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Heritage Preservation and Tourism Development

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2024 | Viewed by 1267

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Richard W. Stoffle

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School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85718, USA
Interests: heritage preservation; native people; environmental impact assessment
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Dr. Simon Larsson

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Gothenburg Research Institute, Gothenberg University, Gothenberg, Sweden
Interests: governance and regulation in cultural heritage; preservation of cultural heritage in the management of natural resources; industrial heritage and culture in tourism
Dr. Kathleen A. Van Vlack

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Applied Indigenous Studies, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
Interests: cultural landscapes; Native Americans; heritage conservation; traditional ecological knowledge

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Heritage preservation and tourism development are essential issues today according to most nations and UNESCO, who works to protect cultural heritage by safeguarding World Heritage sites, recognizing tangible and intangible heritage, and supporting the creative economy. Culture is the foundation of heritage, which is defined as a special attachment to objects, places, and landscapes.

The aim of this Special issue is to explore, through both data-based and document-based research, the challenge of sustainably preserving heritage areas while using promoting their use for economic tourism. Current findings show that these two aims are largely incompatible; thus, the articles submitted to this Special Issue should define  the boundaries of preservation and tourism where both can sustainably persist.

Topics of interest for this Special Issue include the following:

  • How do local cultural groups and their places of heritage interact with tourists?
  • Can tourists wear out heritage places? How can we monitor the impacts of tourism on heritage sites?
  • If tourism profits support the preservation of heritage areas, then can heritage places survive without tourism?
  • Is Day and Night tourism increasing or decreasing heritage damage by doubling area use while greatly increasing profits?
  • Should tourism be regulated by frequency, type of tourist, or duration of stay?
  • Is development tourism sustainable or a misnomer?

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Richard W. Stoffle
Dr. Simon Larsson
Dr. Kathleen A. Van Vlack
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • heritage preservation
  • sustainable heritage preservation
  • cultural groups (ethnic peoples) and their heritage
  • culture tourism
  • economic development tourism

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Augmented Reality and Wearable Technology for Cultural Heritage Preservation
by Ali Ibiş and Neşe Çakici Alp
Sustainability 2024, 16(10), 4007; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16104007 - 10 May 2024
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The main goal of this study is to provide a more interactive experience with AR technology and wearable devices compared to traditional preservation methods in order to protect, promote, and transfer cultural heritage to future generations. It aims to evaluate the usability of [...] Read more.
The main goal of this study is to provide a more interactive experience with AR technology and wearable devices compared to traditional preservation methods in order to protect, promote, and transfer cultural heritage to future generations. It aims to evaluate the usability of the developed AR application with SUS and WARUS analyses. During the research process, similar studies were conducted, street texture and historical buildings were examined, 3D models were created with terrestrial laser scanning, and an AR application was developed with the Unity3D program and presented for user evaluation. The findings of this research show that users can access historical and cultural information interactively, and that presenting historical places interactively contributes to conservation efforts by allowing users to gain more in-depth information. In the discussion section of this paper, the opportunities and limitations offered by AR technology and the wearable device through the ARKON application are discussed in a sustainable way in terms of usability. According to the research results, while usability analyses showed that user satisfaction was high, no significant difference was observed according to gender in the similar age group. Full article
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Tourism Development and Urban Landscape Conservation in Rural Areas: Opportunities and Ambivalences in Local Regulations—The Case of Spain
by José David Albarrán
Sustainability 2024, 16(10), 3973; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16103973 - 9 May 2024
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This article analyzes local-level normative regulations aimed at directly or indirectly conserving the urban landscape in rural areas. Using a discursive analysis methodology on regulatory documents being enforced in a series of localities assigned to a tourism promotion program, the evidence suggests that [...] Read more.
This article analyzes local-level normative regulations aimed at directly or indirectly conserving the urban landscape in rural areas. Using a discursive analysis methodology on regulatory documents being enforced in a series of localities assigned to a tourism promotion program, the evidence suggests that promotional activity retroactively influences the phraseology of these municipal regulations. The results obtained point to the existence of perpetuating historicist approaches within the current regulations, which appear to largely derive from the search for success in the tourism market and the resulting benefits to the local economy. Full article
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