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The Impact of Culture on Tourism
The Impact of Culture on Tourism
Cultural tourism is one of the largest and fastest-growing global tourism markets. Culture and creative industries are increasingly being used to promote destinations and enhance their competitiveness and attractiveness. Many locations are now actively developing their tangible and intangible cultural assets as a means of developing comparative advantages in an increasingly competitive tourism marketplace, and to create local distinctiveness in the face of globalisation. The Impact of Culture on Tourism examines the growing relationship between tourism and culture, and the way in which they have together become major drivers of destination attractiveness and competitiveness. Based on recent case studies that illustrate the different facets of the relationship between tourism, culture and regional attractiveness, and the policy interventions which can be taken to enhance the relationship, this publication shows how a strong link between tourism and culture can be fostered to help places become more attractive to tourists, as well as increasing their competitiveness as locations to live, visit, work and invest in. The book is essential reading for academics, national and local policy makers and practitioners and all those in the tourism sector who wish to understand the relationship between culture, tourism and destination attractiveness.
ISBN Number: 9789264056480 Publication Date: January 2009 Pages: 156 Number of tables: 14 Number of graphs: 4
Table of contents Foreword Executive Summary PART I. INCREASING THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF DESTINATIONS THROUGH CULTURAL RESOURCES Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Roles and Impact of Culture and Tourism on Attractiveness Chapter 3. Policies and Programmes for Culture and Tourism Chapter 4. Conclusions, Policy Implications, and Long-Term Challenges Bibliography PART II. CASE STUDIES FROM FIVE OECD COUNTRIES Chapter 5. Introduction Chapter 6. The Port Arthur Historic Site, Australia Chapter 7. The Vorarlberg Province, Austria Chapter 8. Temple Stay Program, Republic of Korea Chapter 9 State of Michoacan, Mexico Chapter 10. The Industrial Monuments Route of the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Annex A. Summary of Culture and Tourism Case Studies
How to obtain this publication Readers can access the full version of The Impact of Culture on Tourism by choosing from the following options: Subscribers and readers at subscribing institutions can access the online edition via SourceOECD , our online library. Non-subscribers can purchase the PDF e-book and/or paper copy via our Online Bookshop . Order from your local distributor Government officials with accounts (subscribe ) can go to the "Books" tab on OLIS. Access by password for accredited journalists
Additional Material The analysis of this book is largely based on case studies provided by the following OECD countries: Australia, Austria, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey. The case studies illustrate different aspects of the relationship between tourism, culture and regional attractiveness and the policy interventions which can be taken to enhance this relationship. A selection of downloadable case studies have been made available: Australia - Tourism Tasmania and the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority Austria - The Vorarlberg Province Korea - Temple Stay Programme Mexico - State of Michoacán Poland - The Industrial Monuments Route of the Silesian Voivodeship Portugal - European Network of Village Tourism Romania - Oltenia Project Slovak Republic - The Žilina self-governing region
Multilingual Summaries Various sections of the publication has been translated into several languages and are available as free downloads (pdf): French (Français) - Partie I. Renforcer l’Attractivite des Destinations grace aux Ressources Culturelles German (Deutsch) - Kurzdarstellung Spanish - Parte I. Cómo aumentar el atractivo de los destinos mediante el uso de los recursos culturales
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