Sustainability and Visitor Management in Tourist Historic Cities

Sustainability and Visitor Management in Tourist Historic Cities
Author: Rubén Camilo Lois González
Publisher: Mdpi AG
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2020-08-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9783039362448

This Special Issue on 'Sustainability and Visitor Management in Tourist Historic Cities' explores new trends and methods that contribute to sustainable practices for tourism planning and management in historic cities. Thanks to the differentiated approaches adopted by the authors, the Special Issue reflects on the environmental, physical, cultural, and social effects that tourism activity provokes in tourist historic cities. Considering the present debate on tourism in historic cities, there is a special focus on resident perceptions and the social problems and conflicts associated with various tourist activities that have emerged in recent years. New methodologies and sources to measure tourism impacts are also addressed in this book, especially the use of big data technology, another relevant topic. Papers include one literature review and six case studies in the historic cities of Seville and Toledo (Spain), Venice and Matera (Italy), and Porto (Portugal) and Popayán (Colombia). This Special Issue provides practical tools and policy recommendations to measure tourism impacts and promote sustainable management in tourist historic cities.

Tourists in Historic Towns

Tourists in Historic Towns
Author: Aylin Orbasli
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1135801665

Examines the relationship of culture, heritage, conservation and tourism development in historic towns and urban centres, debating the impacts of tourism and the role tourism plays in conservation and urban continuity.

The Tourist-Historic City

The Tourist-Historic City
Author: G.J. Ashworth
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2000-11-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136355790

Reflects the importance of heritage to cities, and cities to the creation and marketing of heritage products, not least within tourism. This book presents a review of the state of urban heritage tourism at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Managing Heritage and Cultural Tourism Resources

Managing Heritage and Cultural Tourism Resources
Author: Dallen J. Timothy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 623
Release: 2017-03-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351920537

This three volume reference series provides an authoritative and comprehensive set of volumes collecting together the most influential articles and papers on tourism, heritage and culture. The papers have been selected and introduced by Dallen Timothy, one of the leading international scholars in tourism research. The first volume 'Managing Heritage and Cultural Tourism Resources' deals primarily with issues of conservation, interpretation, impacts of tourism and the management of those impacts. Sold individually and as a set, this series will prove an essential reference work for scholars and students in geography, tourism and heritage studies, cultural studies and beyond.

Managing Tourism in Historic Cities

Managing Tourism in Historic Cities
Author: Krzysztof Broński
Publisher:
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1992
Genre: Tourism
ISBN:

Contains the papers of the seminar and a summary of the discussions. Most papers concern the situation in Kraków, while others give a wider perspective of the management of tourism in historic cities.

Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Local Development

Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Local Development
Author: Luigi Fusco Girard
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351946900

With the exponential rise in leisure mobility, tourism has increasingly become of great economic significance. Cultural heritage, such as museums, churches, historical landscapes, urban parks, and exhibitions attract many visitors and countries, regions and cities which house such historic-cultural amenities have seen increasingly large waves of tourists. While an avalanche of tourists has a positive impact on the local economy, such modern mass tourism also brings about negative externalities such as congestion, decline in quality of life, low access to cultural amenities and loss of local identity; to the extent that the sustainability conditions of a locality might be endangered. This tourism dilemma is particularly pronounced in cities with a rich cultural past, such as Venice, Naples and Amsterdam. Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars from North America and Europe, this book examines the interface of local cultural resources and modern mass tourism from a sustainability perspective. It puts forward innovative methodologies and best case practice for future cultural conservation policies.

Visitor Management

Visitor Management
Author: Myra Shackley
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2009-11-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136349561

'Visitor Management' is an innovative collection of case studies taken from cultural World Heritage Sites. Using examples from the world's most significant archaeological and architectural legacies this book identifies the problems involved with site management. Cultural World Heritage Sites are extremely attractive to contemporary visitors. This poses many problems for site management, notably the need to preserve a delicate balance between interpretation, conservation and the provision of visitor facilities. This contributed title takes examples from a range of UNESCO World Heritage Sites and shows models of good practice looking at the functions of the different organizations involved and the range of variation among sites. The contributors have international expertise and draw on first-hand knowledge at a practical level. 'Visitor Management: Case studies from World Heritage Sites' is ideal for practitioners and students involved in heritage management and conservation management. Undergraduate and postgraduate students in tourism, leisure and hospitality will also find this book an invaluable read. Myra Shackley is Professor of Culture Resource Management and Head of the Centre for Tourism and Visitor Management at Nottingham Trent University. Her research interests lie in the management of cultural and wildlife tourism, particularly in relation to Protected Areas and World Heritage Sites. She has published eleven previous books, of which the last was 'Wildlife Tourism' (International Thompson Business Press, 1996) and has extensive research and consultancy interests within the field of visitor management.

Managing Historic Cities

Managing Historic Cities
Author: Zbigniew Zuziak
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1993
Genre: Cities and towns
ISBN:

Attention is given to heritage management and planning; instruments of urban regeneration and land use control; and case studies of Krakøw, Lødz, Glasgow, Cardiff, and the London docklands.

Planning for Tourism, Leisure and Sustainability

Planning for Tourism, Leisure and Sustainability
Author: Anthony S. Travis
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781845937430

Providing a wide range of case studies in sustainable tourism planning, this authoritative work presents cases at both international and national levels as well as on a regional, sub-regional, urban, local and site scale. Drawing on the author's world-wide experience and with contributions from professionals in the field, this book takes a comparative approach relating to different economic, political and temporal dimensions, examining established initiatives both in the context of the standards of the time and from a modern perspective looking back. With an emphasis on sustainability, this un.