Crossing cultures can be a stimulating and rewarding adventure. It can also be a stressful
and bewildering experience. This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Furnham and …

This study set out to investigate how authenticity affects tourist satisfaction with, and loyalty
to, an attraction and its heritage value. Different factors were seen as likely to influence the …

Cultural tourism is a significant element of tourism for many destinations; nevertheless,
relatively little is known about the contributing factors that form the overall cultural travel …

Using ethnographic examples from long-term anthropological fieldwork with members of the
Guna communities of Panama, undertaken between 2003 and 2013, this paper critically …

Tourism is an inherently social phenomenon. Tourists travel with others and experience
places and cultures through interacting with both familiar and unfamiliar others. This volume …

The study of tourism has made authenticity a scholarly issue but without even a hint of
consensus about what the concept represents. Is it a property of toured objects and events …

As a dynamic concept, authenticity has ignited many debates regarding its meaning and
utility, thus resulting in several theoretical perspectives (objective, constructive, postmodern …

An examination is presented of the literature of tourism, including the emerging debate
about post-modernist interpretations, and at the changing nature of holidays within a …

This book explores the dynamic interaction between religion and tourism in the modern
world. It considers questions such as: do travellers leave their religion at home when they …

The Edinburgh “Festival” positions the city via creativity. Its success in attracting audiences
for the performing arts contrasts with the limited extent it appears to modify the general …