Legacy tourism: the search for personal meaning in heritage travel

McCain, Gary; Ray, Nina M.

doi:10.1016/s0261-5177(03)00048-7

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“…However, the case of the Royal Opera House is different as it has been associated with other landmarks typical of London and given an important role in the nation's cultural heritage. Therefore, the notion of personal connectivity supported by Marschall (2015) and McCain and Ray (2003) should always take into account the individual's background in terms of origin (Guachalla, 2016).…”

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The Royal Opera House and Covent Garden: A symbiotic and complex touristic relationship

Guachalla

2017

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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The Royal Opera House has a longstanding and solid relationship with Covent Garden, which is an environmentally clustered urban area for tourism and culture rich in heritage, commercial ambience and provision of different types of performing arts. Located within the core of the area opposite its popular market place, its opulent main entrance faces a less visited precinct. This makes the building less visible to the area's visitors raising questions about its role in the perception of Covent Garden. Given that current studies on flagship developments tend to focus on contemporary projects, this research aims to understand the influence that a well-established cultural flagship exerts in the perception of a popular area for tourism using the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden as a case study. To address this aim, a social constructivist approach was adopted and 306 semi-structured interviews were conducted with domestic and international visitors throughout six locations within the area to understand the role of the Opera House in the perception of Covent Garden. Findings indicate that cultural flagships tend to be stereotyped as grandiose freestanding buildings which is not the Royal Opera House's case given Covent Garden's urban density. Instead, its flagship status is related to the quality of its productions and its historical attachment to the area. This is rooted in the attraction of a diverse set of visitors and international talent leading to a cosmopolitan ambience and a strong sense of civic pride as the UK's leading provider of opera and ballet productions.

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The Royal Opera House and Covent Garden: A symbiotic and complex touristic relationship

Guachalla

2017

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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“…Cultural distance is a notion related to personal background and origin, indicating that social constructivisim is an approach that would allow exploring and understanding how each individual's personal heritage (Timothy and Boyd, 2003;McCain and Ray, 2003) influence the experience of cultural tourism. This is especially applicable to an urban precinct that is visited by individuals from different parts of the world and interpret their surroundings in unique ways.…”

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“…The mother indicated that it was the Opera House's Corinthian architecture in Bow Street, whereas the daughter mentioned the modern 'Bridge of Aspiration' featuring glazed intervals supported by a complex aluminium structure in Floral Street, with both interviewees recognising the bias that their age exerts on their opinions. These contrasts evidence that the perception and interpretation of the area, along with the experiences that its tourists seek, are sometimes subject to their age groups (Timothy and Boyd, 2003;McCain and Ray, 2003;Milman, 1998).…”

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Perception and experience of urban areas for cultural tourism: A social constructivist approach in Covent Garden

Guachalla

2016

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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Covent Garden is firmly established in London’s tourism landscape due to its commercial sector, distinctive architecture and provision of different forms of performing arts including the UK’s leading Opera House at its core. This study aims to understand the factors that shape the tourists’ perception and experience of this long standing urban precinct and the influence that the Royal Opera House exerts on these processes. It contributes to the understanding of how a well-established area is perceived and experienced by tourists exposed to a range of stimulating factors including a cultural flagship for the performing arts. A social constructivist approach was adopted to address this complex area of study from a non-foundational perspective. A total of 306 semi-structured interviews were conducted in a variety of locations revealing that age and nationality are fundamental elements underpinning the tourists’ perception and experience of place leading to a process of cultural appraisal.

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“…Nos origines, toutefois, ne renvoient pas seulement à notre appartenance à des communautés plus ou moins larges, mais aussi à notre héritage familial, lignager, même si, là encore, chacun conserve une marge de liberté quant aux éléments auxquels il entend attribuer une valeur particulière. Mc Cain et Ray (2003) proposent la dénomination de legacy tourism pour désigner cette quête généalogique des racines. Mais les motivations qui poussent les touristes majoritairement issus des grandes métropoles (urbains, périurbains et rurbains) à retourner sur le lieu d'origine de leurs familles, là où, estimentils, se trouvent leurs racines, sont multiples, au risque d'être parfois contradictoires.…”

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Revenir plus ou moins régulièrement sur les lieux de ses origines familiales avérées, supposées ou imaginaires pour y faire des séjours de vacances et de loisirs, voilà une mobilité rétroactive — à la marge, certes, mais significative — aux migrations de travail orientées vers les grandes métropoles, fussent-elles régionales, nationales ou internationales. Reste que le phénomène est diversifié, notamment en ce qui concerne l’implication du migrant temporaire (en général), qui va de la simple consultation généalogiste d’un registre paroissial à l’implantation plus durable d’actifs ou de retraités. Si le prétexte identitaire est en apparence le même, les déclinaisons qu’il prend sont multiples et complexes, particulièrement en termes de recomposition territoriale. Cet article, après avoir traité de la complexité du phénomène, aborde à travers la question biaisée de sa légitimité le problème de sa représentation, avant d’évaluer enfin les retombées locales paradoxales en termes d’impact spatial, de présentiel (forme et intensité de la présence des touristes : répartition dans le temps, durée) voire d’identité territoriale.

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Legacy tourism: the search for personal meaning in heritage travel

Cited by 181 publications

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The Royal Opera House and Covent Garden: A symbiotic and complex touristic relationship

The Royal Opera House and Covent Garden: A symbiotic and complex touristic relationship

Perception and experience of urban areas for cultural tourism: A social constructivist approach in Covent Garden

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