Heritage buildings and tourism
By: Gregory Wilson
Contributors: Horovitz Family Foundation
Publisher: Vdm Verlag
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Saarbrü̈cken, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9783639037753
Subjects: Heritage tourism; Historic sites; Historic buildings; Tourism
Description: "Experiences are now viewed by many authors as being the core offering of tourism. As a result, increased attention has been given in the tourism literature to experiential perspectives in tourism, especially with regards to heritage tourism. However, there remains a lack of research exploring the experiential relationship between heritage buildings and tourism." "This book discusses the nature of experiences gained by international tourists from the heritage buildings in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Specifically, it discusses that a tourism townscape is not a passive space. Heritage buildings render the townscape an experiential space filled with emotion, mindfulness, engagement and personal meaning. These findings have important implications for destination promotion and product development and can aid preservation groups in their goal of protecting valued heritage."--Back cover.
Notes: "This book discusses the nature of experiences gained by international tourists from the heritage buildings in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand."--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references pages 142-164.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Literature review; title: 3. Research context; title: 4. Methods; title: 5. Results : respondents' experiences and narratives; title: 6. Interest in heritage building attributes, and experiences gained by respondents; title: 7. The importance of heritage buildings for international tourism to Hawke's Bay; title: 8. Conclusion