The Growing Prevalence Of Cultural Tourism

Australian food, before the different cultures started to integrate into the country, were simple home cooked meals such as, roast, mash with sausages, chicken parmi and more. With the influx of cultures during the 20th century into Australia, also came their traditions as well as their cultural foods. This investigation researches the impact that these cultures have had on the food and hospitality industry in Australia. This investigation is linked in with the area of study 4: sociocultural influences and focuses on the influence of Australia’s diverse cultures impacting the hospitality industry.

Chef took good information about the market and knows a lot about the common characteristics of the target group. This information will be used to better understand who is served, their specific needs, and how chefs can best communicate with clients.

The problematic nature of cultural tourism is a topic that is heavily debated in multiple academic disciplines. Anthropology, sociology, psychology, and economics all have extensive theories about the consequences cultural tourism has on the cultures being exploited by the tourism industry. Further examination of cultural tourism has turned the focus onto the tourists themselves and questioned the validity of their gaze as they are the ones consuming the culture through the witnessing of particular “displays of culture.” These displays could be in the form of community life, food, historical sites, and museums, but arguably the most popular displays of culture tourists consume are the performative aspects of said culture. Including but not exclusive to displays of dance, theatre, and song, tourists see performance as an accessible gateway into a culture. When considering the identity of a spectator in any situation, drama theory is a useful tool in deconstructing the complicated role a spectator has, however, when the situation being viewed is inherently performative, the spectator’s role becomes even more complex. In the use of the term ‘inherently performative,’ one is not limited in analyzing merely performances that are created for spectacle. The function of performance can be regarded as entertainment, political commentary, or in the case of this essay, religious worship.

Mindless, repetitive locals performing once sacred and revered ceremonies now on a daily basis is nothing tourists think about when they vacation to culturally “preserved” areas, yet this unintended cultural destruction is unfortunately the blatant truth. Due to recent travel restrictions lifted by President Barack Obama, Cuba is now open to American citizens to vacation. Whether for the better or worse, new tourism within a previously undisturbed area such as Havana, Cuba, is liable to have significant effects on the social, economical, and environmental aspects of their culture.

Presently, people travel to explore and experience authentic cuisines all around the world. The food and beverage that a certain country is the main element and one of the top three rationale why the traveler/tourist choose their vacation escapade. An emerging trend that is annually increasing is “Culinary/Wine Tourism.” Culinary Tourism alias “Gastronomic Tourism,” “Tasting Tourism,” or “Food Tourism.” It refers to the regional food and beverage that a country can showcase while wine tourism can consist of visit to wineries, vineyards and restaurant known to offer unique vintages, as well as organized wine tours, wine festivals, or other special events.

Tourism in France is an important activity, both for the French who choose to spend their holidays, and foreigners who come to stay. Thus, since 1990, France became the first tourist destination in the world. The tourist attraction of France is due to the large number and wide variety of points of interest, diversity of landscapes, the rich cultural and artistic heritage, the temperate climate and ease of access and transport infrastructure, but also the important equipment in the country and varied reception facilities (hotels, amusement parks...). Thus, each department is a French tourist department with several points of interest. France has a rich well known cultural heritage, favored by many sites listed as World Heritage of UNESCO. The French tourism has many different facets and positive economic impacts and France makes every effort to maintain the liveliness of this important asset.

Wherever I go, be it down the street or across the globe, I crave authentic and more importantly honest food. This is hard to find. I’ll often ask these questions to locals — “Where do you go to eat?, “Where do you go when you get off work?”, or “Where do you take your family?”. These questions usually yield restaurants that most travelers never reach,

Compete in today’s global world makes the countries in any other parts of the world will compete to defend presence acknowledgement by the world. The development of all aspects of life makes the state in any hemisphere shows of wealth as well as his true identity as a country. A country’s resource wealth into the shield from the impact of the progress of the world, but it also can we take advantage to make our country as the world promotion. The development of the world culture as icons make important to maintain themselves in the middle of the era of competition, culture is a symbol of system and meaning in a human society which contained the norms and values of social relationship and behavior become the true identity of a country.

Before the 20th Century tourism was viewed by early scholars who had attempted to define tourism as a phenomenon which mainly involved people from the higher class otherwise referred to as nobles in ancient times and not for people from low class in the society otherwise known as peasants because it involved leisure and relaxation. This was mainly attributed to the fact that economies at that time were not properly developed so that many people could have enough time to work and at the same time preserve sometime for leisure activities and so it was mainly associated with the rich people in the society. However as time went by especially in the 19th and the 20th century tourism gained a wider range of view and debates have been going on

Culture is a main ‘pull factor’ which influences visitors to travel to destinations in different parts of the world (Akama & Sterry 2000). In most regions, particularly in world leading metropolis, cultural attractions have become important in their tourism development. At the global level, cultural attractions are usually perceived as icons of main streams of global culture which attracts millions of tourists annually (Richards, 2001).

Cultural heritage tourism (or just heritage tourism or diaspora tourism) is a branch of tourism oriented towards the cultural heritage of the location where tourism is occurring. The National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States defines heritage tourism as “travelling to experience the places and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past," and cultural heritage tourism is defined as “travelling to experience the places and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present."

In the dynamic world today, more and more people want to travel to discover fabulous natural scenery and different culture in other areas. However, getting experiences form tasting food is now becoming a new incentive, and this incentive gave birth to a new kind of tourism-gastronomic tourism or culinaty tourism. Gastronomic tourism is the pursuit of travel in the quest for the enjoyment of

National culture is one of the most important factors that influences both the expectations and the perceptions of a visitor engaging in a new experience. As national culture is at the heart of any geographical location to which a tourist or traveler may journey to, it is essential that those individuals with whom these travelers come in contact with within the tourism and hospitality industry not only have a thorough understanding of the national culture of the area in which they operate, but an effective capacity to communicate certain cultural expectations and standards to the customers they will serve. As success in the field of hospitality and tourism cannot come without the satisfaction of the customer or tourist, knowledge and open communication are essential in the area of cross-cultural interactions.

It was indicated that four factors including tourist’s national culture, tourist’s personal culture, the culture of the destination and the distance between the culture of the destination and the culture of tourist’s home country are possible to affect tourist visit intention (Ng, Lee and Soutar, 2007). Tourist national culture has an impact on travel behaviours (Cho, 1991; Dybka, 1988; Holzner, 1985; Ritter, 1987). For example, it was found that Japanese tourists prefer short holidays, whereas European tourists prefer long holidays (Ritter, 1987). Furthermore, It was pointed out that American tourists are more inclined to socialize with people from other countries than Japanese or Korean tourists (Pizam and Jeong, 1996). It was also

Nevertheless, the Association for Development of Cultural Tourism, known as Europa Nostra, nominated the Durrës Amphitheatre to ‘The 7 Most Endangered’ list in 2013. The importance of such a recommendation can help bring attention to the much needed renovation and preservation of this site. Europa Nostra believes having the Durrës amphitheater on the World Heritage List will have a big impact on the revitalization of the city. They also indicate, being placed on the list, would help put Durrës back on the map of historic sites in Europe. The amphitheater is one of the most remarkable heritage sites not only for Albania, but also for the whole of the Balkan region (Ponce de Leon, 2013).