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C/T/191. British Museum as heritage tourism destination

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2600
DATE:
2011
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29.99 GBP

The paper examines the resent marketing approaches used by the British Museum to attract visitors to the collections of national heritage exhibited in the museum. The profile of the British Museum is presented touching on its history, architecture, visitors, exhibitions, use of modern technology, etc. The museum’s effectiveness in diversifying and attracting visitors is evaluated.

 

KEYWORDS: British Museum, heritage tourism, visitors’ attraction,

 

C/M/2010. Renaissance of Portsmouth Harbour Project

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2950
DATE:
2011
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29.99 GBP

The paper looks at the strategy of Portsmouth’s regeneration examining stakeholders’ contribution to Portsmouth’s economy, discussing motivations behind Portsmouth Harbour regeneration as a destination for tourism, addressing the problems of regeneration, outlining strategic goals of the project, and analysing the environment of the project implementation including operational, economic, demographic, political, social and cultural environment.

 

KEYWORDS: Portsmouth Harbour, Stakeholders, tourist destination, regeneration,

 

C/T/77. Critical Review of 'Tourist Gaze': Authenticity in Tourism

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3500
DATE:
2008
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39.99 GBP

The paper present a chapter-by-chapter analysis of John Urry's book the 'Tourist Gaze' discussing various examples from the book and reviewing academic literature related to the problem of authenticity in today's heritage tourism.

 

KEYWORDS: t, critical, review, tourist, gaze, authenticity, tourism,

 

S/T/33. 'Heritage places are guilty of sanitising, idealising and distorting the past' (Timothy, 2003). Using examples, critically analyse the suggestion that heritage attractions in Britain today merely provide an unauthentic, nostalgic peepshow into a l

WORDS:
2500
DATE:
2007
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29.99 GBP

The paper examines the UK heritage industry focusing on the concerns about the authenticity of the toured objects and tourist attractions. Academic approaches to authenticity are reviewed discussing the notion of distorted past and reflecting on the importance of history in shaping national culture.

 

KEYWORDS: Heritage, authenticity, tour,