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This volume provides a comprehensive account of the valuable tangible and intangible benefits of the development of heritage tourism. Tourism development is widely acknowledged as a crucial tool to foster the development of rural and urban areas. To this end, this book presents nine case studies from international authors that reflect how tourism development is helpful—economically, socially, and otherwise—for community capacity building. The case studies from the countries of Spain, Portugal, Australia, Dubai, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and India demonstrate the uses of various management strategies and methods for rural and urban areas, and cover some of the major topics related to community-based tourism, community capacity building, and community participation in developing heritage tourism. Chapters consider the conservation of heritage resources and tourism promotion of destinations that provide opportunities to local communities to strengthen their economies and social standards. Key features: water conservation in urban landscape as natural, cultural, and historic tourism resources spiritual and religious heritage tourism cultural tourism and the support of public and private funds economic development and its effect on cultural and natural resources public-private-partnerships to ensure sustainable development talent management challenges tribal tourism and tribal festivals, which are the mirror of their culture and could be major tourist attractions The methodologies and proposed management strategies discussed by the book's researchers and professors will be valuable for policymakers, administrators, tourism promoters, researchers, and academicians who are involved with the tourism industry.

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Author:   Surabhi Srivastava
Publisher:   Apple Academic Press Inc.
Imprint:   Apple Academic Press Inc.
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9781771889100

ISBN 10:   1771889101
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   22 March 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Water Conservation in the Urban Landscape Through Heritage and Capacity Building: The Case of Guimarães, Portugal 2. Capacity Building for Spiritual Heritage Tourism: The Case of India and Pakistan 3. Strategies for Rural Tourism and the Recovery of Cultural Heritage: Case Study of La Vera, Spain 4. Cultural and Ecosystem Services from a Natural Heritage Site: A Case of Sundarban 5. Subah-e-Banaras and Kashi Vishwanath Dham Corridor: An Addition in Heritage Tourism and New Age Tourism of Varanasi 6. Heritage and Sustainable Development: Capacity Building Through Tourism 7. Public–Private-Partnership: A Probable Panacea for Ecotourism Development in Anambra State, Nigeria 8. Talent Management Challenges for Heritage Tourism and Rural Sustainability: A Case Study of Surajgarh Fort Heritage Hotel, India 9. Tribal Tourism Development through Tribal Fairs in Rajasthan, India

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Surabhi Srivastava, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Om Kothari Institute of Management, Kota, Rajasthan. She was formerly a senior researcher at the University of Kota, India. Her core research area is exploring heritage tourism and the possibility of community development. She also studied tribal and nature tourism development with alternative tourism strategies. To date, she has authored five books on tourism development and has participated at and presented many research papers at national and international seminars and conferences. She has been teaching tourism management subjects for the last 20 years at various institutes in Lucknow, Kanpur, and Kota, India.

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