Clarifying Heritage Tourism

Tourism, Religion and Religiosity: A Holy Mess

“…More specifically, in the context of heritage tourism this experience should be based on a tourist's perception of the site in relation to his or her own heritage (Poria, 2001;Poria et al, 2001aPoria et al, , 2001bPoria et al, , 2003a. The present research aims to determine whether the actual perceptions of the Wailing Wall, as well as aspects of the visit, are linked to tourists' religious affiliation and strength of religious belief.…”

Motivation, Perception and Expectation of Visitors in Heritage Sites, Case: Bunk’ Art

“…According to the researchers in environmental psychology, Scott at al., (1997) explained that the relationship between individuals and environment is related to one's experience. In heritage tourism literature is argued that the tourists' perceptions of a site and their activities relative to it are important for understanding of their behaviour (Poria et al, 2001a).…”

“…In that point of view is quite important to understand visitor characteristics, their motivational factors that influence the performance of the heritage site visits, and for a better management of the site in accordance with the desires and expectations of visitors. Heritage tourism should be understood based on the relationship between individuals and the heritage presented and, more specifically, based on the tourist perception of the site as part of their own heritage (Poria at al., 2001a). This paper aims to explore visitor's perceptions of the site in relation with historic heritage as an important factor for understanding tourist motivations and behavior for further management of the site.…”

Tourist guides’ perceptions of cultural heritage tourism in South Africa

“…Timothy and Nyaupane (2009: 3-4) define heritage tourism as that which: "relies on living and built elements of culture and folkways of today, for they too are inheritances from the past; other immaterial heritage elements, such as music, dance, language, religion, foodways and cuisine, artistic traditions, and festivals; and material vestiges of the built and cultural environment, including monuments, historic public buildings and homes, farms, castles and cathedrals, museums, and archaeological ruins and relics". Other scholars define heritage tourism from a tourist perspective as "a subgroup of tourism, in which the main motivation for visiting a site is based on the place's heritage characteristics according to the tourist's perceptions of their own heritage" (Poria et al, 2001(Poria et al, : 1048. Tourism policy makers in South Africa identify heritage tourism as a niche of cultural tourism and mark it out as a useful and sustainable avenue to expand the future tourism economy (DAC, 1996a(DAC, , 1996bRSA,1999, NDT, 2012a, 2012b, 2012c.…”