Tourists' Perceptions of Aboriginal Heritage Souvenirs

Domestic demand for Indigenous tourism in Australia: understanding motivations, barriers, and implications for future development

“…Indigenous tourism can be defined as activities "in which Indigenous people are directly involved either through control and/or by having their culture as the essence of the attraction" (Butler & Hinch, 2007, p. 5), and it can be perceived as a part of cultural tourism (Chang, Wall, & Hung, 2012;Zeppel, 2006). TRA (2009c) defines cultural visitors as those who participate in at least one of the following activities during their trip: attend theatre, concerts, or other performing arts/museums or art galleries/art, craft workshops, or studios/festivals, fairs, or cultural events/aboriginal art, craft, and cultural displays/aboriginal site or community/historical/heritage buildings, sites, or monuments.…”

Souvenir in tourism research: a literature review and future agenda

“…Torabian and Arai (2016, p. 697) proposed four themes to describe the authenticity of souvenirs by examining travel blog posts based on constructivist grounded theory, including “using local materials at the destination, crafting by hand and produced locally by artist, displaying artist’s signature or hallmark, and uniqueness costing more, but higher quality and better design.” The key topics related to authenticity in souvenir research that have been explored by existing literature include authenticity perception (Chang et al , 2012; Hashimoto and Telfer, 2007; Lin and Wang, 2012; Trinh et al , 2014; Xie et al , 2012; Yu and Littrell, 2003), authenticity and marketing (Fu et al , 2018; Lin and Wang, 2012; Luscombe et al , 2018; Xie et al , 2012), the influence of inauthentic souvenirs (Sthapit and Björk, 2019; Yang, 2011) and souvenirs and tourism geographies (Hashimoto and Telfer, 2007; Peters, 2011).…”

Indigenous tourism research, past and present: where to from here?

“…Moreover, since the early 1990s, domestic tourism in Yunnan has increased to 120 million annual domestic visitors (PATA, 2014) who are provided with the opportunity to enjoy Indigenous-themed amusement parks set up by entrepreneurial investors, staffed mostly by Indigenous groups but owned by people from the Han Chinese majority (PATA, 2014, p. 21). Not surprisingly then, in more recent years, the foci of papers from both China and Taiwan have been on Indigenous tourism and entrepreneurship alongside other issues including impacts, management and sustainability (Chang & Huang, 2014;Chang, Wall, & Hung, 2012;Chen, Lee, Chen, & Chen, 2013;Huang, 2013;Hunter, 2011Hunter, , 2013Hunter, , 2014Liao, 2011;Ma & Lew, 2012;Qian, Wei, & Zhu, 2012;Tsung-Chiung, Chyong-Ru, & Wan-Chen 2012;Voeller, 2011;Walle, 2011;Yang, 2011Yang, , 2012Yang, , 2013Yang, Ryan, & Zhang, 2013a, 2013bYi-fong, 2012), issues of authenticity and commodification (Wang & Wall, 2007;Xie, 2010;Xie & Lane, 2006;Yang & Wall, 2009a, 2009b, policy and planning (Li, 2004;Su & Teo, 2008;Xie, 2003;Yang, Wall, & Smith, 2008) and culture and development (Chow, 2005;Morais, Dong, & Yang, 2006;Xiong, Ding, Deng, & Zhang, 2008;Yamamura, 2003;, 2009a.…”