. . TOURISM AND TRAVEL: ADJECTIVAL TOURISM AND NICHE TOURISM: HERITAGE TOURISM : UNITED STATES: STATES: TEXAS:Texas Historical Commission. Heritage Tourism Guidebook
. . Texas Historical Commission. Heritage Tourism Guidebook http://www.thc.state.tx.us/publications/booklets/HTGuidebook.pdf . . Table of Contents . . INTRODUCTION WHAT IS TOURISM? WHAT IS HERITAGE TOURISM? GROWTH OF THE HERITAGE TOURISM INDUSTRY THE HERITAGE TOURISM TRAVELER HERITAGE TOURISM PLANNING STEP ONE: ASSESS THE POTENTIAL STEP TWO: PLAN AND ORGANIZE STEP THREE: PREPARE, PROTECT AND MANAGE STEP FOUR: MARKET FOR SUCCESS CONCLUSION . APPENDICES A: SUCCESS STORIES B: PHYSICAL INVENTORY WORKSHEET C: SECRETARY OF THE INTERIORS STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATIOND: TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND REGIONAL CONTACTS
E: TOURISM AND PRESERVATION DIRECTORY . . INTRODUCTION . .Introduction Heritage tourism is one of the fastest-growing segments of the tourism industry. It is widely believed that heritage tourism can successfully help preserve resources while boosting local economies by generating jobs, new businesses and tax dollars. However, little information exists about heritage tourism development, such as who should consider it, significant aspects and how to develop a successful heritage tourism site, initiative or program. This guidebook is designed to provide assistance to communities or individuals who are interested in developing heritage tourism to preserve historic and cultural resources and boost economies. It begins with an overview of tourism and the heritage tourism industry then identifies issues to consider before beginning a heritage tourism program. If a community or individual is interested in developing heritage tourism, this guidebook provides a step-by-step process including tips and success stories. This guidebook contains a resources section with additional information, as well as divisions and important contacts of the Texas Historical Commission (THC) and the Texas Heritage Trail Regions of the Texas Heritage Tourism Program (THTP) of the THC.
. snip . THE FOUR STEPS IN HERITAGE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT . It is clear that heritage tourism is one of the fastest-growing segments of the tourism industry and can successfully help preserve resources while boosting local economies. However, careful consideration and planning is needed to develop a successful heritage tourism site, initiative or program. . In order to gain success through heritage tourism, the National Trust for Historic Preservation suggests engaging in the following four-step process. Each step is explored in detail throughout the guidebook. Step One: Assess the Potential Step Two: Plan and Organize Step Three: Prepare, Protect and Manage Step Four: Market for Success . . Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 jwne@xxxxxxxxxx http://daviddillard.businesscard2.com Net-Gold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold Index: http://tinyurl.com/myxb4w http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html 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/ RUSSELL CONWELL CENTER SUBJECT GUIDE http://guides.temple.edu/Russell-Conwell-Center THE COLLEGE LEARNING CENTER http://tinyurl.com/yae7w79 Nina Dillard's Photographs on Net-Gold http://tinyurl.com/36qd2o Nina Dillard's Photographs are also found here: http://gallery.me.com/neemers1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/neemers/ Net-Gold Membership Required to View Photos 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 http://indoorgardening.jiglu.com/ SPORT-MED https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/sport-med.html http://sportmed.jiglu.com/ 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/ health-recreation-sports-tourism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx . . 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 . .