Performing cultural tourism : communities, tourists and creative practices

Abstract

This book brings together new ideas about cultural experiences and how communities, creative producers, and visitors can productively engage with competing interests and notions of experience and authenticity in the tourist environment. Part I: Considers the experiences of communities in meeting the needs of cultural tourists in an international context. Part II: Analyses the relationships between individualcultural tourists, the community, and digital technology. Finally, Part III: Responds to new methodologies in relation to interactions between government and regional policy and community development.