Cultural attractions and European tourism / / edited by Greg Richards

• Pubblicazione: New York, : CABI Pub., 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/7914
• Soggetto topico: Heritage tourism - Europe
• Altri autori: RichardsGreg
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Preface; I Development of Cultural Tourism and Cultural Attractions; 1 The Development of Cultural Tourism in Europe; 2 The Market for Cultural Attractions; 3 The Experience Industry and the Creation of Attractions; 4 The Cultural Attraction Distribution System; II Case Studies of European Cultural Attractions; 5 The Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht; 6 Urban Regeneration and Glasgow's Galleries with Particular Reference to the Burrell Collection; 7 Clonmacnoise: a Monastic Site, Burial Ground and Tourist Attraction ; 8 Cultural Heritage Sites and Their Visitors: Too Many for Too Few?9 Urban Heritage Tourism: Globalization and Localization; 10 The Budapest Spring Festival: a Festival for Hungarians?; 11 The Consumption of Cultural Tourism in Poland; 12 Creative Industries as Milieux of Innovation: the Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam; 13 European Cultural Attractions: Trends and Prospects; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book reviews the cultural tourism market in Europe from a survey carried out in 1997. It analyzes the way in which cultural attractions are produced for, and used by, cultural tourists and how such cultural attractions as museums, art galleries, monuments and heritage attractions are marketed.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cultural attractions and European tourism
• ISBN: 1-280-81188-9; 9786610811885; 0-85199-767-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812536903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II