Cultural tourism: global and local perspectives

Ch. 1. Introduction : global trends in cultural tourism / Greg Richards

Ch. 2. Cultural tourism : between authenticity and globalization / Frans Schouten

Ch. 3. Township tourism - blessing or blight? : the case of Soweto in South Africa / Pranill Ramchander

Ch. 4. Developing cultural tourism in South Africa : potential and pitfalls / Jenny Briedenhann and Eugenia Wickens

Ch. 5. Space, place, and placelessness in the culturally regenerated city / Melanie Smith

Ch. 6. Cultural tourism and the development of new tourism areas in London / Robert Maitland

Ch. 7. Trailing Goethe, Humbert, and Ulysses : cultural routes in tourism / Laszlo Puczko and Tamara Ratz

Ch. 8. Comparative analysis of international tourists in inland cultural destinations : the case of Castilla y Leon, Spain / Ana Gonzalez Fernandez, Miguel Cervantes Blanco, Mauro R. Miranda Barreto, Norberto Muniz and Carmen Rodriguez Santos

Ch. 9. Transversal indicators and qualitative observatories of heritage tourism / Jaume B. Franquesa and Marc Morell

Ch. 10. Ecomuseums, cultural heritage, development, and cultural tourism in the North of Portugal / Xerardo Pereiro Perez

Ch. 11. Religious tourism in Northern Portugal / Greg Richards and Carlos Fernandes

Ch. 12. Using tourist resources as tools for teaching and creating awareness of heritage in a local community / Patricia de Camargo

Ch. 13. festivalization of society or the socialization of festivals: : the case of Catalunya / Greg Richards

Ch. 14. Porto and Rotterdam as European capitals of culture : toward the festivalization of urban cultural policy / Erik Hitters

Ch. 15. Economic impact and social performance of cultural macrofestivals / Luis Cesar Herrero, Jose Angel Sanz, Maria Devesa, Ana Bedate and Maria Jose del Barrio

Ch. 16. Conclusion : the future of cultural tourism - grounds for pessimism or optimism? / Greg Richards.