TOUR 2P31 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Prambanan, World Heritage Site, Royal Ontario Museum
15 Mar 2018
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Types of authenticity in tourist situations: authentic people in authentic environments, authentic people in inauthentic environments (back stage people in a front stage situation) Inauthentic people in inauthentic environments (front stage people in front stage contexts) Inauthentic people in authentic environments (front stage people in backstage region) Staged events: tourists should be given a genuine appreciation of the destination they are visiting. Authenticity of heritage (from host"s perspective: good idea to maintain and preserve heritage (culture, tradition, arts & crafts, tourists will not understand the true value of their heritage, tourists prefer only a certain part of the past. Ethnic tourism: folk villages in hainan china: 55 ethnic minorities in china, hainan is a tropical island off the coast of china. Authenticating visitor attractions based on ethnicity xie & g wall (2003) Yes or no: ethnic dances and other cultural events have been manipulated to serve economic interests, loss of authenticity and educational value.
