TY - JOUR
T1 - Making sense of heritage tourism
T2 - Research trends in a maturing field of study
AU - Timothy, Dallen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - This essay examines several emerging research trends in the field of heritage tourism. These trends, including experiential connections with heritage, blurred boundaries between tourisms, more accurate portrayals of the commodified past and technological advancements, demonstrate a precipitous growth in heritage tourism scholarship that focuses more on experience, identity, stewardship, place and empowerment than the more descriptive supply v. demand work that preceded it. Changes in how researchers treat the cultural past indicate a maturing field of study that is increasing in popularity as a focus of academic research and also as a consumable tourist product.
AB - This essay examines several emerging research trends in the field of heritage tourism. These trends, including experiential connections with heritage, blurred boundaries between tourisms, more accurate portrayals of the commodified past and technological advancements, demonstrate a precipitous growth in heritage tourism scholarship that focuses more on experience, identity, stewardship, place and empowerment than the more descriptive supply v. demand work that preceded it. Changes in how researchers treat the cultural past indicate a maturing field of study that is increasing in popularity as a focus of academic research and also as a consumable tourist product.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tmp.2017.11.018
DO - 10.1016/j.tmp.2017.11.018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85035337444
SN - 2211-9736
VL - 25
SP - 177
EP - 180
JO - Tourism Management Perspectives
JF - Tourism Management Perspectives
ER -