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Heritage Tourism (heritage + tourism)

Distribution by Scientific Domains

Humanities and Social Sciences	75%

Selected Abstracts

Ethnography: a research method in practice

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH, Issue 4 2001
Catherine Palmer
Abstract This article discusses the ethnographic methods employed for a doctoral study focusing upon heritage tourism and English national identity. It explains the fundamental principles behind the research and how the field work was conducted. In addition, it examines the issues of practicality which emerged during the research process and discusses how these were resolved. The article concludes by highlighting the importance of ethnography as a tool for understanding and interpreting visitor behaviour. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Reconstructing Bronzeville: Racial Nostalgia and Neighborhood Redevelopment

JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS, Issue 2 2000
Michelle Boyd
Much of the existing work on heritage tourism emphasizes downtown or citywide tourism development. Yet, an increasing number of African American neighborhoods are using racial heritage tourism to revitalize their long neglected inner-city neighborhoods. This article examines the use of heritage in black neighborhoods and analyzes its use as a political resource. The development of heritage tourism encourages black communities to construct notions of authentic racial community, which they draw upon to legitimize both the processes of, and their role in, neighborhood redevelopment. [source]

Identity as Work: Changing Job Opportunities and Indigenous Identity in the Transition to a Tourist Economy

ANTHROPOLOGY OF WORK REVIEW, Issue 2 2007
Karen Stocker
This article, based on ethnographic research carried out in the Chorotega indigenous reservation in northwestern Costa Rica between 1993 and 2007, traces the social and economic changes that have shifted the dominant trend from masking indigenous identity to embracing and promoting it. The growth of the tourism sector in areas near the reservation and the resulting participation by the Chorotega in heritage tourism have had repercussions on employment options for individuals on or from the reservation. [source]