Cultural tourism

Bonet, Lluís

doi:10.4337/9781781008003.00029

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“…The main problem is the definition of cultural tourism (Bonet, 2003;Hughes, 1996). Currently, there are different definitions of cultural tourism ranging from the very narrow, which identifies cultural tourism with the visits of museums and archaeological sites, to a much broader definition that is not able to distinguish cultural tourism from any other tourism experience (ICOMOS, 2002).…”

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Tourism seasonality in cultural destinations: Empirical evidence from Sicily

2011

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Section: Cultural Tourism and Seasonalitymentioning

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Tourism seasonality in cultural destinations: Empirical evidence from Sicily

2011

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“…The collection of articles in Hutter and Rizzo (1997), Peacock (1998), and Rizzo and Towse (2002) also contain references to heritage, as do the more general monographs and collections by Frey (2003), Ginsburgh (2004, Ginsburgh and Throsby (2006), Towse (1997Towse ( , 2003Towse ( , 2010, and Throsby (2001Throsby ( , 2010. The consequences of being listed, in particular on the number of visitors frequenting these Sites, are studied, for example, in Bonet (2003), Tisdell and Wilson (2002), and Yang, Lin, and Han (2009).…”

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What Determines the World Heritage List? An Econometric Analysis

2011

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The official intention of the UNESCO World Heritage List is to protect the global heritage. However, the existing List is highly imbalanced according to countries and continents. Historical reasons, such as historical GDP, population, and number of years of high civilization, have a significant impact on being included on the List. In addition, economic and political factors unrelated to the value of heritage, such as rent seeking by bureaucrats and politicians, the size of the tourist sector, the importance of media, the degree of federalism, and membership in the UN Security Council, influence the composition of the List. (98 Words) JEL Classification: Z11, F5, H87

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“…Cultural tourism is defined as "the movement of persons to cultural attractions away from their normal place of residence with the intention to gather new information and experiences to satisfy their cultural needs" (Bonet, 2003). Among the different activities which may be considered part of the cultural tourism field, museums are the most popular attractions, usually followed by art galleries and monuments (McKercher, 2004).…”

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The Visitors’ Perception of Authenticity at the Museums: Archaeology Versus Modern Art

2012

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The aim of this paper is to analyse quantitatively the visitors' perception of authenticity in two different types of museums: archaeology versus modern and contemporary art.The research is based on 1,288 questionnaires collected from June to September 2011 among the visitors of the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology (ÖTZI) in Bolzano and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MART) in Trento-Rovereto. Logit models were used in order to estimate the set of independent variables that significantly influence both the perception of the authenticity and the "virtual" choice between the two types of museums considered. The results suggested that the authenticity perception was related to peculiar authenticity-related factors and by specific socio-demographic characteristics of the interviewee, although some common elements emerge. In particular, ÖTZI authenticity is linked to its uniqueness in the world, whereas MART visitors relate authenticity to the museum's building and the perception that it was not just a tourist attraction. The empirical evidence confirms the well-known concept that authenticity perception is a dynamic experience, depending on the peculiar characteristics of the attraction analysed.

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Cultural tourism

Cited by 20 publications

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Tourism seasonality in cultural destinations: Empirical evidence from Sicily

Tourism seasonality in cultural destinations: Empirical evidence from Sicily

What Determines the World Heritage List? An Econometric Analysis

The Visitors’ Perception of Authenticity at the Museums: Archaeology Versus Modern Art

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