Tourist Attractions : : From Object to Narrative / / Johan R. Edelheim.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Edelheim, Johan R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Tourism and Cultural Change ; 46
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures, Tables and Boxes --; Acknowledgements --; Prologue: 'So, what's wrong with the Old Way?' --; Part 1. Tourist attractions --; 1. Defining TAs --; 2. Managing TAs --; 3. Maintaining TAs --; Part 2. Deconstructing TAs --; Interlude A --; 4. Reading TAs --; 5. Forming TAs --; 6. Forging TAs --; Part 3. Constructing TAs --; Interlude B --; 7. Experiencing TAs --; 8. Performing TAs --; 9. Remembering TAs --; Epilogue --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781845415433; 9783110754377
• DOI: 10.21832/9781845415433
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Johan R. Edelheim.

Tourist attractions constitute the metaphorical 'heart' of tourism. This book aims to both deconstruct and construct what tourist attractions are, how we perceive them and how we can enhance our understanding of what attracts us as tourists. The volume reaches beyond current ideas about the ways tourist attractions are created, shaped and packaged. It focuses on the importance and subjective nature of identity, memory, narrative and performance in the tourist experience to find new ways of analysing and managing tourist attractions. The book will appeal to researchers and students in tourism and destination management and heritage and indigenous tourism.