Heritage and Cultural Tourism Management: Growth, Conflicts, and Interpretation

[HERITAGE AND CULTURAL TOURISM MANAGEMENT]

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................2
TASK 1...................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 ANALYSE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HERITAGE AND CULTURAL
INDUSTRY............................................................................................................................. 3
1.2 DISCUSS POTENTIAL CONFLICTS IN THE CONSERVATION OF HERITAGE AND CULTURAL
RESOURCES USING THE CASE BARCELONA (SPAIN) AND VENICE (ITALY).............................6
TASK 2...................................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 ASSESS THE PURPOSE OF HERITAGE AND CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS IN MEETING THE
NEEDS OF DIFFERENT CUSTOMERS......................................................................................8
TASK 3.................................................................................................................................... 10
3.1 EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF OWNERSHIP ON THE MANAGEMENT
OF HERITAGE AND CULTURAL SITES...................................................................................10
3.2 ANALYSE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ORGANISATIONS IN THE HERITAGE AND
CULTURAL INDUSTRY......................................................................................................... 13
TASK 4.................................................................................................................................... 16
4.1 EVALUATE METHODS AND MEDIA USED FOR INTERPRETATION WITHIN THE HERITAGE
AND CULTURAL INDUSTRY FOR TOURISTS.........................................................................16
CONCLUSION.......................................................................................................................... 19
REFERENCES........................................................................................................................... 20
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INTRODUCTION
The tourism business is growing at a faster speed in today’s period than ever imagined.
There are various subsets of tourism in the tourism industry. One of such tourism is heritage
tourism. The national and global tourists get the opportunities to understand the legacy and
incredible values of historical locations and places through heritage tourism. Another subset
of tourism is cultural tourism that offers the visitors and travellers to know about the
different lifestyle such as language, art, crafts, religion, and cultural history and so on of the
people residing at various historical locations (Graham, et al. 2016). Cultural and heritage
manage is an integral part of the tourism industry due to its potential role in development
and growth of the industry.
The significance of the heritage and culture of tourism can be understood because of its
contribution to economic, social and cultural factors in the UK (Timothy, 2011). This aim of
this report is to represent the growth and progress of heritage as well as the cultural
tourism industry in the UK. It also highlights the different aspects of the heritage as well as
cultural tourism industry of the UK and its purpose of the heritage and cultural location in
meeting the visitors or travellers’ requirement. It also discusses the role, ownership and
responsibilities of the organization towards the heritage sites in the UK. At last, the role of
different methods of interpretation was explained.
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TASK 1
1.1 ANALYSE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HERITAGE AND
CULTURAL INDUSTRY
TIMELINE
Definition: heritage and culture are
referred to the constitution of historical
locations and places within the
corporation of the natural as well as
cultural business environment
comprising the biodiversity, landscapes
and landfills, customs, practices, beliefs
and norms and other significant
collection from the past (Graham, et al.
2016). This includes different natural
and constructed locations such as a
museum, heritage landscapes,
archaeology and many others.
Importance and development of
heritage and cultural industry
There is significant interdependence
between cultural heritage and tourism
industry. The development in conserving
the cultural heritage of any country is
indicated by the potential growth in the
development of tourism industry. The
cultural and heritage industry in some of
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the European countries such as the UK
are observed as one of the important
contributors to the GDP of the UK. The
cultural and heritage tourism in the UK
has given rise to the employment
opportunities in the UK and also develop
the economy of the country.
For consistent growth and progress of
the tourism, it is essential to properly
maintain, protect and conserve heritage
as well as cultural location, sites or
sceneries. Development and renovation
of the historical places and monuments
are emphasised by the UK government
that results in a lot of attraction among
the tourists and visitors to visit the
locations and sites (Timothy, 2011). The
efforts to preserve and protect the
historical locations increase the
frequency of the visitors and tourists in
the UK.
It was reported in the travel and tourism
competitiveness report 2017 that about
5.3 per cent of the employment is
shared by the travel and tourism
industry that is around 1,791,220 jobs.
The contribution of the travel and
tourism industry is around 3.7 per cent
which is about the US $103,740.0 million
in the GDP of the UK (Travel & Tourism
Competitiveness Index, 2017). A major
focus of the UK government is to
establish resorts and hotels in order to
provide better and improved facilities to
the travellers and visitors visiting the
locations. The authorities in the UK offer
loan facilities on the lower interest rate
to various tourism organizations such as
timeless travel Ltd to offer effective and
efficient services at these popular
historical locations and destinations
(Richards, 2011).
The UK government constantly improve
the transportation facilities such as
buses, planes and trains to offer
transport to its both national and global
tourists to reach to these historic
locations and sites at considerable
prices.
Some of the cultural heritage venues of
the UK are Derwent Valley Mill,
Derbyshire, Saltaire, Yorkshire, New
Lanark, southern Scotland, Blaenavon
Industrial Landscape, South Wales, Ron
bridge Gorge, Shropshire and so on.
Technology and media played a very
important role in delivering best and
memorable experiences to its tourists
and travellers and enhance the progress
and growth of cultural heritage tourism
industry in the UK (Tribe and Xiao,
2011). Another important factor in the
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growth and development of the tourism
industry is its valuable workforce.
Proper training facilities are to be
provided to the workforce in order to
gain sufficient knowledge regarding the
history and cultural heritage of the UK.
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