Cultural attractions and European tourism
By: edited by Greg Richards.
Contributors: Richards, Greg.
Publisher: CABI Pub.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Heritage tourism -- Europe
Description: "This book reviews the cultural tourism market in Europe based on recent surveys. It analyses the way in which cultural attractions are produced for and used by cultural tourists. It also examines specific types of cultural attractions including museums, art galleries, monuments and heritage attractions and the management, marketing and cultural issues surrounding them. It is of interest to those working and researching in the areas of leisure and tourism and cultural heritage studies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The development of cultural tourism in Europe / Greg Richards; title: The market for cultural attractions / Greg Richards; title: The experience industry and the creation of attractions / Greg Richards; title: The cultural attraction distribution system / Greg Richards, Saskia Goedhart and Carla Herrijgers; title: The Bonnefanten museum, Maastricht / Wil Munsters; title: Urban regeneration and Glasgow's galleries with particular reference to the Burrell collection / David Leslie; title: Clonmacnoise: a monastic site, burial ground and tourist attraction / Frances McGettigan and Kevin Burns; title: Cultural heritage sites and their visitors: too many for too few? / Sue Berry and Graham Shephard; title: Urban heritage tourism: globalization and localization / Michael Green; title: The Budapest spring festival: a festival for Hungarians? / László Puczkó and Tamara Rátz; title: The consumption of cultural tourism in Poland / Barbara Marciszewska; title: Creative industries as milieux of innovation: the Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam / Caro Bonink and Erik Hitters; title: European cultural attractions; trends and prospects / Greg Richards.