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Analysis and Evaluation of Cultural Tourism Attraction | Paper

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The main objective of this report is to evaluate the cultural tourism attraction from the perspective of the visitors. To accomplish this, the New castle Memorial Walk has been included in the study. It is considered one of the most iconic tourist attractions in Australia. The selected location has been visited multiple times as the entire interpretation of the site has been done by making observations. Apart from this, theoretical and textual material has also been used to better present and for understanding cultural and heritage tourism.

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Analysis and Evaluation of CulturalTourism Attraction:Newcastle Memorial Walk
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Executive summaryCultural and heritage tourism has been flourishing in many countries. It provides information about thehistory, soldiers, conflicts, battles and various events taken place many years ago. The aim of this paperis to evaluate the cultural tourism attraction from the perspective of the visitors. Newcastle MemorialWalk has been taken as a part for the analysis for understanding the cultural and heritage tourism inAustralia. Newcastle Memorial Walk is located at Memorial Dr, The Hill in New South Wales,Australia and it was inaugurated on the ANZAC Gallipoli landing. The report includes description ofthe walk, its characteristics, experience of the visitors, measure of success and recommendations for theimprovement.
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3Body...........................................................................................................................................................3(a) Newcastle Memorial Walk: Description.....................................................................................3(b) Experience of the visitors ...........................................................................................................6(c) Interpretation of culture and heritage ........................................................................................7(d) Evaluation of the success and recommendations .......................................................................9CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................................10REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTIONCultural and heritage tourism includes all the places and landmarks which authenticallyassociate with the history, artifacts, culture, people and stories from the past. It provides a uniqueexperience to the visitors who can enjoy and learn about the activities related to it (Briassoulis and Vander Straaten, 2013). Cultural tourism can include cities, communities, rural areas, museums, theatersand historical places. According to Global Tour, 37% of the total tourism consists of Cultural andheritage tourism. It has been attracting large number of people from different countries (Du Cros andMcKercher, 2014). Furthermore, it supports sustainable growth and causes no harm to the environment.The main objective of this report is to evaluate the cultural tourism attraction from theperspective of the visitors. To accomplish this, Newcastle Memorial Walk has been included in thestudy. It is considered as one of the most iconic tourist attraction in Australia. The selected location hasbeen visited multiple times as the entire interpretation of the site has been done by makingobservations. Apart from this, theoretical and textual material has also been used to better presentationand for understanding the cultural and heritage tourism. Body(a) Newcastle Memorial Walk: DescriptionNewcastle Memorial Walk is located at Memorial Dr, The Hill in New South Wales, Australia.The landmark has been built after years of planning and it was inaugurated on the ANZAC Gallipolilanding. The entire structure is located above 9 meters from the ground level and it provides 360 degreeview from the cliff (Aitchison, MacLeod and Shaw, 2014). The cost for building Newcastle MemorialWalk was more than $4.5 million. It has been created by BHP Billiton and Newcastle City council. RPShas been supporting the Newcastle Memorial Walk and they have organized many events to promotethe cultural and heritage of the country. It has been built to commemorate the soldiers and people whowere involved in World War. The list and names of 3860 locals have been engraved on the steelsilhouettes (Figure 2). The locals can be seen touching their relative’s names. Along with this, thewalkway on the cliff has many history panels which provide details of different conflicts and places.The walk is equivalent to the bridge climb of Sydney Harbor. Furthermore, the visitors have to paynothing to visit the tourist attraction. The personal connection of the locals with the NewcastleMemorial Walk has been its key to the success (Newcastle Memorial Walk opened, 2016). BothMemorial walk and drive run parallel to each other. It has resulted in the increase of its popularity andcultural association. The coastlines, beaches, cliff, scenery and views have been additional featureswhich have increased the value of the place. The cliff top has been restricted for the entry of the people
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