TY - CHAP
T1 - Kandovan Troglodyte Village
T2 - A Functioning Cultural Heritage Experience
AU - Gannon, Martin
AU - Cordina, Renzo
AU - Lochrie, Sean
AU - Taheri, Babak
AU - Okumus, Fevzi
N1 - Copyright:
© 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited
PY - 2019/9/6
Y1 - 2019/9/6
N2 - Sculpted by the elements and inhabited by an established corpus of local families, Kandovan Village is a rare example of functioning cultural heritage largely overlooked by international tourists. Within this context, this chapter demonstrates how heritage sites can use their inherent socio-cultural characteristics to stimulate tourism. Leveraging this encourages site managers to draw upon less tangible elements, such as the sincerity of local inhabitants and the potential for their site to serve as a platform for social interaction, in order to engage tourists, stimulate memorable experiences and encourage repeat visits and recommendations to others. In doing so, this chapter highlights the importance of prior knowledge, word-of-mouth and co-creation in crafting cultural heritage tourism experiences.
AB - Sculpted by the elements and inhabited by an established corpus of local families, Kandovan Village is a rare example of functioning cultural heritage largely overlooked by international tourists. Within this context, this chapter demonstrates how heritage sites can use their inherent socio-cultural characteristics to stimulate tourism. Leveraging this encourages site managers to draw upon less tangible elements, such as the sincerity of local inhabitants and the potential for their site to serve as a platform for social interaction, in order to engage tourists, stimulate memorable experiences and encourage repeat visits and recommendations to others. In doing so, this chapter highlights the importance of prior knowledge, word-of-mouth and co-creation in crafting cultural heritage tourism experiences.
KW - Cultural Heritage
KW - Co-creation
KW - Engagement
KW - Memorable tourism
KW - Post-travel intentions
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85066992011&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f
U2 - 10.1108/S2042-144320190000010008
DO - 10.1108/S2042-144320190000010008
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9781787548138
T3 - Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice
SP - 117
EP - 134
BT - Experiencing Persian heritage
A2 - Correia, Antónia
A2 - Kozak, Metin
A2 - Rodrigues, Ana Isabel
PB - Emerald
ER -