Cultural Heritage is a systematic, interdisciplinary examination of cultural heritage, which provides an up-to-date view of the field by drawing on various disciplines. The book offers a thorough, structured review of extant literature on heritage in tourism and pertinent challenges for cultural heritage.

List of Figures, List of Tables, About the Editors, About the Contributors, Foreword and Acknowledgment, Chapter 1 Heritage and Tourism: A Literature Review, By Zara H. Hosseini, Florian Kock, and Alexander Josiassen, Chapter 2 Poets Know It: Cultural Heritage and the Great Divide, By Stephen Brown, Chapter 3 Value and Values of Cultural Heritage, By Marilena Vecco, Chapter 4 Using Contestation to Elicit Values for Heritage Planning: The Case of the Urban Park at Ekeberg in Oslo, Norway, By Torgrim Sneve Guttormsen and Joel Taylor, Chapter 5 Marketing Australia's Cultural Heritage: The Sydney Olympic Games Closing Ceremony, By Leanne White, Chapter 6 Managing Sustainable Consumption of Cultural Heritage: The Key Role of Existential Authenticity, By Tomaz Kolar, Mateja Kos Koklic, and Vesna Zabkar, Chapter 7 Heritage as Embodied Co-Creation: 'Living the History' of the Titanic in Cobh, By Aggelos Panayiotopoulos, Maria Lichrou, Lisa O'Malley, and Maurice Patterson, Chapter 8 The People and Processes Underscoring Authentication of the Blaenavon World Heritage Site: Mediating 'Hot' and 'Cool' Authentication, By Laura Reynolds, Adam Lindgreen, and Michael B. Beverland, Chapter 9 Cultural Heritage as Blessing and Curse for Branding Urban Destinations, By Sebastian Zenker and Erik Braun, Chapter 10 Immaterial Heritage and Sense of Place, By Adriana Campelo, Chapter 11 The Economic Calculation of Conservation, By Marilena Vecco, Chapter 12 Information and Communication Technologies in Cultural Heritage Management, By Turgay Kerem Koramaz, Chapter 13 Visitor Segments for the Alto Douro Wine Region Cultural Heritage Site: A Multivariate Approach, By João Rebelo, Lina Lourenço-Gomes, and Cristina Ribeiro, Chapter 14 Consuming our National Parks: Cultural Heritage in a Consumer Culture, By Stephen Wearing, Stephen Schweinsberg, and Simon Darcy, Chapter 15 Let It All Fall Down: Delighting in Anti-Heroes, Alternative Heritage and Ruination, By Anthony Patterson, Chapter 16 Conservation and Looting of the Tam Ting Caves and Its Impact on Lao Heritage Values, By Brian Egloff and Thongsa Sayavkongkhamedy, Chapter 17 Re-thinking Places: from Dark Heritage Sites to Socially Symbolic Scapes", By Audrey Gilmore and Roxana Magee, Index