of time, before goals are decided upon, ideal that ideas of sustainability, in this case meaning that the environment’s, culture’s and economy’s interests are also taken in account and incorporated to shape the development process. This is highlighted throughout the thesis.
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Bassadien, Mishkah. "The effects of gentrification and sustainable cultural tourism development in the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2437.
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Thesis (MTech (Tourism and Hospitality Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.The study site is the Bo-Kaap area in Cape Town. Negative and positive changes within interrelated physical, social and economic spheres have resulted from gentrification, an urban development phenomenon. These changes need to be managed responsibly. This study problem sought to establish whether the traditional inhabitants of the Bo-Kaap are being replaced by a ‘new generation’ of inhabitants because of gentrification, and how negative and positive changes in the Bo-Kaap could be minimised and maximised respectively, through gentrification, by adopting a sustainable cultural tourism approach. A historical background of the Bo-Kaap reveals the history, culture and religion of this area, and highlights the special customs and traditions within the Bo-Kaap as potential areas of sustainable cultural tourism development to mitigate gentrification. A comprehensive literature review on gentrification and tourism as separate and interrelated development processes is presented. The literature review investigates gentrification and its effects as a phenomenon; the relative forms of gentrification across an international, national and local setting, refined to the Bo-Kaap; tourism and the nature of the industry and its development; and finally, tourism gentrification as an interconnected system.
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Schellhorn, Matthias. "Rural tourism in the 'Third World' : the dialectic of development : the case of Desa Senaru at Gunung Rinjani National Park in Lombok Island." Phd thesis, Lincoln University. Environment, Society and Design Division, 2007. http://theses.lincoln.ac.nz/public/adt-NZLIU20080221.124834/.
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This thesis examines the effectiveness of tourism as an agent of rural development, focusing on culture and nature-based destinations in the 'developing world'. The village of Desa Senaru at Gunung Rinjani National Park in Lombok Island, Indonesia, served as a case study.
Conservation agencies frequently support tourism development as a sustainable alternative to more extractive resource uses. Integrated conservation models, in particular, present 'eco'tourism as an effective instrument to enhance rural livelihoods while protecting the environment. Alongside international aid agencies, the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) also promotes the sector for its poverty reduction potential in 'third world' countries. Rural communities hold concomitant expectations of tourism's socio-cultural development potential. Furthermore, 'eco'tourism functions as a growing niche market for the globally expanding tourism industry and local entrepreneurs. As such it fits well into the economic rationale that underpins neo-liberal market strategies. With such a diversity of interests at stake, the question "What kind of business is tourism?" has become more complex, critical and pertinent than ever before.
Informed by development theories and the sociology of tourism, this analysis focuses on the multiple dichotomies that characterise 'third world' tourism. In the case of tourism development in Desa Senaru, several paradoxical outcomes have been identified. The most profound of these is the 'social justice paradox' that describes the way tourism costs and benefits are distributed within a heterogeneous community of native residents and migrant settlers. While most of the case study's tourism attractions are part of the cultural heritage of the wetu telu Sasak hamlets, these derive few economic benefits and struggle to access the new development opportunities 'eco'tourism offers. Filtered and directed by historical political relations, several key barriers to a meaningful participation of these native people in the 'business of tourism' have been identified. These include the prevailing conditions of education, culture, ethnicity, socio-economy, location, mobility, skills and knowledge.
Expectations of 'eco'tourism as a 'soft' industry analysed vis-à-vis the global biosphere effects of air transport highlight the 'eco-paradox' of international tourism. The cleavage between the poverty-focused aid policies of the New Zealand Government and an integrated conservation project, whose benefits local elites have largely captured, illustrates the 'project paradox' of rural tourism development programmes.
In the 'development paradox' of cultural tourism, symbolic constructs of 'otherness' (such as 'aesthetic poverty') contrast with various development agendas; in their search for the 'real' traditional village, for example, the tourists reject all signifiers of material progress and modernity. Their curious gaze at the spiritual practices and everyday life world of the wetu telu villagers manifests opposite a recent history of state-sanctioned religious discrimination. Taken together, these paradoxical local outcomes emphasize the significance of power relations and political dimensions within the globally expanding 'business of tourism'.
Ethical considerations are an important aspect of this study as they contribute towards an 'ethic of development' that, so far, has found little theoretical resonance amongst scholars of tourism studies. To operationalise the ethical concerns raised, the thesis posits a model of a holistic approach to development. This recognises tourism as a complex open system.
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Kamberoglu, Bahar Burcu. "Local Development And Conservation Priorities." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614208/index.pdf.
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The thesis evaluates the case of Ortahisar where natural rock-caved storage sector has been the major dominant traditional economic activity since 1950s. However this economic sector has begun to recess because of conservation priorities after the declaration of Göreme Historical National Park including Ortahisar settlement in World Heritage List by UNESCO in 1986. In addition, the tourism sector has begun to develop gradually in the Region as large amounts of tourists began to invade because of the world heritage advertisement of UNESCO and has begun to threaten the town&rsquo
s local economy, natural rock-caved storage sector. The aim of this thesis is to balance the stone-caved storage sector and tourism sector facilities and integrate the sustainable sides of them with conservation and sustainability objectives in a socio-spatial planning model and to ensure these two sectors&rsquo
positive contributions to each other and local economy. Finally, the thesis will emphasize the contribution of heritage planning to the sustainability of the local economy, ensuring of each sectors contribution to each other and local economy and heritage conservation process.
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Karlsson, Rebecca. "Homework before homestay : The importance of host-training for sustainable tourism development." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-59858.
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When tourism is growing fast it is important to develop it in a sustainable way which benefits the communities involved as much as possible. Homestay tourism can benefit local communities such as mass tourism has been widely criticized for failing to do. Homestay has shown to be successful as a tool for building sustainable tourism and contributing to locals involved in other countries. The concept has given hosts an opportunity to gain from their local resources. This gives the resources importance thereby locals preserve them. Although, there is a lack of studies on how the homestay concept can contribute to sustainable tourism development and how the concept is implemented in the Philippines. The aim with the research is to explore impacts of the homestay concept in sustainable tourism development through following perspectives: assess the social and economic impacts of having a homestay, identify motivational factors behind local peoples' decisions to put up a homestay, explore further ways of developing homestays in a developing country with focus on the central part of The Philippines. In the research, several challanges for implementing the homestay concept in a sustainable way have been identified and given suggestions on. The biggest challenge identified is that hosts do not have the skills and knowledge for the purpose of the homestay concept. The study argue that this challenge could be overcome by host-training to a large extent. This host-training should preferably be facilitated by the government, which in the Philippines has internal challenges such as reversed hierarchy and low commitment to overcome before being able to facilitate the homestays for a more sustainable tourism development.
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Gibson, Laila. "Learning Destinations : The complexity of tourism development." Doctoral thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Social and Life Sciences, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-435.
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Our world is becoming increasingly complex, and is rapidly changingwith distances being reduced. Societies today are also in atransition from traditional production industries to increasingreliance on communication, consumption, services and experience. Asone of these emerging ‘new industries’, tourism is part of thismovement. Globalisation also makes further development of tourismpossible through, amongst other things, the spreading of languages;the development of low-cost carriers; international monetary systems;telecommunications and other technological innovations. Tourismcontributes to the globalisation of society and at the same time is aproduct of it. This is confirmed by complexity theories that stressthe systematic and dynamic nature of globalisation and theinterdependence of the global and the local. Hence, in this thesis,it is argued that acknowledging the complexity of tourism isnecessary for understanding tourism development, and more knowledgeabout tourism also leads to greater knowledge of our society.
The main aim of this thesis is to understand the complexity of localand regional tourist destination development, by exploring social andcultural factors that influence this development. In order to fulfilthis aim, analysis has been conducted at three different levels:places, projects and people. More specifically, by examining placesand how they develop as destinations; investigating the structure of,and processes within, groups and networks important for destinationdevelopment and by exploring the roles, resources and attitudes ofenterprising people who are seen as key for development. The thesisis based on a research project including three studies of tourismdestinations and projects in Northern Sweden and Scotland.
The social and cultural factors connected to tourism development arein turn part of learning processes, which in this thesis are seen asfundamental mechanisms for processes of development. A frameworkcalled ‘Learning Destinations’ is introduced that demonstrates howimportant social and cultural factors manifest themselves at each ofthe three levels: places, projects and people. History and heritageand rationales are the main cultural factors discussed, whilstinteraction and boundaries are prominent social factors found toinfluence tourism development. It is suggested that the framework of‘Learning Destinations’ may serve as a tool for understanding thecomplexity of local and regional tourism development.
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Aidoo, Abena Adabowa. "A critical assessment of tourism as a development strategy in Ghana with particular emphasis on the opportunities and dilemmas of ecotourism and cultural tourism /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 241 p, 2010. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1992442141&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Carbone, Fabio. "Cultural heritage quality management: analysis of archaeological heritage managers' perception." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/16439.
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Doutoramento em TurismoWith this work we propose to analyze the perception of the concept of quality by managers of museums and archaeological sites. To this end, we chose to analyze some heritage areas open to the public and certified by HERITY - World Organisation for the Certification of Quality Management of Cultural Heritage, the only international certification of this kind which has been officially recognized by UNESCO and the World Tourism Organization. The application of the principles of quality and Total Quality Management to cultural heritage management is part of the efforts towards a continuous improvement of the cultural tourism offer and - in our opinion – towards an increasing capacity to promote intercultural dialogue between local population and visitors. In this context, we have therefore investigated the perception of quality within the context of cultural heritage management, and how the culture of quality can provide a greater involvement of local communities, contributing to the strengthening of authenticity and destination personality, as well as the promotion of intercultural dialogue between tourists and residents. To answer these questions, we have defined a theoretical model and subsequently carried out an empirical work at European level on the perception of quality by managers of cultural heritage sites, namely archaeological heritage. An in-depth comprehension of areas such as Archeology, Tourism and Quality Management, as well as its role within the broader context of sustainable regional development, are the basis of this work. The latter is intended, in turn, to be a vehicle of reflection within the creation of public policies on territorial management and tourism development. We thus undertook a research line which is still almost unexplored, that is, the analysis of quality principles within the cultural heritage management, their potential and the measurement of their actual impact on the territory, through an integrated approach, by considering in a specular, complex way the two main beneficiaries: residents and tourists.
Com o presente trabalho nos propomos de analisar a perceção do conceito de qualidade por parte dos gestores dos museus e sítios arqueológicos. Para tal, escolhemos analisar algumas áreas patrimoniais abertas ao publico e certificadas por HERITY - World Organisation for the Certification of Quality Management of Cultural Heritage, única certificação internacional deste género e cuja importância já foi oficialmente reconhecida pela UNESCO e pela Organização Mundial do Turismo. A aplicação dos princípios da qualidade e do Total Quality Management à gestão do património cultural se insere nos esforços para uma melhoria contínua da oferta cultural e turística e – no nosso entender – no aumento da capacidade de promover o diálogo intercultural entre população residente e visitantes. Nos questionamos portanto sobre a percepção do significado de Qualidade no âmbito da gestão do património cultural, e de que forma a cultura da qualidade pode proporcionar um maior envolvimento das comunidades locais, contribuindo assim para o reforço da autenticidade e do caracter do destino, bem como do diálogo intercultural entre turistas e residentes. Para responder a estas perguntas, procuramos definir um modelo teórico que, a seguir, confrontamos com os resultados de um trabalho empírico de âmbito europeu sobre a perceção da qualidade por parte dos gestores do património cultural, nomeadamente arqueológico. O estudo aprofundado do que é a Arqueologia, o Turismo e a Qualidade e a reflexão do papel destes três domínios no âmbito mais abrangente do desenvolvimento territorial sustentável representam a base deste trabalho, que se propõe por sua vez de ser um veículo de reflexão no âmbito da criação das políticas públicas de gestão do território e de desenvolvimento turístico. Empreendemos assim uma linha de investigação ainda pouco explorada, dedicada à analise dos princípios da qualidade no âmbito da gestão do património, às suas potencialidades e à medição dos seus efetivos impactos no território, através de uma abordagem integrada e considerando duma forma não convencional, mas sim especular e complexa os dois principais beneficiários: população residente e turistas.
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Curado, Bruno Adães Trindade. "Eventos musicais e promoção do destino: o caso da cidade de Évora." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/24247.
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A conceção desta dissertação, têm a intenção de fazer uma análise relativamente á capacidade e importância que os eventos musicais podem ter para a dinamização turística de uma histórica, como se poderá observar através do estudo de caso, que é o principal foco desta investigação, neste caso a cidade de Évora, Património Mundial da Unesco, desde 1986. A música assume um papel muito importante nas nossas vivências e para muitos turistas e visitantes, pode ser um fator de importância no processo de tomada de decisão da escolha de um destino de férias ou de visita, sendo que a música pode assumir uma grande ligação, relativamente às manifestações culturais de uma determinada localidade e dos seus habitantes, podendo funcionar como um fator de atração para um determinado público, que viaja com a intenção de participar em eventos culturais, sendo por isso necessário olhar para a música, não só como uma expressão artística, mas também como um potencial produto turístico; Abstract:
Musical Events and Destination Promotion: the case of the city of Évora
The conception of this dissertation intends to analyze the capacity and importance that musical events can have for the tourist dynamisation of a historical city, as will be observed through the case study, which is the main focus of this research, in this in the case the city of Évora, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, since 1986. Music plays a very important role in our lives and for many tourists and visitors can be a factor of importance in the decision-making process of choosing a holiday destination or visit, and music can have a great connection, in relation to the cultural manifestations of a certain locality and its inhabitants, can work as a factor of attraction for a certain public, who travels with the intention of participating in cultural events, so it is necessary to look at music, not only as an artistic expression, but also as a potential tourist product.
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Guerra, Débora Glória Miguel. "Contributo para a valorização do património cultural nos núcleos urbanos. Caso de estudo - Concelho de Alcochete." Master's thesis, ISA/UL, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/8521.
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Mestrado em Arquitectura Paisagista - Instituto Superior de AgronomiaThis paper analyzes the methods that contribute to the enhancement of cultural heritage in urban centers, both through a literature review of the principles of urbanism, as through examples in which cultural cores served to boost the urban recovery. The way these nuclei may contribute to urban development through its development and promotion, was tentatively applied to the village of Alcochete. The methods to implement this study were chosen after an analysis of several urban theories that showed us how cities evolved and have related their memories and their cultural identity. It was found that to achieve the success of cultural cores are useful multidisciplinary approaches around the cultural perspective within the urban core and to develop the interest of local communities in order to promote their use and disclosure. As study case we chose Alcochete and tried to create a new perspective of public use which gives a new and dynamic centrality to the village. The opportunities it offers in a tourism context were analyzed, from the knowledge and practice of their habits, customs, traditions and local products. It was identified as well, the need to introduce practical elements that preserve, enhance and publicize the qualities of a cultural center that leverages the urban, social, economic and tourism through the use of culture.
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Hedberg, Kristin, and Maria Hedberg. "Terra de Boa Gente : A case study on the tourism development impacts in Tofo, Mozambique." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-17306.
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Tourism has become a tool for many developing countries to achieve economic growth and alleviate poverty. However, even though tourism is contributing to positive impacts, it also stresses infrastructure and changing local communities. For many African countries, tourism plays an important role, which is the case with the growing tourist destination Mozambique. This research is examining how tourism is affecting the local community in Tofo, and furthermore how involved they are in the development. The study is based on interviews, participant observations, questionnaire and documents. Findings show that the development is forced upon the community in Tofo, although leading to various economic and socio-cultural impacts, such as improved living standard, change in behaviors and infrastructure development, but the greatest impacts remain employment and income. The development is unplanned and do not involve the community to extent it should and could, leaving the residents powerless and dependent on foreign investors.
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Hashimoto, Atsuko. "A cross-cultural study of attitudes towards the natural environment and tourism development : Northern Europe and East Asia." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1996. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/842749/.
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This study aims to examine if there is any cross-cultural difference in attitudes towards the natural environment and its resources, especially in the context of tourism development. Mainland China, Taiwan and Japan are chosen as East Asian subjects and Germany and the United Kingdom as Northern European subjects in this study because they show not only distinctive traditions and philosophies, but also various stages of national economic development. The first part of the study provides (1) the current situation of environmental awareness in tourism and hospitality industries and (2) information about the cultural values, religions and the philosophies which shape people's attitudes towards the natural environment. The history of environmental awareness and the protective movement started quite differently in western and eastern societies. While Western societies are more concerned about the conservation of the natural resources, delayed industrialisation in East Asia, in contrast, caused more serious and often irreversible damage to the natural environment. The tourism industry in Western societies has recently shown more environmental concern as its survival depends on the quality of the natural environment, but in the East, tourism and environmental management are considered unrelated. East and West also have different religious views, aesthetic values and risk perceptions which determine their values of the natural environment and its resources. The main survey of this study is twofold: investigation of the construction of attitudes towards the natural environment and tourism impacts and their sense of responsibility as an individual for environmental problems. Over 100 respondents from the tourism and hospitality industry, and environmentalists in each region have been sampled. The Multidimensional Scaling procedures in addition to one-way analysis of variance are applied to elicit the underlying structure of attitudes towards environmental issues and tourism development and the respondents' sense of responsibility towards the environmental issues. The data revealed that there are not only East-West differences but also differences between the tourism industry/environmental expert subjects and the university students in the attitudes construct. The cultural differences are observed within the tourism industry/environmental expert groups but the university students show constant across-culture similarities. Contradictory to the empirical evidence, the perception of nature and natural resources turns out to be universal. However, significant cultural differences in the level of authoritarianism and individualism are found both in tourism industry/environmental expert subjects and the university students. The Chinese groups have a stronger authoritarian tendency than the others but also believe more in individual contribution to the environmental management. Although individuals are expected to take a more active stance in environmental management, when it conies to the respondents' own responsibility, the Northern European groups and Japan showed more interests in the quality of personal life than the Chinese groups. The Northern European minds perceive tourism activity and its impacts as being under the control of people but the East Asians consider nature has more control over them.
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El, Nemr Diana. "Le tourisme de savoir-faire, moteur de développement territorial ? : Le cas de la région de Baalbek-Hermel au Liban." Thesis, Normandie, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019NORMLH09.
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Il y a presque une dizaine d’années, Baalbek-Hermel a commencé à changer d’identité. C’est une zone agricole riche en savoir-faire traditionnels mais pauvre et marginalisée par l’État depuis l’indépendance du Liban en 1943. Le nom de cette région est associé à la culture du cannabis et son éloignement de Beyrouth explique sa marginalisation. Dans notre thèse, nous chercherons à mettre l’accent sur l’importance de l’approche territoriale du développement durable et nous insistons sur le rôle du patrimoine et ses avantages économiques pour la communauté locale de Baalbek-Hermel. L’objectif est d’identifier au travers des critères économiques, sociaux et culturels les spécificités de la région et son potentiel de développer une activité touristique patrimoniale dans Baalbek-Hermel. A partir des résultats obtenus lors de l’étude de terrain, nous proposerons un modèle de développement touristique qui aboutira à la création d’une route touristique des savoir-faire et qui répondra aux attentes des différents acteurs tout en atténuant les faiblesses actuellesAlmost a decade ago, Baalbek-Hermel began to change its identity. It is an agricultural zone, rich in traditional know-how but poor and marginalized by the government since the independence of Lebanon in 1943. The name of this region is associated with the cultivation of cannabis and its distance from Beirut explains its marginalization. In our thesis, we will seek to emphasize the importance of the territorial approach to sustainable development and the role of cultural heritage and its economic benefits for the local community of Baalbek-Hermel. The objective is to identify, through economic, social and cultural criteria, the specificities of the region and its potential to develop a heritage tourism activity in Baalbek-Hermel. Based on the results obtained during the field study, we will propose a model of tourism development that will lead to the creation of a tourist route of know-how and which will meet the expectations of the various stakeholders while extenuating the current weaknesses
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Tung, Ching. "Tourism and Female Empowerment in 21st Century Nepal." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2011. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/299.
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My thesis explores the effect of tourism and the opportunities it is providing for Nepalese women who are actively looking for waged, high skilled, high status employment. These jobs include but are not limited to trekking guides, hotel/guesthouse managers, and upper level management positions, both within and outside of the tourism sector. I am focusing on women whose education and skill levels enable them to seek jobs above low skill, low status employment, such as farm workers and low level clerical staff. I am studying the shifts in Nepalese society that enable a specific market to emerge for participation for educated and ambitious women, and if such a shift is happening, whether or not Nepalese women are taking advantage of this opportunity to lead the way toward gender equity.
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MAN, HO CHENG, and 何靜雯. "Cultural Tourism Development Strategy of Macau World Heritage." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55700986967063092116.
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碩士國立雲林科技大學
文化資產維護系
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In 2005,“The Historic Centre of Macau” have been placed on the list of the World Cultural Heritage of UNESCO. By promoting “The Historic Centre of Macau” cultural heritage tourism ,let the world be able to recognize the cultural and harmony of Macau. And help tourism development of Macau effectively is an important issue of Macau. Over the past four hundred years, Macau plays the role of cultural exchange history. Today, Macau is still active in promoting international cultural exchanges. Macau World Heritage is a product of cultural exchange in the past , and today's Macau World Heritage has become a platform for cultural exchanges. This study apply document analysis. The purpose of this study are investigate the development context and characteristics of Macao World Heritage. Besides, explore the Historic Centre of Macau in the development process and the potential problems faced. Moreover, to analyze the Macao World Heritage Cultural Tourism Strategy. Study found that the current tourism development of Macao's cultural heritage is facing a number of difficulties, separate ownership and management of historic buildings and squares ,makes it difficult to manage. As a tourist area, Historic Centre of Macao failed to fully play its due value and function, Visitor arrivals in Macau, specifically to the proportion of visitors from the history and culture still needs to be improved. In the protection of world heritage in Macau, we did not pay attention to the street connecting the square and buildings, there are no street finishing system. The number of visitors continues to grow, this situation contributed to the expansion of the social economy, Historic Centre will expand large-scale construction projects and tourism facilities have an impact on the surrounding landscape, The increase in passengers also cause problems for the conservation of cultural heritage, formation contradiction between conservation and tourism development. The most important point is that for Macao residents, the importance and impact of cultural heritage is still at a low level, need to improve literacy heritage protection and public awareness. Macau government is committed to development Macau into a cultural and events capital. More and more world's eye look to Macau, where the special land mix with Chinese and Western culture . Historical and cultural heritage is the source of Macau's charm. In order to development of Macau's culture, economy and tourism. We have to conservation and development of World Heritage effectively, therefore, appropriate development strategies is an important part of Macau cultural heritage tourism .
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Hung, Wu-chuan, and 洪武詮. "The Study on Tai-An Railroad Cultural Tourism Development." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6352m2.
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碩士朝陽科技大學
休閒事業管理系碩士班
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The aim of this study is to explore the satisfaction of the visitors, the relationship between the various background of the visitors and the satisfaction, and the residents’ recognition on the issues of tourism development, the relationship between various individual background of residents and their recognition on tourism development, and the relationship between tourists’ satisfaction and the residents’ recognition on tourism development, and further projects the suggestions to promote the tourism development on Tai-An Railroad Culture. Sample population of this study includes visitors participating in Tai-An Railroad Cultural Festival and residents of Tai-An Village, Holi Township. The effective tourists’ questionnaire totals 429, adopting Convenience Sampling. The effective residents’ questionnaire totals 223, adopting Simple Random Sampling. Applying SPSS（10.0ed）to analyze the data through experiments on research results, the findings of the study are as the following: I. The items of the questionnaire related to tourists’ satisfaction are sequence as follows: 1.The activities foster visitors’ both mental and physical recreation and simultaneously provide informative educational function. 2.The heritages of the railroad culture fulfill the feelings of nostalgia. 3.The activities held in the Tai-An Railroad Cultural Festival promote the interactive relationship. The variable items on satisfaction are sequence as follows: 1.The function of the activities 2.The characteristics of the culture 3.Social activities among people II. The satisfaction of participants on Tai-An Railroad Cultural Festival varies with tourists’ individual background. III. The items related to residents’ recognition are sequence as follows: 1.To value the reservation and maintenance of railroad culture 2.The heritages of the railroad culture fulfill the feelings of nostalgia 3.The suggestion to restore train service on Taiwan Old Railroad Mountain Branch accompanying with tourism activities The variable items related to residents’ recognition are sequence as follows: 1.Cultural characteristics 2.Environmental traits 3.Social activities among people IV. Residents’ recognition on tourism development varies with their individual background. V. There are differences between the satisfaction of participants on Tai-An Railroad Cultural Festival and residents’ recognition on tourism development. Finally, from experimental findings, there are ten suggestions offered to the authorities for reference. With viewpoints of long term and sustainable development in Tai-An Village’s cultural sightseeing, the authorities should widespread promote the local tourism industry. There are twelve suggestions provided for the activity units for reference. I anticipate that the Railway Cultural Festival be perfect. By making use of the current resources of sightseeing, emphasizing software equipment and improving the quality of entertainment, the activity units would further tourists’ satisfaction and become a paradigm of the cultural sightseeing.
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LIN, MENG-TING, and 林孟亭. "Tribal Tourism and Sustainable Development Research-Smangus Tribal Tourism- Tribal cultural identity and inheritance." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9s3b74.
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碩士華梵大學
建築學系碩士班
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In this era of globalization and cultural industry, cultural traditions have been violently impacted. The emergence of cultural promotion is more and more similar to the production process of modern big industry. Under the capitalist society, the development of ethnic minorities and tourism industry Increasingly, it tends to cater to the consumption patterns of culture and culture. To make the tribal development model commercialized, vicious competition not only brought about environmental damage, but even changed the life style and living environment of the tribe in order to meet the expectations brought by the society. However, these damages brought them cultural protection in the future. Great impact on development. In many Aboriginal tribes, the authors discovered that the Atayal tribe of the Amy tribe, Simacus, has a different development model from other tribes. The Simacus tribe continued the tradition of the Atayal ancestor gaga, and developed a common The management organization has continued the traditional values and is in line with this era, and developed an ecological recreation model belonging to Simacus. The author uses the basic principles of ecological recreation: based on nature, environmental education and interpretation, sustainable development, environmental awareness, and interest feedback to examine the attributes of Simacus ecological activities, in addition to the phenomenon of the author through the general aboriginal tribal tourism industry After the analysis, it was found that many tribes tended to be commercialized for the most part because of the lack of "cultural autonomy" and the "self-identification" of tribal culture. The tribe lost its dominance to the self-culture because of the interest temptation, and also because of the tribe Culture lacks self-identity, which makes culture have no traditional value for tribes, and begins to commercialize self-culture. As a result, cultural recreation has deteriorated because of sightseeing. Therefore, the author proposes "cultural autonomy" and tribal culture. The principle of “self-identity” is used as a basic project for the review of tribal ecological recreation. It includes exploring the impacts and problems of the aboriginal specific regional projects promoted by government agencies on the tribes, and finally proposes the future development value of Simacus. The problems that the organization will encounter in its development, Can proceed to the next stage of more in-depth research, and the purpose of creating actual rules are more standardized eco-tourism.
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Dlomo, Penelope Lulu. "Cultural tourism as a development vehicle in Ulundi: perceptions and prospects." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/86.
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A dissertation of limited scope submitted to the Faculty of Arts in
partial fulfilment of the requirements for the course-work degree
of Masters of Recreation and Tourism in the
Centre for Recreation and Tourism at
the University of Zululand, 2007.Increasingly, at the international as well as in South Africa, tourism is viewed as the largest industry in the world. It is believed that tourism offers enormous opportunities for the creation of growth, development and wealth to destinations and its local communities. Clearly South Africa certainly has many features which make it attractive to international tourists- game reserve, good weather, geography and even its political history. It is also clear that one of South Africa' most abundant resources are the people and their diverse cultures. It is only recent that people's cultures have begun to be appreciated and acknowledged for their true tourism potential. So cultural tourism is gradually gaining widespread acceptance as a true tourist attraction and also emerging as one of the most promising areas of economic development in South Africa. On the basis of this background, this study examines how cultural tourism can be seen as a development vehicle in Ulundi and how its local communities can benefit from it. The study further investigates the community's perceptions and expectations of cultural tourism in the area. In order to put the investigation in its proper perspective, the following objectives were formulated: • To investigate and identify community based cultural tourism activities in the study area that could promote tourism. • To reveal perceptions and expectations of Ulundi community towards cultural tourism. • To determine the level of understanding that Ulundi community has towards the meaning of cultural tourism. • To assess the extent to which cultural tourism benefits the community within the study area. • To examine the importance and value of conserving culture for future generations. • To establish the level of participation by Ulundi community in cultural tourism activities. These objectives were analysed on the basis of hypotheses, which were structured in such a way that they were equivalent or somewhat similar to the objectives. These hypotheses were intended to assist in asking questions and providing educated answers to the questions. The collection of data for this study was done through the use of the questionnaire, which had both open-ended and closed ended questions. It was therefore analysed through the use of computer programme, Statistical Package for Social Sciences. This programme was used to formulated frequency tables and graphs to reflect responses of the subjects interviewed. The main findings of the study revealed that there exists positive perception towards cultural tourism in the study area. The community also had a variety of expectations as cultural tourism has not brought any remarkable improvements in their area. It was again discovered that the community was aware of cultural tourism benefits. The only setback was that they have long been excluded from enjoying such benefits so they tend to be sceptical where there are no visible and tangible improvements. Although this community was aware of tourism benefits but they seemed to know very little about what is happening in the area, hence their minimal participation in local tourism and its activities. In order to address the raised concerns of the respondents, various recommendations were suggested. These included tourism awareness initiatives, easy access to finance by prospective entrepreneurs, community development programmes and adequate dissemination of cultural tourism information. It is without doubt that once the Ulundi community is constantly exposed and involved in tourism matters, they will begin to see and enjoy more benefits of this industry.
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LIANG, LING-PING, and 梁玲萍. "Study on the Development of Qishan's Banana Cultural Tourism Industry." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2w8z65.
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碩士國立中正大學
台灣文學研究所
103
This study applied the methods of materials collection and analysis, field work, and structural interview etc. to achieve the understanding of what Qishan's Banana cultural tourism has been through, how it transformed into an industry, and why it matters so much in local business. Adopting the angle of the customer-experience marketing, this study also got to the current situation of Qishan's banana cultural tourism industry and tried to give some practical suggestions for its future development. The strategy of customer involvement in tourism of banana's industry did work very well not only for local economics, landscape marketing, but also for the formation of community identity, and the banana culture preservation. This study concludes that, it might work better if the formation of industrial spirit, the enhancement story of local fine food, and the depth of customer-experience tourism have been attended.
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Zondi, Olga Thulile Ntombizethu. "The potential of the Bhambatha rebellion for cultural tourism development." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/257.
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A dissertation of limited scope submitted to the Faculty of Arts in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree coursework of Master of Recreation and Tourism in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Zululand, 1998.Heritage tourism is gaining widespread acceptance as a special-interest tourist attraction and as part of overall tourism planning. The tourism industry is discovering how the planned integration of historic, cultural and natural resources can help sustain local economics and contribute to a greater appreciation of each unique heritage. Heritage tourism is emerging as one of the most promising areas of economic development. Recent studies show that the single greatest motivator for travel in the 1990 is to understand culture. What has become known as 'heritage' attraction here is based on the history of the region, the buildings, historic monuments as well as traditional events and cultural performances. This study examines how the areas of Mpanza Valley and Ngome near Greytown, affected by the Bhambatha Rebellion of 1906, can develop heritage tourism. It also investigates how local communities can meaningfully participate in, and benefit from this unique feature of their culture. In order to put the investigation in perspective, the study briefly traces the events of the Bhambatha Rebellion and highlights important factors in heritage tourism planning and management. An investigative approach to the study was adopted. Six workshops and meetings were held with the Bhambatha Commemoration Committee. Other interviewees included officials from the Department of Economic Affairs and Tourism, the Greytown Museum as well as the Directorate for Arts, Culture Museums and Youth Affairs. Findings of the study indicate that local communities, government departments and agencies are already making attempts at tourism development within the region. In conclusion, the study found that there was a significant opportunity for tourism development and that the study area has the potential to attract local as well as overseas tourists.
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LO﹐CHIU-JEN and 羅秋珍. "The Study of Hakka cultural tourism and development in Pingtung." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23890625620298270986.
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碩士國立屏東科技大學
客家文化產業研究所
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Cultural tourism is the world's hottest industries, especially tourism could enhance the visibility of the local culture, promote the economic prosperity of local industry. The advanced countries dare to treat tourism as economic factors, and is committed to the guidance of the domestic tourism to create better tourism environment. The Pingtung Hakka Villages have rich Hakka culture, the image of simple life attract tourists to come to tour the culture life. The study focus on tourism research field of Pingtung Hakka Villages, took survey method for 420 visitors , who take a day tour from Taipei to Pingtung Hakka Culture. Then we apply semi-structured depth interviews for public sector business contractors, navigation members, food and beverage industry members and local history writers. The survey result, most visitors have deeply impression about rich culture and ecological landscape in Hakka Villages, just like Meiho Fo Fong, Sinpi Water Park, Neipu Mazu temple, Changli Temple, Wugoushui villages. There have 100% visitors willing return to Hakka village. The motivations, including to understand the history and culture, experience the culture life. We found , Pintung Hakka villages sould be foucus on the Hakka's history and culture life. Overall, most visitors are satisfied in Hakka culture tourism. The qualitative interview result, Hakka Villages have Fo Fong, architecture, religion, food, with the strengths and uniqueness of Culture and Tourism, while facing the disadvantage of economic downturn, lack of planning and policy resources. Therefore, we should develop Culture and Tourism to integrate cultural festivals, creative industries and culture tourism, further to enhance the self-identity in ethnic, cultural heritage. Using media, advertising, or tell a story the way, shaping the local appeal and image, so that visitors like to come to Pingtung Hakka villages. In the Future, Liu Dui Hakka Cultural Park will play the important windows between Pingtung Hakka Culture and Tourism, shaping platform of an eco-museum. Government should be more counseling private businesses, to planning of Fo Fong space into the the B &; B which have Hakka characteristics atmosphere. Taiwan townships can develop their own characteristics, or set of cultural and creative Hall tourist information center, draw a guide book or leaflet, effectively enhance the quality of tourism, and with the various attractions around the food and beverage, transportation, in order to spur the tourism industry.
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Chou, Chin-Chun, and 周致淳. "Study of sustainable tourism development Index of Green Island Cultural Quartet." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/fdq5d8.
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碩士朝陽科技大學
建築及都市設計研究所
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Abstract The “Cultural Quartet” in many different areas is gradually becoming the main power for promoting the local economy in the last few years. The government impelled the development of the “Cultural Quartet” by integrating the local development. The local culture tourism brings the enormous opportunities. Actually it also brings the negative influence on the tourism. The previous domestic research of the impact correlation of tourism is primarily on the continuous ecology and the evaluation of the local population carrying capacity. Their questionnaire design of the proposed correlation influence factor is mostly focus on the natural ecological environment. This research is in view of the Green Island Culture Quartet development assessment, takes the local culture factors into the entire appraisal. It can emphasize the advantages of the distinctive quality of the local culture and makes the valuable diversity of its importance. This research will utilize the sustainable tourism concept of Green Island Culture Quartet to carry out the construction of the appraisal criterion development. The author uses the questionnaire survey and multi-variables statistical analysis to discuss the appropriateness and importance of the factors. Then discuss the development impact of the Green Island Culture Quartet. After the criteria established, in view of the experts, the inhabitant and the tourist to carry out the sensitivity analysis and the return overall culture policy makes the self-criticism and the improvement. The main research results are, 1. After analyzes the development of the Green Island Culture Quartet, provide the impact influence factors of the environment and the space to the public and planner for their management and improvement together. 2. To establish the evaluation criteria for sustainable tourism development and provides the reference data for the future culture quartet development. 3. Under the sustainable tourism concept pattern by the operation of the local culture industry will be stably in developing the local tourism. It will also urge the utilizing of the construction in accordance with the environment resources continuously. Keywords: Cultural Quartet, sustainable tourism, carrying capacity
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Hsieh, I.-Ching, and 謝依錦. "A Study on Cultural Tourism Development Strategies for Fengshan District, Kaohsiung." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75700899020295945965.
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碩士大仁科技大學
文化創意產業研究所
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With the multiple developments of travelling styles, cultural tourism has become one of the most attractive traveling packages. Fengshan was established more than 300 years ago and is one of the famous ancient towns in Southern Taiwan. In recent years, Kaohsiung City Government has been planning various cultural bus routes to connect different historical sites around Fenshan so that cultural tourist resources can be well linked. In the meantime, through the establishment of Fengshan District Cultural Tourism Promotion Center, the City Government greatly encourages the growth of cultural tourism. These plans and promotions are expected to improve the tourism industry in Fengshan. Focusing on this aspect, this study explores the developmental problems of the cultural tourism from the perspective of the tourism supply system, including the following sub topics: tourist attractions, service facilities, transportation, tourist information and promotion. The research offers strategies and suggestions for this development. Through the methods of literature analysis, field observation, in-depth interviews and SWOT analysis, the researcher recognizes that Fengshan is a cultural town with great potential for cultural tourism. Yet, its services should be strengthened, its transportation network integrated, tourist information provided and relevant activities held to make Fengshan more visible. This study offers the following suggestions: 1. Integrate cultural tourism resources and establish a major direction of cultural tourism development; 2. Integrate and improve the general tourist services; 3. Improve the convenience of transportation; 4. Improve the availability of cultural tourism information; 5. Reinforce the promotion of cultural tourism in Fengshan and; 6. Provide suggestions for political strategies.