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Réf.
41453
Type
conference item
Titre
Sense of Place in Sustainable Tourism Development
Langues
English
Auteurs
Binder, Regina
Date
2008
Pages
10 p.
Titre de conférence
16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’
Lieu de conférence
Québec, Canada
Date de conférence
29 sept – 4 oct 2008
Mots-clés
tourism / sustainable tourism / sense of place / spirit of place / case studies / cultural tourism / tourism management / intangible heritage
Pays mentionnés
United States
Monuments et sites
The Dune Shacks of Peaked Hill Bars, Provincetown, USA / MacMillan Pier, Provincetown, USA
Résumé en anglais
Human response to natural and bui ltsur roundings, geography, hi story and population
seeds sense of place. Over time, tha t response i swoven into a shared consciousness by memory, story
and exper ience ultima tely imprint ing communitywith an indelible and phenomenal spirit , unique to
its elf. Touri sm is an att ractive engine of growthand development ; however, when tourism pressures
compete with community inte rests, sense of pl ace isimperiled. Tha t vulnerabil ity is made acute by sense
of place’ s intangibil ity.To counter the vulnerability that intangibility
cre ates, we developed a methodology to recognize,ana lyze, and pr esent sense of pla ce as essent ial to
the susta inabil ity of host communities, cultural si tesand touri st des tinations. By arti culating wha t is f elt,
sensed and perc eived, we reveal a vital set of asse tsfor consideration in sustainable tourism deve lopment
policy and planning.The paper describes our methodology and
provides case s tudies of how we success fully use itwith communitie s and cultur al sit es to create
sus tainable development.
seeds sense of place. Over time, tha t response i swoven into a shared consciousness by memory, story
and exper ience ultima tely imprint ing communitywith an indelible and phenomenal spirit , unique to
its elf. Touri sm is an att ractive engine of growthand development ; however, when tourism pressures
compete with community inte rests, sense of pl ace isimperiled. Tha t vulnerabil ity is made acute by sense
of place’ s intangibil ity.To counter the vulnerability that intangibility
cre ates, we developed a methodology to recognize,ana lyze, and pr esent sense of pla ce as essent ial to
the susta inabil ity of host communities, cultural si tesand touri st des tinations. By arti culating wha t is f elt,
sensed and perc eived, we reveal a vital set of asse tsfor consideration in sustainable tourism deve lopment
policy and planning.The paper describes our methodology and
provides case s tudies of how we success fully use itwith communitie s and cultur al sit es to create
sus tainable development.
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