Tourism, culture and regeneration

The decision to edit this volume was prompted by a number of factors. A fascination with the increasingly prominent phenomenon of cultural regeneration seemed like a logical progression from earlier work undertaken in the field of cultural tourism (e.g. Smith, M.K. (2003) Issues in Cultural Tourism Studies. Routledge, London.). One small chapter in that publication hardly seemed to do justice to the diversity of projects that have been developing on a global scale in recent years. The government agenda in the UK and a large number of other countries worldwide has been
focused on the potential of regeneration to transform cities. Whilst it is certainly not a panacea, it is exciting to watch relatively unknown and under-visited cities being transformed into well-known centres for culture, leisure and tourism. I knew that once I started choosing to holiday in former industrial rather than traditional historic cities, my interest in regeneration had gone way beyond academic!

Từ khóa: tourism culture, cultural regeneration, cultural tourism, leisure tourism, du lịch tái tạo, văn hóa du lịch