Walking along the Sheeptrack…Rural Tourism, Ecomuseums, and Bio-Cultural Heritage

Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development

Tourism and Digitization of Cultural Heritage

In the contemporary society memory institutions experience great changes associated with digitization-the new method for preservation, education and access. Since in many cases memory institutions have the insufficient budgets, commercial promotion of cultural heritage can be seen as an alternative financial source indicating the possible niches, like cultural tourism, in the digital services m...

Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Heritage – the Concept of ‘ Collective Bio - Cultural Heritage ’

IIED together with researchers in Peru, Panama, India, China and Kenya is conducting participatory research on traditional knowledge systems of indigenous and local communities and the role of customary law in protecting traditional knowledge . Through communitylevel case studies, we aim to ensure that international and national policy is built on a good understanding of local realities, norms ...

Cultural Heritage and Identity in the Contemporary Tourism Development

Culture and heritage have been increasingly recognised as means of sustainable social and economic development and an important element of tourist motivation. However, the recent development of cultural tourism indicates the problem of massification, offering conventional products based on serial reproductions of culture. Due to factors such as globalisation and the importance of cultural diver...

Chapter 88 Creative Tourism and Cultural Heritage : A New Perspective

This chapter analyses how cultural heritage destinations should evolve to keep pace with changes in the demand for cultural tourism. The empirical evidence shows that the most important heritage destinations suffer from a misalignment of their value propositions with respect to the new needs of cultural tourists. These types of gaps can be filled only by understanding the features and evolution...