Managing Tourism at World Heritage Sites

Essays on how small towns and rural communities use local culture, crafts and place identity to build creative tourism, and how they represent themselves to visitors.

Kathleen Scherf

Insights and reflections from the CREATOUR Observatory on how creative tourism can help regenerate places and make destinations more resilient after crises.

Various Authors

The companion manual of a university course on heritage tourism. It covers World Heritage concepts, local communities, conservation, interpretation, eTourism and the economy of heritage sites.

Silvia De Ascaniis, Maria Gravari-Barbas and Lorenzo Cantoni

A practical handbook for local leaders who want to turn their culture and heritage into tourism experiences. It covers community fit, traveller trends, product development, partnerships and marketing.

Federal Provincial Territorial Ministers of Culture and Heritage

Research on heritage tourism in historic cities: how it shapes urban life, the pressure it puts on monuments and residents, and strategies to keep both the heritage and the city alive.

Fátima Matos Silva and Isabel Vaz de Freitas