Cultural Heritage and Tourism in the Developing World is the first
book of its kind to synthesize global and regional issues,
challenges, and practices related to cultural heritage and tourism,
specifically in less-developed nations. The importance of
preservation and management of cultural heritage has been realized
as an increasing number of tourists are visiting heritage
attractions. Although many of the issues and challenges developing
countries face in terms of heritage management are quite different
from those in the developed world, there is a lack of consolidated
research on this important subject. This seminal book tackles the
issues through theoretical discourse, ideas and problems that
underlay heritage tourism in terms of conservation, management,
economics and underdevelopment, politics and power, resource
utilization, colonialism, and various other antecedent notions that
have shaped the development of heritage tourism in the
less-developed regions of the world. The book is comprised of two
sections. The first section highlights the broader conceptual
underpinnings, debates, and paradigms in the realm of heritage
tourism in developing regions. The chapters of this section examine
heritage resources and the tourism product; protecting heritage
relics, places and traditions; politics of heritage; and the
impacts of heritage tourism. The second section examines heritage
tourism issues in specific regions, including the Pacific Islands,
South Asia, the Caribbean, China and Northeast Asia, South-East
Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle
East and North Africa, and Latin America. Each region has unique
histories, cultures, political traditions, heritages, issues and
problems, and the way these issues are tackled vary from place to
place. This volume develops frameworks that are useful tools for
heritage managers, planners and policy-makers, researchers, and
students in understanding the complexity of cultural heritage and
tourism in the developing world. Unlike many other books written
about developing regions, this book provides insiders'
perspectives, as most of the empirical chapters are authored by the
individuals who live or have lived in the various regions and have
a greater understanding of the region's culture, history, and
operational frameworks in the realm of cultural heritage. The
richness of this 'indigenous' or expert knowledge comes through as
each regional overview elucidates the primary challenges and
opportunities facing heritage and tourism managers in the less
affluent areas of the world.
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