The original publication of The Tourist-Historic City in 1990 reflected the growing importance of heritage to cities, and cities to the creation and marketing of heritage products, not least within tourism. In response to the continuing rapid growth of interest in this field, the concepts and models it introduced have subsequently been applied by urban planners and tourism managers in many different contexts throughout the world. This extensively rewritten and restructured account of the tourist-historic city takes into consideration the importance of these applications in reformulating and modifying theoretical concepts, developing practical methods of analysis and policy formulation, as well as extending the geographical scope worldwide. Changes in the last decade include not only the growing importance of heritage and associated heritage industries serving many social, political and economic users, but also the expanding role of cultural products within tourism. In addition, the opening up of central and eastern Europe and the export of heritage ideas from western cities to a wider world have emphasised the tension between a globalisation and a localisation of heritage and its expression in the tourist-historic city. In addition to detailed reworking of conceptual and case material, this book reviews theoretical developments triggered by or otherwise related to the original, extends the arguments into the post-Communist world, and more generally develops them with respect to countries most affected by the 1990s political transformations. The result is a review of the state of urban heritage tourism at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the light of the extraordinary developments during the preceding decade, and of its prospects for the years to come.

The Tourist-Historic City: Retrospect and Prospect of Managing the Heritage City (Routledge Advances in Tourism)

Tunbridge, J. E.

Ashworth, G.J.

Reference

Routledge

A Geography of Heritage: Power, Culture and Economy (Hodder Arnold Publication)

The concept of heritage relates to the ways in which contemporary society uses the past as a social, political or economic resource. However, heritage is open to interpretation and its value may be perceived from differing perspectives - often reflecting divisions in society. Moreover, the schism between the cultural and economic uses of heritage also gives rise to potential conflicts of interest.Examining these issues in depth, this book is the first sustained attempt to integrate the study of heritage into contemporary human geography. It is structured around three themes: the diversity of use and consumption of heritage as a multi-sold cultural and economic resource; the conflicts and tensions arising from this multiplicity of uses, producers and consumers; and the relationship between heritage and identity at a variety of scales.

A Geography of Heritage: Power, Culture and Economy

Politics & Social Sciences

Graham, Brian

Social Sciences

Hodder Education Publishers

Develops the concept of the tourist-historic city as a practical means of managing urban places of historical value. Introduces the role of cities in tourism and vice-versa. Presents a framework for analyzing the historic city, the tourist city and the tourist-historic city. Compares current management and planning in tourist-historic cities, with examples drawn from both Europe and America. Assesses the future implications of the tourist-historic city in western urban society.

The Tourist-Historic City

Business & Money

Industries

Belhaven Press

<p>A lucid philosophical, theoretical, and practical guide to the creation of an authentic and realistic interpretation of heritage. Demonstrates how sensitivity and ethical approaches can be developed to present the actual history of concentration camps, atrocities, disease, death, and oppression without alienating the observer. Contains planning goals and advice to produce a thoughtful and sympathetic response and lasting understanding of the fate and consequences of real peoples and historic events.</p>

Dissonant Heritage: The Management of the Past as a Resource in Conflict

Economics

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