The attractiveness of archaeological sites in Greece: a spatial analysis

Polyzos, Serafeim; Arabatzis, Garyfallos; Tsiantikoudis, Stavros

doi:10.1504/ijtp.2007.017040

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“…In particular, the most popular activities undertaken by all artists were based upon the exploration of the archaeological sites and historical places of the island. This finding confirms that the historical and archaeological resources of Crete are very important components for the attraction of artists, as has been also found by various studies (e.g., Apostolakis & Jaffry, 2007;Polyzos et al, 2007), who explored the ways that tourists in Crete and Greece interact with the past and present culture, mainly the archaeological sites and museums.…”

Section: Touristic Rolesupporting

confidence: 87%

Traveling Artists' Roles: an Asynchronous Email Interview

Andriotis¹

2021

Tourism Analysis

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This study uses as a case a dilapidated neighbourhood to broaden the conventional view of traveling artists as creative producers of artistic spaces with tourism potential. By adopting an asynchronous email interviewing methodology this study found that the traveling artists under study place emphasis on long-term travel schedules that allow them to perform three roles while visiting Lakkos, those of tourists, artists and volunteers. These attributes distinguish them not only from mainstream tourists visiting Crete, but also from cultural, art and creative tourists. The findings of the study are discussed in relation to the methodology of asynchronous email interviewing and the findings of past research.

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Section: Touristic Rolesupporting

confidence: 87%

Traveling Artists' Roles: an Asynchronous Email Interview

Andriotis¹

2021

Tourism Analysis

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“…The indigenous heritage of the place has played a substantial influential role in the theme of the mural with several murals in this group to have been inspired by the Minoan culture. Thus, the history and archaeology still play a primary role for the selection of murals' themes, and perhaps for the decision of traveling artists to visit Crete, as has been reported by Apostolakis and Jaffry (2007) and Polyzos et al (2007), who supported that foreign tourists in Crete interact with the islands past and present culture, mainly its archaeological sites and museums. This was not unexpected because murals can be considered as another manifestation of cultural heritage and therefore artists are required to create artworks related to the culture of the place (Frost & Laing, 2017;Valek, 2018).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 87%

Typology of Art Produced by Traveling Artists: Art-led Regeneration of an Historic Urban Environment

Andriotis¹

2022

Tourism Culture & Communication

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Taking as a case the art-led regeneration of the derelict district of Lakkos in Heraklion town (Crete), the purpose of this exploratory study is to add to the knowledge of art produced by travelling artists as an important part of the town’s tourist offer by offering a rich contextual analysis of the mural images they produced and giving priority to their views. It adopts three data collection methods, photographic documentation (25 mural images), observations, and asynchronous email interviews with 21 traveling artists. By applying a typology in the main theme of each mural and by using travelling artists’ narratives three main groups of murals emerged, namely heritage-inspired, place-inspired and socially-inspired. The data collected are discussed in relation to the problems accrued from the gentrification of Lakkos through mural-based development. Due to limited past research, the typology that emerged from this study is only applicable to the case under study.

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“…There is a growing global awareness about the impacts of climate change on cultural and natural heritage sites. Greece, a homeland of important historical and cultural resources, which provide educational, aesthetic, scientific, spiritual, and recreation services [58], and consist tourist attractions that significantly contribute to the economic growth of the country [59], is vulnerable to future, extreme, climate change and global warming-related, flood events [60].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hydrological Modeling for Flood Adaptation under Climate Change: The Case of the Ancient Messene Archaeological Site in Greece

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Dimitriou

2022

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There is a growing global awareness about the impacts of climate change on cultural and natural heritage sites. In Greece—a homeland of important historical and cultural resources—archaeological sites are vulnerable to climate change-related flood events. In order to investigate the flood risk of the archaeological site of Ancient Messene under different climate change projections, a physically-based hydrological model was implemented and six climate change scenarios were examined. Additionally, the effectiveness of a soft structural nature-based solution adaption plan was evaluated. Based on the results, the archaeological site of Ancient Messene is shielded against small or larger flood events and only in case of extreme precipitation events is the area likely to be at risk. This flood risk can be further eliminated after implementing the soft structural nature-based solution adaptation plan proposed. Nature-based solutions provide a cost-effective alternative approach for flood risk reduction and climate change adaptation, with minimum possible disturbance, while hydrological modeling, even in case of data scarcity, constitute a valuable tool for flood risk estimation and adaptation plan management. Nature-based solutions seems to be most effective against small or medium precipitation events, and to limit the damages of extreme events. Their benefits for flood adaptation should not be underestimated.

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The attractiveness of archaeological sites in Greece: a spatial analysis

Cited by 11 publications

References 14 publications

Traveling Artists' Roles: an Asynchronous Email Interview

Traveling Artists' Roles: an Asynchronous Email Interview

Typology of Art Produced by Traveling Artists: Art-led Regeneration of an Historic Urban Environment

Hydrological Modeling for Flood Adaptation under Climate Change: The Case of the Ancient Messene Archaeological Site in Greece

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