Tourism, Knowledge and Learning: Conceptual Development and Case Studies

Description

This book contributes to the understanding of how tourism can be designed to provide conditions for learning. This involves learning for tourists, the tourist industry, public authorities and local communities. We explore how tourism, knowledge and learning can be used as means towards sustainable development through current, new or changed structures, concepts, activities and communication efforts. The book should be seen as both an inspiration for tourism actors (e.g. tourism attractions, policy makers and other industry actors), and a scholarly contribution to further research. A holistic approach distinguishes this book from most existing literature that focuses on separate units of tourism, for instance, personal or community well-being, nature-based tourism, cultural heritage tourism or tourism that is a result of researchers’ travels (so-called scientific tourism). The various contributors to the book provide a range of perspectives and experiences, from social sciences with a focus on marketing, innovation management, human geography and environmental law, to arts and humanities with a focus on heritage studies, archaeology and photography, and, finally, to natural sciences with a focus on marine sciences. Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents List of Contributors Preface 1 An introduction: learning and sustainable tourism 2 Destination development based on knowledge and learning: initiating a UNESCO biosphere reserve in Bohuslän 3 Science tourism: a conceptual development 4 Learning on guided tours: historical perspectives 5 Experience-based learning through archaeological information panels: using heritage interpretation 6 Extended ways of experiencing climate change: from photography to virtual reality in Svalbard 7 Citizen science as a tourist attraction: an active learning tourist experience 8 Towards a research agenda on tourism, knowledge and learning Index