Tea heritage tourism: evidence from Sri Lanka

Within the context of heritage tourism this article examines the supply components for the tea-related tourism in the tea-producing country of Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon. The tourism context in Sri Lanka is assessed and despite impediments to tourism development some evidence is provided of an early stage of development of tea heritage tourism in the country. The benefits of this form of tourism to the Sri Lankan tea economy are explored and barriers and threats to its development are reviewed. This is mainly based on qualitative field studies of tea accommodations, tea factory access and tea centre operations in the tea-producing hill country of Sri Lanka. From this investigation of the tea-related tourism in Sri Lanka, themes for further research on the demand for this type of tourism are identified.     

Seeking roots and tracing lineages: constructing a framework of reference for roots and genealogical tourism

This article examines the role of media in the construction of place within the context of cultural heritage and postmodern flows. Both physical and virtual place involve actors, objects and actions that establish subjectivity, encode time, and frame space. Both environments are dynamic and generate meanings that are relevant to the actor, contextualizing the spaces in which she/he acts. From a post-stucturalist perspective, place can be viewed as a composite of interwoven texts – each discursive, contingent, ambiguous and contested. It is argued that virtual place is constructed through the embodied subjectivity of the actor, grounded by inter-subjective discourse and the texts they form within and beyond the physical dimensions of place.     

A comparison of local and non-local visitor information-seeking behavior by visitors to civil war-related US National Park Service sites

Although previous research has documented differences between local and non-local visitors, the differences in the information sources referenced when planning trips have not been assessed in published studies. Differences in the sources used by local and non-local visitors to National Park Service Civil War conflict sites were examined, as were differences in ages and visitation characteristics. Although the vast majority of respondents had gathered information about the sites prior to visiting, differences existed in the type of sources used in general, sources used by locals as opposed to non-locals and sources used by visitors of different ages. Locals were more likely to be younger and to use past experience and the advice of acquaintances, whereas non-locals were more likely to be older and use impersonal sources. The results from this study can be used to target certain geographic or demographic populations with site information.     

Domestic tourists to Elmina Castle,Ghana: motivation,tourism impacts,place attachment,and satisfaction

Abstract

Current research on dark tourism lacks an in-depth investigation of the relationships between the various psychological factors that influence tourist satisfaction. Using the cognitive-affective-behavior system, this paper evaluates a theoretical model that postulates relationships between four constructs, namely: motivation, perceptions of tourism impacts, place attachment, and satisfaction. The study extends the tourism literature on cultural sustainability by showing the psychological connections of domestic tourists to a dark heritage site, and the implications for perceptions of tourism impacts on this heritage. Based on a sample of 414 domestic tourists at a dark heritage site in Elmina, Ghana, PLS-SEM confirmed several inter-relationships among the four constructs. Motivation had a positive relationship with perceptions of positive and negative tourism impacts, suggesting that the tourists who were more motivated to visit the site for cultural/learning experiences were also more inclined to perceive both positive and negative tourism impacts. Implications for dark tourism and how heritage site management can influence tourists’ perceptions of impacts are offered.     

基于旅游的温泉文化遗产研究——兼论临沂汤头

文化遗产具有可敬畏性及匠心特征,旅游者通过对其观赏能够普遍获得很高的满意度。古温泉文化作为遗产旅游资源的一个分支,有待于做深入的具体研究。开展关于古温泉的文化旅游,有助于平衡现代大型地热温泉度假村的快速遍及现象。在给出温泉文化遗产概念和综述相关研究成果的基础上,主要以山东临沂温泉为例,就汤头、串汤降温、里汤与外汤、时间与季节汤等进行了较为详尽的内容挖掘,讨论了温泉与汤头的视角差异强调了古温泉水工范畴,指出温泉文化遗址公园、为教育功能的修复或复原、温泉利用应保证文化真实等有实践意义的开发方向。     

图书馆社会责任初探

文章先提出了图书馆社会责任的相关概念，然后份析了图书馆社会责任的主要内容以及图书馆在和谐社会与社会主义新农村建设中的社会责任体现，最后从个人的观点出发对图书馆加强社会责任提出几点建议。     

改革开放以来党的忧患意识传承轨迹

改革开放以来。党的忧患意识经过了三次历史性的跨越，第一次跨越是邓小平对社会主义前途和命运的忧患意识，第二次跨越是江泽民对中国共产党执政地位的忧患意识，第三次跨越是胡锦涛要求全党进一步增强忧患意识。回顾改革开放以来我们党的忧患意识的发展历程，比较系统总结这30年党的忧患意识的传承经验，全面推进党的建设新的伟大工程具有重要的理论意义和现实意义。     

遗产旅游研究进展

近年来，遗产旅游受到旅游业界和学界的广泛关注，起初阶段的遗产旅游研究起源于对遗产资源的开发利用，而近几年的研究更多的是出于遗产开发过程中出现的遗产保护与开发的冲突。国外有关遗产旅游理论和实践的研究成果已经相当丰富，而我国在这方面的研究还相对薄弱，本文从遗产旅游的概念体系、真实性与完整性、保护与开发、遗产解说几个方面对国内外的研究进行综述，以给我国的遗产旅游研究和发展一些启示。     

A holiday celebration in a binational context: Easter experiences at the US–Mexico border

As part of a larger research project examining cross-border culture in a recreational and tourism context, this brief research note describes how intangible heritage melds into Easter celebrations and provides some preliminary findings of interviews with borderlanders and their experiences with Easter memories. The Paso del Norte region of the US–Mexico border is composed of the Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) and El Paso and Las Cruces (USA) conurbation. Mexican culture with strong roots at north of the border, while American culture heavily influences the cities south of the line. There are five international border ports of entry, which have facilitated the growth of cross-border tourism and the flow of culture and ideas on both sides of the boundary. In this setting, the commemoration of ‘Bunny Day’, or Easter, has become an important borderland cultural phenomenon celebrated on both sides of the border at Chamizal Park in Ciudad Juárez and Chamizal National Memorial in neighboring El Paso, and has become a mark of local borderlands culture. This is unique to the Paso del Norte borderland, which is home to a highly conservative, Catholic society. It is a manifestation of blended American and Mexican religious holiday traditions that represent the US–Mexico border community     

The role of tourism in the conservation of cultural heritage in Kenya

Due to the declining fortunes in agriculture, mining and manufacturing sectors, many developing countries have turned to tourism as a panacea to the numerous economic problems facing them. However, emphasis in Kenya has been mainly on beach and wildlife tourism, to the total exclusion of cultural tourism.

This paper discusses critically the contribution of international tourism in the conservation of cultural heritage in Kenya. The cultural impacts of international tourism are found to be both positive and negative and much more pronounced at the coast and in Maasailand.

Doxey's irritation index (irridex) is used as the main theoretical framework in the paper. Although Doxey suggests that in the last stage of tourism development the local communities are likely to be antagonistic to the tourists, in the case of the Maasai, the relation between them and the tourists has been rather harmonious. This could be so because the local community is actively involved in tourism development and derives benefits from the industry. The issues discussed in the paper are relevant to other parts of the world including Asia Pacific region. The paper concludes by emphasizing the need for proper visitor management through planning to minimize negative cultural impacts on local communities.