scholarly journals Role of Information Technology in heritage tourism: UNESCO World Heritage sites of Sri Lanka

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
A. Abeysinghe ◽  
A. Abeysinghe
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Role Of Information

Tourists’ revisit intention to UNESCO world heritage sites in a developing nation: Investigating the mediating role of place dependence

2020 ◽  
pp. 135676672096973
Author(s):  
Abdul Hazif Abdul Hamid ◽  
Mohd Rosli Mohamad ◽  
Norazah Mohd Suki
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Developing Nation ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Revisit Intention ◽  
Place Dependence

The purpose for this study is to examine the factors affecting tourists’ revisit intention to UNESCO World Heritage Sites in a developing nation. Additionally, the mediating role of place dependence on this relationship is also inspected. Data were collected via a structured questionnaire from 300 foreign tourists visiting heritage sites in Penang, Malaysia, and were analysed via the Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) approach. Empirical results revealed that emotion of joy, love, and positive surprise, and place dependence affect tourists’ revisit intention to UNESCO World Heritage Sites in a developing nation. Furthermore, the indirect influence of the emotion of positive surprise on tourists’ revisit intention to UNESCO World Heritage Sites via place dependence was the strongest, with the emotions of joy and love ranking behind. The findings suggest that tourism authorities, tourism practitioners, and tourism managements should actively engage with existing tourists and potential tourists via digital marketing platforms and social media marketing tools in order to create long-term engagement and promote the connection of heritage tourism to personal feelings in a memorable way. This permits gathering of high volumes of information from other tourists who share their exciting travel-related details of their visits to UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This study adds the current body of knowledge by furnishing a better empirical understanding of the significant evidence to support the notion that returning tourists (i.e. repeaters) are heavily influenced by emotional aspects and bonding arising from their positive memory during the visit. Directions for future research are also offered.

scholarly journals Role of Visitor Management for Enhanced Visitor Experience atUNESCO World Heritage Sites:A Case Study of QutubMinar andHumayun’s Tomb

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-33
Author(s):  
Monika Aggarwal ◽  
Paramita Suklabaidya
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Visitor Experience ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Visitor Management ◽  
Heritage Sites

The World Heritage Sites identified by UNESCO are popular with the tourists globally looking for Cultural Heritage Tourism experience. These heritage sites serve as powerful motivators in tourists’ journeys as their significance is universal and it transcends cultural values across the nations. In modern times, increased awareness of the popular UNESCO World Heritage Sites through publicity, word of mouth, pulls visitors to these resources and in the process increases the expectation level of prospective visitor from the site.

Raman Spectroscopic Study of Valuable Idols from UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu, Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
T. Katuwal ◽  
S. K. Acharya ◽  
B. Bashyal ◽  
C. Neupane ◽  
B. Sapkota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage ◽  
Spectral Studies ◽  
Vibrational Modes ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Major Band ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Raman Spectroscopic ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Stretching Vibration ◽  
Raman Spectral

As an important step towards the conservation of valuable world heritage assets in Kathmandu, we performed Raman spectral studies on several valuable idols located in UNESCO World Heritage Sites for internal identification purposes. A spectrum of a stone idol in the Mohankali Chowk has a major band at 1093.5 cm-1 which may be identified as a C-O stretching vibration within the carbonate groups of CaCO3. The Raman spectra of a bull situated in the same Chowk has two major bands at the wavenumbers of 1812.7 and 3552.4 cm-1 which are assigned as combined vibrational modes of CO3 and hydroxyl stretching band, respectively. Similarly, the spectrum of a Shivalinga located at Pashupati Bankali has a major band at 467.7 cm-1. This band is formed by the movement of the oxygen atom in Si-O-Si, which is a symmetric stretching mode indicating the presence of crystalline silica (SiO2) in the Shivalinga. The Raman spectrum of Lord Changunarayan in Garuda located in the Changunarayan temple premises has a strong band at the wavenumber 462.6 cm-1, denoting the presence of quartz (SiO2).

The Heritagization of Islamic and Secular Architecture

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa De Jorio
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Sacred Sites ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Cultural Patrimony ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Media ◽  
State Organizations ◽  
Selection Of

This chapter discusses the challenges encountered by state and quasi-state organizations in transforming some of the Djenné-based sacred sites into public heritage sites. It analyzes the centrality of Sudanese architecture in colonial and postcolonial representations of Mali, including the construction of models of the Great Mosque of Djenné in the context of worldwide expositions featuring Mali's artistic and artisanal products. It highlights some of the additional challenges (and possibilities) opened up by the inscription of the towns of Djenné on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list and Djennenkés' critical perspectives on the criteria and objectives overseeing the management of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Through an analysis grounded in a postcolonial revision of Bennett's exhibitionary complex, the chapter also addresses state and quasi-state attempts to diversify the selection of the cultural patrimony to be restored. It examines the reinvention of the youth house of the Saho, which is being reconceived in bureaucratic reports and the media as an example of Mal's secular patrimony. Such transformations in state narratives of the Saho represent an effort to mitigate opposition by religious leaders—whose perspectives are shaped not merely by religious concerns but also by an array of other considerations (including economic and political ones).

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