LOCATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS OF CULTURAL TOURISM DESTINATIONS

2000 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-22
Author(s):  
Craig A. Peterson ◽  
Claire McCarthy
Author(s):  
Emanuele Mele ◽  
Lorenzo Cantoni

The globalization of the tourism industry has been made possible thanks to ICTs. From a communication viewpoint, Internet does not know political borders, but still experiences linguistic and cultural ones. This situation requires that publishers provide both a linguistic and a cultural translation of their messages. Only caring for such a comprehensive “localization” will ensure being understandable and attractive for people with different cultural backgrounds. The chapter analyzes (1) the reasons why localization in tourism online communication is needed (with a focus on tourism destinations and cultural tourism); (2) the main needed activities to provide it. It also discusses (3) different practices and strategies (presenting a few cases), as well as (4) the issue of how much localization is needed, and when it may become counter-productive, making the destination too much similar to one's own experience at home.


2022 ◽  
pp. 385-410
Author(s):  
Časlav Kalinić ◽  
Miroslav D. Vujičić

The rise of social media allowed greater people participation online. Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or TikTok enable visitors to share their thoughts, opinions, photos, locations. All those interactions create a vast amount of data. Social media analytics, as a way of application of big data, can provide excellent insights and create new information for stakeholders involved in the management and development of cultural tourism destinations. This chapter advocates for the employment of the big data concept through social media analytics that can contribute to the management of visitors in cultural tourism destinations. In this chapter, the authors highlight the principles of big data and review the most influential social media platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. On that basis, they disclose opportunities for the management and marketing of cultural tourism destinations.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cláudia Henriques ◽  
Manuela Guerreiro ◽  
Júlio Mendes

Cultural Tourism is a promising market segment with higher growth rates than other niches. World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) data indicate that the proportion of international trips accounted for cultural motivations grew from 37% in 1995 to 40% in 2004. Additionally, UNWTO (2015) considers that this type of tourism could, in the future, increase competitiveness, create employment opportunities, generate income for investment in preservation, and simultaneously contribute to a sense of pride and self-esteem among host communities. In this article the authors propose a reflection on cultural tourism, based on the questioning of concepts such as tourism and culture, experiences and transformations. To this purpose, this paper aims to come up with a framework upon which tourism destinations can develop culture-based tourism products.


2020 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 145-159
Author(s):  
Nataša Urošević ◽  
Danijela Grubišić

The paper will elaborate on the current situation and development perspectives in selected Croatian historic towns, reflecting upon innovative models of urban regeneration and social revitalization. Looking for new urban models in the challenging global context, the authors applied the concept of cultural economy or the economics of uniqueness, which connects sustainable urban development with strategic mobilisation of unique local cultural resources. As a case study, the current situation in the cities of Pula and Šibenik (Croatia) was elaborated, which are characterized by the transition from former military and industrial urban models to cultural tourism destinations.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Firman Syah

The research activities carried out are of an inductive qualitative nature located in Urug Indigenous Village, Kiara Pandak Village, Sukajaya District, Bogor Regency, West Java. The informant chosen was Abah Ukat Raja Aya as a traditional figure. Primary data collected directly from informants in the form of questionnaires for direct interviews and supplemented by secondary data from literature studies.As a trace of the legacy of King Siliwangi, Urug Indigenous Village is one of the areas included in the category of cultural tourism destinations, namely the Ministry of Education and Culture with Cultural Institution Number: LK20181124000302 with the proposer being Abah Ukat Raja Aya. For this reason, this research was conducted to find out the history of the birth of the Urug Indigenous Village and the cultural model preserved by the Urug Indigenous Village.The results show that the history of the birth of the Urug Indigenous Village is derived from the word 'teacher', which is an acronym form of digugu and imitated meaning can be trusted and made a role model. As for the journey the origin of the teacher's name because it was deliberately hidden or disguised so as not to be known, the letter ‘g’ moved back to Urug. The cultural model preserved by the First Urug Indigenous Village in terms of hereditary leadership, the existence of a large house as a center of authority for traditional leadership, and the lives of people who have a livelihood from planting to harvesting rice.


2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 881-895 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Carmen Rodríguez-Santos ◽  
Ana M. González-Fernández ◽  
Miguel Cervantes-Blanco

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