What is it about?
Taking a qualitative approach and using semi-structured in-depth interviews with practitioners and stakeholders in the field, this study explores the role of interpretation in heritage revitalisation projects for tourism in Hong Kong. It looks at why the interpretive element of these projects so often gets diminished during the course of implementation and outlines five propositions that may inform it going forward.
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Why is it important?
Hong Kong finds itself at the confluence of several post-colonial economic, political and social developments and with this comes a greater awareness of the need for more meaningful cultural and heritage tourism products, especially in the form of revitalised heritage attractions. Large amounts of public money is being spent on such projects but often the story of the site is lost, despite being the original impetus for the spending of public money in the first place. This study explores the reasons for this.
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Working in this vibrant field of tourism which combines elements of museum, heritage and visitor attraction design, I hope this book will be useful to students and scholars of tourism, Heritage Studies and Asian Studies more generally and assist with the development of future heritage revitalisation projects.
Dr Chris White
Winkle-picker Ltd
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Implications for interpretation in heritage revitalisation, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.4324/9780429463839-4.
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