Interpretation of a sensitive heritage site: the Port Arthur Memorial Garden, Tasmania

Frew, Elspeth

doi:10.1080/13527258.2011.603908

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“…In this case, interpretation plays a critical role in experiences. Without interpretation, most tourist attractions would be dull with no text background (Frew, 2012). Moscardo & Ballantyne(2008) also mentioned that interpretation was the key element in tourism experiences.…”

Section: Suggestions For Future Researchmentioning

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Dark tourism. The Effects of Motivation and Environmental Attitudes on the Benefits of Experience

Chang¹

2014

Rev. int. sociol.

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This study aims to discuss the experience model for visitors participating in Dark Tourism. The Hsiaolin Village relics, which were destroyed by the 2009 typhoon in Taiwan, are selected as the research subject. A total of 341 visitors to Hsiaolin Village Memorial Park were interviewed through a survey questionnaire. Structural equation models (SEMs) were utilized to verify the causal relationship among the visitors 'Dark Tourism motivation, environmental attitudes, and benefits of experience in Dark Tourism relics. The benefits of experience in Dark Tourism are divided into social benefits, learning benefits, and pressure relief for psychological benefits in this study. The empirical results show that the higher Dark Tourism motivation could enhance the visitors' environmental attitudes towards Dark relics and further affect the acquired benefits of experience. Moreover, the stronger Dark Tourism motivation could directly influence the psychological benefits of experience such as emotional and pressure relief. The direct effects of learning and social benefits are not as strong where the benefits of experience are affected by the emotional perception of environmental attitudes. In other words, environmental attitudes present partial mediating effects. The research results provide useful reference information for the planning of Dark Tourism relics and the development of tourism activities. KeYwordsBenefits of experience; Dark tourism; Dark tourism motivation; Environmental Attitudes; Hsiaolin Village Memorial Park. resumenEl objetivo de este estudio consiste en discutir el modelo de experiencia de los visitantes que participan en actividades de turismo negro. Como objeto de estudio se han seleccionado las ruinas del pueblo de Hsiaolin, Taiwán, destruido en 2009 por un tifón. Se realizaron entrevistas mediante cuestionario a 341 visitantes del Hsiaolin Village Memorial Park. Para comprobar la relación causal entre las motivaciones de los visitantes que realizan actividades de turismo negro, sus actitudes medioambientales y los beneficios de la experiencia en la ruinas de turismo negro se han empleado modelos de ecuaciones estructurales (SEM). En este estudio los beneficios de la experiencia de turismo negro se dividen en beneficios sociales, de aprendizaje y de alivio de la tensión psicológica. Los resultados empíricos muestran que una mayor motivación hacia el turismo negro puede mejorar las actitudes medioambientales hacia las ruinas negras y afectar en mayor medida a los beneficios de la experiencia. Además, una mayor motivación hacia el turismo negro puede influir directamente en los beneficios psicológicos de la experiencia, tales como el alivio emocional y de la tensión. Los efectos revisTa inTernaCional de soCiología (ris)

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Section: Suggestions For Future Researchmentioning

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Dark tourism. The Effects of Motivation and Environmental Attitudes on the Benefits of Experience

Chang¹

2014

Rev. int. sociol.

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“…This reflects that the site has returned to its premassacre role as primarily a historic tourist attraction, with the memorial subtly incorporated into the site (Frew, 2012). This allows visitors to predominantly focus on the settlement's extensive convict history, but the memorial and associated commemorative events are also available for the families and friends of the victims and other interested tourists.…”

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“…It was officially unveiled by the then Governor-General of Australia, Sir William Deane. The shell of the Broad Arrow Café, where most of the victims died, still remains at the Historic Site and is the focus of the memorial area (Frew, 2012). Since 1996, a Reflective Pool has been built and this is the dominant feature of the Memorial Garden.…”

Section: The Bombing Of Darwinmentioning

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“…Such events need to be appropriately managed to ensure they are respectful of the victims, while also providing friends and relatives with the opportunity to remember their loved ones in a peaceful setting (Frew, 2012). Indeed, recognizing and acknowledging feelings that may surface around the anniversary of the death of a loved one can be a crucial part of the recovery process.…”

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“…At the rear of the Memorial Garden, on slightly raised ground, stands a cross. A marker in the garden explains when the garden was dedicated, by whom, and lists the names of the victims (Frew, 2012). Because the gunman had used a gun that he had easily obtained, the Port Arthur massacre became the catalyst for uniform national gun laws in Australia prohibiting private ownership of automatic weapons (Lennon, 2002).…”

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Conceptualising the role of marketing strategies of tourism providers in inducing risk‐taking behaviour

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In this paper, we examine the role of marketing strategies of tourism providers in inducing risk‐taking behaviour deriving lessons from theoretical foundations of ‘fear appeal’ and ‘protection‐motivation’ and the stimulus–organism–response framework. We engage with their meaning‐generating identity narratives that play an indispensable role in sustaining and enhancing the market appeal of dark tourism experiences, places and products. Our findings demonstrate how providers use information‐based and emotions‐focused strategies to induce visitors to engage in different degrees of risk‐taking activities.

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Interpretation of a sensitive heritage site: the Port Arthur Memorial Garden, Tasmania

Cited by 36 publications

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