. . TOURISM AND TRAVEL: ADJECTIVAL TOURISM AND NICHE TOURISM: HERITAGE TOURISM : UNITED STATES: STATES: VERMONT: Vermont Arts Council. Cultural Heritage Tourism . . Vermont Arts Council. Cultural Heritage Tourismhttp://www.vermontartscouncil.org/ProgramsInitiatives/ CulturalHeritageTourism/tabid/75/Default.aspx
. A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/6ghe2vs ."Cultural Heritage Tourism - In partnership with the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing (VDTM) the Council has taken a leadership role in developing strategies to generate tourism dollars for the state by integrating the promotion of arts events, festivals, historic sites, museums, and heritage trails into mainstream tourism marketing initiatives. From the Council's perspective, the purpose is twofold: to help local arts and heritage organizations generate additional earned revenue through tourism, and to integrate our cultural heritage resources into Vermont's marketing strategy.
.If you're interested in starting a cultural heritage tourism initiative in your community, check out The Cultural Heritage Tourism Tool Kit. This document provides the broad range of information you can use to promote cultural heritage resources in a sustainable fashion.
. Cultural Heritage Tourism Defined .Much has been written about heritage tourism, and cultural tourism over the last decade. Some maintain that the focus has to be on cultural, others insist on heritage. In Vermont, however,we decided long ago that our efforts were best described by the broader, more encompassing term of Cultural Heritage Tourism. We see the landscape as having shaped our settlement patterns, not only in terms of how we used it, but also in where we placed our houses, public buildings, and commerce centers. The land has fashioned our culture, providing the raw materials for our crafts, the inspiration for our art, and the grist for our stories. It has directed our activities, fueled our industry, and captured our hearts. It is central to our nature.
.In this context, Cultural Heritage Tourism is, simply: visiting a place to experience those singular qualities that define its character, name its essence, and provide for its collective memory. In Vermont, cultural heritage is found in its people and is reflected in its objects, structures, museums, sites and landscapes. It is expressed in its crafts, visual and performing arts, history, literature and oral traditions. It is the embodiment of our behavior, and as such is organic and evolving."
. snip . Cultural Heritage Toolkit . Front Cover, Table of Contents, and Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Appendices Back Cover . ------------------- . I. HOW TO USE THIS TOOLKIT 6 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction 8 II. CULTURAL HERITAGE TOURISM DEFINED 9 Demographics of the Cultural Heritage Traveler 9 The Vermont Numbers 10 The Economics of Cultural Heritage Tourism 11 Benefits of Cultural Heritage Tourism 11 Resources 12 III. PREPARATION: YOURSELF, YOUR BUSINESS, YOUR COMMUNITY 13 Cultural Heritage Planning 13 Assess the Potential 13 Plan and Organize 14 Prepare, Protect, Manage 14 Market for Success 14 Tenets of a Successful Cultural Heritage Tourism Program 15 Keys to the Marketplace 16 Accessibility 16 Getting Others Involved 17 Resources 18 IV. CULTURAL HERITAGE TOURISM INVENTORYING 19 Identifying Resources 19 Guidelines for Identifying Resources 20 Developing Inventories 21 Sustainable Tourism Inventory List 22 Hospitality Industry 22 Community Involvement 22 Marketing and Public Relations 22 Infrastructure 23 Resources 23 A Jump Start 24 Cultural Heritage Tourism Brainstorming 24 Resources 24 TABLE OF contents cultural heritage tourism toolkit . . Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 jwne@xxxxxxxxxx http://daviddillard.businesscard2.com Net-Gold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html Index: http://tinyurl.com/myxb4w http://groups.google.com/group/net-gold?hl=en General Internet & Print Resources http://guides.temple.edu/general-internet COUNTRIES http://guides.temple.edu/general-country-info EMPLOYMENT http://guides.temple.edu/EMPLOYMENT TOURISM http://guides.temple.edu/tourism DISABILITIES http://guides.temple.edu/DISABILITIES INDOOR GARDENING http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/ Educator-Gold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/ K12ADMINLIFE http://groups.yahoo.com/group/K12AdminLIFE/ The Russell Conwell Learning Center Research Guide: THE COLLEGE LEARNING CENTER http://tinyurl.com/yae7w79 Nina Dillard's Photographs on Net-Gold http://tinyurl.com/36qd2o and also http://gallery.me.com/neemers1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/neemers/ Twitter: davidpdillard Bushell, R. & Sheldon, P. (eds), Wellness and Tourism: Mind, Body, Spirit, Place, New York: Cognizant Communication Books. Wellness Tourism: Bibliographic and Webliographic Essay David P. Dillard http://tinyurl.com/p63whl http://tinyurl.com/ou53aw INDOOR GARDENING Improve Your Chances for Indoor Gardening Success http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/ http://groups.google.com/group/indoor-gardening-and-urban-gardening SPORT-MED https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/sport-med.html http://groups.google.com/group/sport-med http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sports-med/ http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/sport-med.html HEALTH DIET FITNESS RECREATION SPORTS TOURISM http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/ http://groups.google.com/group/healthrecsport http://healthrecsport.jiglu.com/ http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/health-recreation-sports-tourism.html . . Please Ignore All Links to JIGLU in search results for Net-Gold and related lists. The Net-Gold relationship with JIGLU has been terminated by JIGLU and these are dead links. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/30664 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/message/145 . .