Cultural Heritage, Tourism and the Sustainable Development of the Local Communities: The Case of the Saxons’ Fortified Churches of Transylvania

2018 ◽  
pp. 397-414
Author(s):  
Călin Vegheș ◽  
Ioana Cecilia Popescu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage Tourism

Community Based Eco Cultural Heritage Tourism for Sustainable Development in the Asian Region

2012 ◽  
pp. 347-363
Author(s):  
G. Poyya Moli
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
Local Agenda 21 ◽  
Local Livelihoods ◽  
Cultural Heritage Tourism

Tourism has emerged as one of the world’s largest industries and a fast growing economic sector. The Asian region attracts a growing number of quality-conscious tourists as it is endowed with a rich bio-cultural/heritage diversity. However, the diversity and integrity of many Asian tourist destinations have been severely eroded or irreversibly damaged due to ill-conceived, poorly planned, and under-regulated mass tourism and other human activities, increasing the conflicts between conservation and local livelihoods. Fortunately, the newly emerging community-based eco-cultural heritage tourism (CBECHT) can be effectively used in the region for achieving the objectives of sustainable development by integrating pro-poor tourism approaches. Such approaches are strongly promoted and supported by several international organizations as well as Local Agenda 21. This article provides a broad conceptual framework for this approach and evaluates the potentials and constraints for evolving and implementing such strategies in the region with their policy/planning implications.

scholarly journals A Study of Tourism Motivation, Perceived Value and Destination Loyalty for Macao Cultural and Heritage Tourists

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Wang ◽  
Chia Hsin Leou
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Destination Loyalty ◽  
Historic Center ◽  
Tourism Motivation

<p>To enhance the understanding of tourists behavior and to provide some suggestions for a sustainable development of cultural and heritage tourism in Macao, data of this study were collected from Macao cultural and heritage tourists who are visiting famous attractions in the historic center of Macao, to observe the tourism motivation, perceived value, and destination loyalty of cultural and heritage tourists in Macao. In this study, the results of factor analysis of cultural and heritage tourism motivation show that tourists’ perceived value, which contains three dimensions: scenic value, knowledge value, and social value. These dimensions can be considered as the primary indicators of perceived value which positively influence tourists’ destination loyalty. It is worth noting that the direct effect value of cultural and heritage tourism motivation to destination loyalty through perceived value is greater than tourism motivation’s direct effect on destination loyalty. Therefore, some suggestions have been put forward for the sustainable development of cultural and heritage tourism in Macao. Firstly, attractiveness cultural heritage in Macao should be designed and highlighted according to tourists’ tourism motivation. Secondly, the unique value proposition should be proposed from different dimensions of tourists’ perceived value, allowing tourists to experience the differences of Macao from other destinations. Finally, great importance should also be attached to the management of tourists’ perceived value other than just continuously increasing the attractiveness of cultural heritage itself based on tourists’ tourism motivation, which has an indirect influence on destination loyalty to make publicity for the destination voluntarily of tourists.</p>

Cultural heritage tourism on Peru's north coast

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 200-214
Author(s):  
Natalie M. Underberg-Goode
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
North Coast ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The North ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Cultural Heritage Tourism

Purpose – This paper aims to focus on the impact of cultural heritage tourism in North Coast Peru on local communities and artists, in particular, on efforts to use the burgeoning interest in pre-Inca cultures to involve local communities in the development of tourism. A number of studies have explored the connection between archaeology, cultural heritage, and tourist development in Peru and Latin America. While North Coast Peru is an area rich in pre-Inca cultural heritage, many residents near the impressive archaeological sites are in need of an improved quality of life and more economic development opportunities. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws on ethnographic fieldwork, including interviews with site directors, local development personnel, government officials, and artists as well as observations of relevant tourist-related sites and events, conducted by the author during 2011-2012 in the North Coast cities of Trujillo and Chiclayo. Findings – The so-called “new archaeology” plays an important role in the region by using archaeology, in a sense, as a pretext for community development, while exploiting the historical ties between ancient and modern cultures in the area has provided economic development opportunities for local residents. Projects such as those developed in Chotuna, the Pomac Zone, and Túcume provide opportunities for community participation and development at multiple levels. Further, the historical ties posited between ancient and modern local communities in the area have led to successful projects that recuperate artisan techniques and indigenous crops. Originality/value – As the North Coast undergoes a larger process of re-imagining its historical past and cultural heritage, a focus is needed on efforts to involve local communities in the development of tourism in ways that empower local people and have the potential to lift them out of poverty. In part, then, this project is intended to connect the growing concern for a more nuanced understanding of the non-Quechua [Inca] indigenous cultural heritage of Peru with cultural heritage preservation and tourism studies.

Community Based Eco Cultural Heritage Tourism for Sustainable Development in the Asian Region

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Poyya Moli
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
Local Agenda 21 ◽  
Local Livelihoods ◽  
Cultural Heritage Tourism

Tourism has emerged as one of the world’s largest industries and a fast growing economic sector. The Asian region attracts a growing number of quality-conscious tourists as it is endowed with a rich bio-cultural/heritage diversity. However, the diversity and integrity of many Asian tourist destinations have been severely eroded or irreversibly damaged due to ill-conceived, poorly planned, and under-regulated mass tourism and other human activities, increasing the conflicts between conservation and local livelihoods. Fortunately, the newly emerging community-based eco-cultural heritage tourism (CBECHT) can be effectively used in the region for achieving the objectives of sustainable development by integrating pro-poor tourism approaches. Such approaches are strongly promoted and supported by several international organizations as well as Local Agenda 21. This article provides a broad conceptual framework for this approach and evaluates the potentials and constraints for evolving and implementing such strategies in the region with their policy/planning implications.

scholarly journals Cultural Heritage: The Forgotten Resource for Marketing and Sustainable Development of the Local Communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Călin Vegheș
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Marketing Effort ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
The Future

Under the slogan “Our heritage: where the past meets the future”, European Union has declared 2018 as the European Year of Cultural Heritage in an unprecedented attempt to enable people to become more interested in and involved with the cultural heritage, and to recognize its universal value and importance in the future development of the individuals, communities and societies. In spite of an increased acknowledgement and extending capitalization, the employment of the cultural heritage, in its tangible and intangible forms, as an asset the local communities may benefit from is still limited. The contribution of the cultural heritage to the sustainable development remains less relevant and illustrates the extent toward which individuals and the local communities, consequently societies, are able to preserve, promote and make the most of this forgotten resource. Paper explores the connections between the cultural heritage, marketing and the sustainable development of the local communities based on the secondary data regarding the involvement, perceived importance, access and participation related to the cultural heritage in order to assess if local communities grasp and consider the potential of this heritage to support their sustainable development through of an appropriate marketing effort. Keywords: Cultural heritage, sustainable development, local communities, marketing

Community Based Eco Cultural Heritage Tourism for Sustainable Development in the Asian Region

2013 ◽  
pp. 124-140
Author(s):  
G. Poyya Moli
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
Local Agenda 21 ◽  
Local Livelihoods ◽  
Cultural Heritage Tourism

Tourism has emerged as one of the world’s largest industries and a fast growing economic sector. The Asian region attracts a growing number of quality-conscious tourists as it is endowed with a rich bio-cultural/heritage diversity. However, the diversity and integrity of many Asian tourist destinations have been severely eroded or irreversibly damaged due to ill-conceived, poorly planned, and under-regulated mass tourism and other human activities, increasing the conflicts between conservation and local livelihoods. Fortunately, the newly emerging community-based eco-cultural heritage tourism (CBECHT) can be effectively used in the region for achieving the objectives of sustainable development by integrating pro-poor tourism approaches. Such approaches are strongly promoted and supported by several international organizations as well as Local Agenda 21. This article provides a broad conceptual framework for this approach and evaluates the potentials and constraints for evolving and implementing such strategies in the region with their policy/planning implications.

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