Living Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Management

This book presents emerging research on methods and approaches for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, with a particular focus on its relevance to design and the arts. Drawing on case studies from countries such as India, Portugal, Brazil, Australia, Thailand, and other regions, the volume offers a global perspective on culinary tourism, craft heritage, and community-based creative industries, highlighting how intangible heritage can support community capacity-building.

This book is a valuable resource for academics, ethnographers, heritage specialists, conservators, and policymakers in the tourism and cultural sectors. It also potentially paves the way for new avenues for research and innovation in tourism, continuing the ongoing advancement of cultural understanding and societal development.

Offers insights into methods and techniques on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage Includes case studies to demonstrate the utilization of intangible heritage for capacity building in communities Provides an important resource for academics, ethnographic and anthologist researchers, practitioners and policy makers

Autorentext

Dr. Surabhi Srivastava is a prolific tourism expert and Senior Researcher (ICSSR Fellow) at the University of Kota, Rajasthan, India, specializing in community development prospects and the potential for heritage, nature, and tribal tourism, areas in which she has received multiple awards. With 22 years of experience teaching tourism management in various Indian institutions, her academic background includes an MBA and a Ph.D. from the University of Lucknow, followed by UGC-sponsored Post-doctoral research on heritage tourism development from University of Kota. A significant contributor to her field, Dr. Srivastava has authored eight books on Heritage Tourism development, four of which are edited volumes that feature international researchers and case studies, and she has presented numerous research articles at national and international conferences.

Isabel Vaz de Freitas, Full Professor at Portucalense University, PhD in History, research at REMIT (Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies), Correspondent of the Portuguese Academy of History, Head of the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture, Director of the Conservation and Restauration Center at Portucalense University. One of the main areas of research is heritage safeguard and tourism, the water heritage and sustainability, and cultural landscapes. In this area, integrated financed projects, as coordinator and as a researcher and supervised numerous internship reports and master’s dissertations, and has served as a jury member for both master’s and doctoral theses. In this study area published several articles and book chapters.

Eduarda Rabaçal holds a PhD in Literary, Cultural, and Interartistic Studies and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture at Universidade Portucalense, Porto. She is also affiliated with the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Porto. Her academic background centres on cultural studies, memory, and narrative traditions, and she has recently developed an interest in living heritage from a cultural studies perspective, particularly in relation to memory, identity, and cultural transmission in contemporary contexts.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Renewing Roots: Balancing Adaptation and Authenticity in Living Heritage (Semwal).- Chapter 2. Economic Dimension of Conserving Living Cultural Capital and Sustainable Development (Medhekar).- Chapter 3. Preserving Past, Sustaining Future: Developing Intangible Cultural Heritage Resources for Sustainable Tourism (Singh).- Chapter 4. Enhancing Perceptions of Living Heritage: A Case Study of Traditional Art Crafts in Porto District, Portugal (Freitas and Silva).- Chapter 5. Prospects and Challenges of Urban Tourism at the Historic Center of the City of Irbid-Jordan: An Empirical Study (Ababneh et al).- Chapter 6. Creative Tourism as a Driving Force Behind Economic, Social and Cultural Activity in Brazil: The Case of the District of Santo Antônio do Leite, OP/MG (Carvalho et al).- Chapter 7. Conservation of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Pomac Forest Historical Sanctuary: A View from Local Entrepreneurs (Álvarez-García et al).- Chapter 8. Tourism, Community and Cultural Sustainability (Lopes).- Chapter 9. Culinary Tourism and Conservation of Traditional Cuisines in Maharashtra, India (Sattar).- Chapter 10. Myths and Legends in Tourism Marketing: A Journey Through Ancient Narratives in the Digital Age (Vipin et al).