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The Discourse of Authenticity and Revitalization in Heritage Tourism
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2020
Pages:
1-6
Received:
5 December 2019
Accepted:
31 December 2019
Published:
9 January 2020
Abstract: Heritage Tourism is one of the fastest growing aspects of tourism wherein the tourist wants to have an experience which authentically represents a people’s heritage such as their architectural design, folklores, festivals etc. However the underlying question is how this authenticity determined which the heritage tourist is looking for, since a lot of cultures and traditions are on the verge of extinction both in form and practice? Also most of the generation of people that originated these cultures is no longer alive. This article has looked at this trend in this article and has come up with ideas in which authenticity and revitalization in heritage tourism will be properly incorporated in heritage tourism. The reason for this is because in heritage tourism issues of authenticity and revitalization are continuously discussed and re-discussed in order to reappropriate tourism consumption. However, a lot scholars argue that the experience of most tourist are far from authentic, even though tourism is fundamentally a search for authenticity but in our modern world as argued by most scholars the experience is far from authentic due to the nature in which tourism is strategically contrived to meet the demands of modern tourists. It is argued that what these tourists have is “staged authenticity”.
Abstract: Heritage Tourism is one of the fastest growing aspects of tourism wherein the tourist wants to have an experience which authentically represents a people’s heritage such as their architectural design, folklores, festivals etc. However the underlying question is how this authenticity determined which the heritage tourist is looking for, since a lot ...
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The Protection and Development of Hainan Province Wenchangpuqian Town Ancient Villages and Towns Under the Concept of the Grey Land
Zang Huiyi,
Shi Tingting,
Cang Yun
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2020
Pages:
7-13
Received:
3 November 2019
Accepted:
2 December 2019
Published:
23 April 2020
Abstract: Ancient towns and villages are an important cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. With the acceleration of urbanization, many ancient towns and villages have been blindly developed and destroyed without proper protection planning, leading to the increasingly prominent contradiction between protection and development of ancient towns and villages. Using the concept of "grey land" as reference, this paper explores the multiple planning of ancient villages and towns and the small-scale progressive protection, development and utilization in the process of new urbanization. Taking puqian town, wenchang city, hainan province as an example, this paper deeply analyzes the status quo of puqian town and makes a phased plan for it. On the basis of the initial planning meeting the needs of the current situation, the follow-up planning leaves room for transformation and renewal, so as to construct a new round of protection measures and planning methods for puqian town. Through multiple rounds of protection guidance planning, puqian town has improved its functions, business forms and space environment, and put forward the strategy of progressive space protection and development of ancient villages and towns, injecting new impetus into the protection and development of ancient villages and towns, and promoting the protection and sustainable development of ancient villages and towns.
Abstract: Ancient towns and villages are an important cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. With the acceleration of urbanization, many ancient towns and villages have been blindly developed and destroyed without proper protection planning, leading to the increasingly prominent contradiction between protection and development of ancient towns and villages...
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LPG Cookstove Use and Fuel Subsidies in the Cuzco Region of Peru
James Keese,
Carolina Guzman Vazquez,
Maya O’Brien,
Brooke Richter
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2020
Pages:
14-21
Received:
24 March 2020
Accepted:
9 April 2020
Published:
23 April 2020
Abstract: 2.8 billion people around the globe continue to use open fires and biomass stoves for cooking and heating. Household air pollution is a serious health hazard, especially for women and children. A solution involves promoting so-called clean fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The purpose of this research is to examine the use of LPG cookstoves in the Cuzco Region of Peru. A specific focus is on the Peruvian government’s FISE gas subsidy program. Surveys were administered to seventy-seven households in four indigenous agriculturalist communities over two different years. The results show the widespread use of gas stoves, but only as a supplement to wood and other biomass. We concluded that FISE is well organized, easy to use, and properly targets low income households. However, while the LPG subsidy program does promote the use of some gas, it is insufficient to prompt a complete fuel switch given current prices and resource availability. This research critiques the energy ladder model for fuel switching, and the results reveal that the use of multiple fuels, or fuel stacking, continues to be the norm. Furthermore, the data suggest an increase in eucalyptus and pine reforestation efforts, which will impact the relative scarcity of fuels, fuel choice, and health in the rural areas of the Cuzco Region.
Abstract: 2.8 billion people around the globe continue to use open fires and biomass stoves for cooking and heating. Household air pollution is a serious health hazard, especially for women and children. A solution involves promoting so-called clean fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The purpose of this research is to examine the use of LPG cooksto...
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