The authentic souvenir: What does it mean to souvenir suppliers in the heritage destination?

Soukhathammavong, Bouavanh; Park, Eerang

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2018.11.015

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“…They are objects of idealized reality, substituting for places visited by the tourists during their trip. As research in Laos has shown that authentic souvenirs need to integrate culture and history to represent place identity of the destination, to be handmade, to have a unique, attractive presentation and to require local-specific skills of local artisans [11]. Criteria used by tourists from Midwestern US to define authenticity included craft uniqueness, workmanship, aesthetics and use, cultural and historical integrity, and genuineness; characteristics of the craftperson and the shopping experience also contributed to authenticity [12].…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Young People Collecting Natural Souvenirs: A Perspective of Sustainability and Marketing

Pabian

Brzeziński

2020

Sustainability

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Collecting of natural souvenirs causes destruction of the natural environment as well as social and economic problems. The article shows that the next generation will have a tendency to aggravate such problems by collecting natural souvenirs. To discover the preferences of young people related to collecting natural souvenirs, the authors performed a survey in Poland on a sample of 426 persons aged 21–30. The survey has shown that 80.7% of young people participating in tourist trips bring souvenirs to their places of residence. As much as 61.4% collect natural souvenirs. Most people bring shells (53.9%), rocks (22.7%), and sand from seaside beaches (18.0%). Natural souvenirs are important to young Poles. This is confirmed by the following major motivations for collection: natural souvenirs are unique (26.2%), genuine (23.8%), bring back the best memories (22.6%), and cannot be bought in stores (14.5%). Only 9.8% of those surveyed oppose bringing of natural souvenirs, 5.2% deem such practices unlawful, and 11.2% recognize their detrimental effect on local tourist attractions. The article presents demarketing actions, which can largely stem the negative phenomenon of collection of natural souvenirs.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Young People Collecting Natural Souvenirs: A Perspective of Sustainability and Marketing

Pabian

Brzeziński

2020

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“…It is essential to get artisans to exchange knowledge, crafts-specific technology, and supporting technologies among themselves, i.e., to have the function of the subject matter, aesthetics, and its cultural significance embedded in the package to be offered (Soukhathammavong and Park, 2019;Luckman, 2018).…”

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Organizational characterization of craftsmanship in northern of Valle del Cauca

2020

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Young creators, designers, and master artisans are reinventing craftsmanship with their freshness and daring and turning it into a laboratory for sensory, emotional, and symbolic experiences. This paper will present artisans’ organizational status in the development of such a profession or craft in the municipalities that are part of the northern region of Valle del Cauca (Colombia). For this purpose, we resorted to documentary analysis and inquiries with stakeholders to characterize the region socially and demographically, for its geographical location, and identifying comparative and competitive advantages in the territory, according to the productive vocation of the municipalities and their relationship with crafts production. Likewise, the research analyzes artisans’ capabilities as a dynamizing sector for social, economic, and organizational processes. This study is a preliminary approach because its results are inconclusive, thus allowing other researchers to develop into the importance of the artisanal sector for the socio-economic development of the northern region of Valle del Cauca. The strategic approaches outlined in this paper are those consolidated with the stakeholders, who have enabled the craft sector’s strengthening through innovative proposals regarding the management of their workshops and business units.

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“…The authors call this 'falsely authentic souvenirs' (Dumbrovská and Fialová 2019, 11). Souvenirs are also investigated by Soukhathammavong and Park (2019) and, in the case of a World Heritage Site, the local population has a clear idea what is authentic and what is not. There are also cases in which souvenirs are considered authentic by tourists in general, but the view of what constitutes this authenticity differs between local and foreign tourists (Elomba and Yun 2018).…”

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A critical realist appraisal of authenticity in tourism: the case of the Sámi

Bernardi

2019

Journal of Critical Realism

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This article explores the critical realist conceptualization of authenticity through its development in tourism, especially in relation to indigenous Sámi culture. Authenticity is discussed through the often relativistic perspectives surrounding it. This paper proposes a middle ground between objective and existential views; it considers authenticity to be a compromise, and it focuses on both universal components (present in all Sámi people in the tourism context) as well as mediated components (such as characteristics differently influenced by geo-history). The role of cultural tourism labels is also discussed. The overlying objective is to conceptualize authenticity so that it produces a positive effect on the tourism operations of Sámi people. Specifically, it argues that the use of certain labels or certifications, based on the concrete universal aspects of Sámi, can be beneficial. If the Sámi themselves are involved in the creation of such labels, they need not betray the objective of respecting Sámi culture.

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The authentic souvenir: What does it mean to souvenir suppliers in the heritage destination?

Cited by 80 publications

References 35 publications

Young People Collecting Natural Souvenirs: A Perspective of Sustainability and Marketing

Young People Collecting Natural Souvenirs: A Perspective of Sustainability and Marketing

Organizational characterization of craftsmanship in northern of Valle del Cauca

A critical realist appraisal of authenticity in tourism: the case of the Sámi

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