Cultural Attractions and European Tourism (Cabi Publishing)

Cultural tourism has been identified as one of the most important of the global tourism markets. Europe hosts a vast treasure house of cultural attractions and the level of competition between cities, regions and nations to attract cultural tourists is increasing. This book reviews the cultural tourism market in Europe, based on recent surveys. It analyses the way in which cultural attractions are produced for and used by cultural tourists and pays attention to specific types of cultural attractions including museums, art galleries, monuments and heritage attractions and the management, marketing and cultural issues surrounding them. The development of cultural tourism in Europe / Greg Richards The market for cultural attractions / Greg Richards The experience industry and the creation of attractions / Greg Richards The cultural attraction distribution system / Greg Richards, Saskia Goedhart and Carla Herrijgers The Bonnefanten museum, Maastricht / Wil Munsters Urban regeneration and Glasgow's galleries with particular reference to the Burrell collection / David Leslie Clonmacnoise: a monastic site, burial ground and tourist attraction / Frances McGettigan and Kevin Burns Cultural heritage sites and their visitors: too many for too few? / Sue Berry and Graham Shephard Urban heritage tourism: globalization and localization / Michael Green The Budapest spring festival: a festival for Hungarians? / László Puczkó and Tamara Rátz The consumption of cultural tourism in Poland / Barbara Marciszewska Creative industries as milieux of innovation: the Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam / Caro Bonink and Erik Hitters European cultural attractions; trends and prospects / Greg Richards.

Cultural tourism has been identified as one of the most important of the global tourism markets. Europe hosts a vast treasure house of cultural attractions and the level of competition between cities, regions and nations to attract cultural tourists is increasing. This book reviews the cultural tourism market in Europe, based on recent surveys. It analyzes the way in which cultural attractions are produced for and used by cultural tourists and pays attention to specific types of cultural attractions including museums, art galleries, monuments and heritage attractions and the management, marketing and cultural issues surrounding them.

"This book reviews the cultural tourism market in Europe based on recent surveys. It analyses the way in which cultural attractions are produced for and used by cultural tourists. It also examines specific types of cultural attractions including museums, art galleries, monuments and heritage attractions and the management, marketing and cultural issues surrounding them. It is of interest to those working and researching in the areas of leisure and tourism and cultural heritage studies."--BOOK JACKET. This book presents the findings of field research undertaken in 1997 under the European Cultural Tourism Research Project managed by the European Association for Tourism and Leisure Education. It looks at the relationship between tourists and specific cultural attractions in the Netherlands. In part I, the development of cultural tourism and cultural attractions is discussed. In part II, case studies of European cultural attractions are presented. The book contains 13 chapters and a subject index.