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Peter A. Whalley - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Cultural political economy and urban Heritage Tourism
Annals of Tourism Research, 2018Co-Authors: Bill Bramwell, Peter A. WhalleyAbstract:The paper explains a cultural political economy “framing” for interpreting Heritage Tourism in urban contexts. Key ideas behind this research perspective are explained and illustrated through discussion of past research studies of urban Heritage Tourism. It is underpinned by a relational view of the inter-connectedness of societal relations, and an emphasis on taking seriously both the cultural/semiotic and the economic/political in the co-constitution of urban Heritage Tourism’s social practices and features. A case study of Heritage Tourism in Nanjing, China considers cultural political economy’s relevance and value, including the distinctive research questions it raises. It reveals, for example, how economic relations in the built environment were related to tourist meaning-making and identities in the cultural/semiotic sphere.
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cultural political economy and urban Heritage Tourism
Annals of Tourism Research, 2018Co-Authors: Bill Bramwell, Peter A. WhalleyAbstract:The paper explains a cultural political economy “framing” for interpreting Heritage Tourism in urban contexts. Key ideas behind this research perspective are explained and illustrated through discussion of past research studies of urban Heritage Tourism. It is underpinned by a relational view of the inter-connectedness of societal relations, and an emphasis on taking seriously both the cultural/semiotic and the economic/political in the co-constitution of urban Heritage Tourism’s social practices and features. A case study of Heritage Tourism in Nanjing, China considers cultural political economy’s relevance and value, including the distinctive research questions it raises. It reveals, for example, how economic relations in the built environment were related to tourist meaning-making and identities in the cultural/semiotic sphere. Keywords: Heritage, urban, research framing, cultural political economy, meaning-making, representations.
Clinton David Van Der Merwe - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Tourist guides’ perceptions of cultural Heritage Tourism in South Africa.
Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 2016Co-Authors: Clinton David Van Der MerweAbstract:Heritage Tourism is a fast growing niche of cultural Tourism worldwide. In Africa, several countries, including South Africa, place great emphasis on the growth of Heritage Tourism because of its potential for local economic development. Cultural and Heritage Tourism are being advocated as an important niche within the South African economy. This paper explores the perceptions of cultural Heritage tourist guides in South Africa towards Heritage Tourism, it is argued that the country's National Department of Tourism must improve the poor governance and poor management of South African Heritage assets, and enhance the preservation, transformation and segmented marketing of South Africa's cultural assets (at all levels of government) in order to sustain and grow cultural Tourism in the future.
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Battlefields Tourism: The status of Heritage Tourism in Dundee, South Africa
Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 2014Co-Authors: Clinton David Van Der MerweAbstract:Heritage Tourism is a significant contemporary facet of Tourism in many developing countries. This paper analyses the economic opportunities for battlefield-Heritage Tourism in South Africa by examining the battlefields route within KwaZulu-Natal. Through structured interviews with stakeholders and structured questionnaires with visitors and local residents, this research explores the understanding of Heritage Tourism as well as perceptions of its influence on the physical landscape and gauges the importance of this form of Tourism as a driver for local economic development in South Africa. Dundee, a small coal-mining town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – where several battlefields are found, is used as a case study. The study demonstrates that several issues need to be addressed if this niche of cultural and Heritage Tourism is to be a sustainable and responsible form of Tourism in South Africa.
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The Limits of Urban Heritage Tourism in South Africa: The Case of Constitution Hill, Johannesburg
Urban Forum, 2013Co-Authors: Clinton David Van Der MerweAbstract:Heritage Tourism is a significant contemporary feature in many developing countries, particularly in Africa, and fast growing in popularity in South Africa. As many Heritage sites are located in cities, Heritage Tourism is a potential growth segment for urban Tourism. This paper analyses strategic policy and interest in Heritage Tourism for the South African Tourism economy. The case of Constitution Hill in Johannesburg is examined as a case study to elucidate the limits of urban Heritage Tourism. It is argued this iconic Heritage attraction is seemingly failing to attract many local visitors or tourists despite its important national Heritage status. Using structured interviews with stakeholders and questionnaires with visitors and local residents, the research critically explores their understanding of Heritage Tourism as well as their perceptions of its influence on the physical landscape as a driver for local development.
Bill Bramwell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Cultural political economy and urban Heritage Tourism
Annals of Tourism Research, 2018Co-Authors: Bill Bramwell, Peter A. WhalleyAbstract:The paper explains a cultural political economy “framing” for interpreting Heritage Tourism in urban contexts. Key ideas behind this research perspective are explained and illustrated through discussion of past research studies of urban Heritage Tourism. It is underpinned by a relational view of the inter-connectedness of societal relations, and an emphasis on taking seriously both the cultural/semiotic and the economic/political in the co-constitution of urban Heritage Tourism’s social practices and features. A case study of Heritage Tourism in Nanjing, China considers cultural political economy’s relevance and value, including the distinctive research questions it raises. It reveals, for example, how economic relations in the built environment were related to tourist meaning-making and identities in the cultural/semiotic sphere.
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cultural political economy and urban Heritage Tourism
Annals of Tourism Research, 2018Co-Authors: Bill Bramwell, Peter A. WhalleyAbstract:The paper explains a cultural political economy “framing” for interpreting Heritage Tourism in urban contexts. Key ideas behind this research perspective are explained and illustrated through discussion of past research studies of urban Heritage Tourism. It is underpinned by a relational view of the inter-connectedness of societal relations, and an emphasis on taking seriously both the cultural/semiotic and the economic/political in the co-constitution of urban Heritage Tourism’s social practices and features. A case study of Heritage Tourism in Nanjing, China considers cultural political economy’s relevance and value, including the distinctive research questions it raises. It reveals, for example, how economic relations in the built environment were related to tourist meaning-making and identities in the cultural/semiotic sphere. Keywords: Heritage, urban, research framing, cultural political economy, meaning-making, representations.
Corinne Pohlmann - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Urban Heritage Tourism.
Annals of Tourism Research, 1996Co-Authors: T.c. Chang, Simon Milne, Dale Fallon, Corinne PohlmannAbstract:Abstract Heritage Tourism is seen as a way to bolster struggling urban economies and redevelop municipal spaces. Attempts to understand the processes and outcomes associated with urban Heritage Tourism development usually fall into one of two groupings: a “top-down” perspective stressing the role of global factors and external actors in driving urban redevelopment; and a “bottom-up” perspective focusing on local influences. This paper argues for an integrative approach. The case studies of Montreal and Singapore show that while similar macro-scale processes have pushed both cities to adopt Heritage Tourism as an urban redevelopment strategy the final outcomes reflect important local influences.
Weifeng Chen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Corporate Heritage Tourism brand attractiveness and national identity
Journal of Product & Brand Management, 2016Co-Authors: John M.t. Balmer, Weifeng ChenAbstract:Purpose This paper aims to examine the attractiveness of the Tong Ren Tang (TRT) as a Chinese corporate Heritage Tourism brand and consider the significance of TRT for Chinese national identity. The study considers the saliency of Balmer’s augmented role identity notion vis-a-vis corporate Heritage institutions/corporate brands. Insights are made from and for corporate Heritage, Heritage Tourism and national identity literature. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual model comprising five hypotheses was developed and this informed a survey-based questionnaire administered to domestic tourists/customers visiting Tong Ren Tang’s flagship shop in Beijing. Findings The attractiveness to domestic Chinese tourists/customers of the TRT corporate Heritage Tourism brand was found to be attributable to its multiple role identities: national, corporate, temporal, familial and imperial. As such, this study lends credence to Balmer’s augmented role identity notion. Chinese domestic tourists/customers – as members of an ethnic Chinese community – in visiting TRT not only consume an extant corporate Heritage by tangible and intangible means but can also be seen to express, and reaffirm, their sense of Chinese national identity. Practical implications For TRT’s managers, there should be an appreciation that the attractiveness of TRT as a corporate Heritage Tourism brand rests not only on what it sells but also in what it symbolises in national and cultural terms. This finding is applicable to the managers of many other corporate Heritage/corporate Heritage Tourism brands. Social implications Adopting a primordial perspective, the TRT pharmacy was found to be of singular significance to China’s national identity. Traditional Chinese Medicine, Confucian and Daoist religious/philosophical and China’s erstwhile Imperial polity are significant and enduring precepts of Chinese national identity. As such the TRT flagship shop/brand is of singular importance, as China has eviscerated much of its cultural Heritage – particularly in relation to its corporate Heritage brands. Originality/value This is the first empirical study to focus on corporate Heritage Tourism brands and one of the first studies to examine a Chinese corporate Heritage/corporate Heritage Tourism brand. Also significant in focussing on the TRT corporate Heritage brand. Established in 1669, TRT’s history spans five centuries: a corporate provenance which is exceptional within the People’s Republic of China. The study links the corporate brand notion with the nascent corporate Heritage brand domain and the established area of Heritage Tourism.