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Olympic legacy and cultural tourism: exploring the facets of Athens’ Olympic heritage
Routledge eBooks, 2017
This study examines the effects of the Olympic Games on Athens' cultural tourism and the city's potential to leverage the Olympic legacy in synergy with its rich heritage in order to enhance its tourism product during the post-Games period. In doing so, a qualitative and interpretive approach was employed. This includes a literature review on Athens' 2004 Olympics to identify the sport facilities and regeneration projects, which constitute the Olympic legacy and heritage. Based on that, an empirical analysis was undertaken, by collecting official documents about the 2004 Olympics, and conducting five semi-structured interviews with tourism/administrative officials. The findings indicate that the Olympiad contributed significantly to Athens' built and human heritage, revealing the dimensions of new venues/facilities, infrastructure, transportation and aesthetic image of the city, and human capital enhancement. Hence, the Games contributed to the multifaceted representation and reconstruction of the city's identity and cultural heritage. However, the potential afforded from the post-Olympic Athens remains unrealised due to lack of strategic planning/management. The study concludes that there is a need to develop cross-leveraging synergies between the Olympic legacy and cultural tourism for the host city. Finally, a strategic planning framework for leveraging post-Games Olympic tourism is suggested in order to maximise the benefits of Athens' legacy and heritage in the city's tourism development.
In: В. Димитров (ред.) Културно наследство - състояние и перспективи. Сборник с доклади от конференция в чест на 90-годишнината от рождението на проф. Любен Прашков, Нов български университет, 5 ноември 2021 г., Издателство на НБУ, София 2022, 432-453. ISBN 978-619-233-230-3, ISBN 978-619-233-229-7, 2022
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Site Management Strategies for UNESCO World Heritage Sites: The Case of the Letoon Sanctuary in Turkey, 2020
Letoon is an archaeological site in Turkey inscribed at the World Heritage List in 1988 for its influence on the Lycian and subsequent Western architecture. In recent years, in order to protect the international significance of the sites, the World Heritage Committee has required preparing five-year management plans for heritage sites. This study focuses on the methodology of the conservation and presentation of the site by gathering and analyzing the necessary data for the management plan of Letoon. The site management plan defines a framework for the protection and enhancement of the architectural, archaeological, historical and cultural assets of the site. In this paper, a site boundary is proposed for the Letoon Management Plan and studied in three stages. Firstly, protection, presentation, and visitor policies will be developed by providing access to national and international platforms. Secondly, a strategy will be defined according to the vision to solve problems of the archaeological sites, and existing settlements. Finally, an action plan for site activities will be prepared following decisions about usage and transformation for tourism purposes.
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Whilst World Heritage Site (WHS) designation is often valued for the increased tourism and associated economic benefits it brings to a region, it can simultaneously lead to the disenfranchisement and marginalisation of local communities. Focusing on the WHS of Göreme-Cappadocia in central Turkey, this article addresses the contested nature of Cappadocia’s herit-age and tourism landscape by discussing the uneasy relationship between the Byzantine historic remains, the Göreme local community and cultural tourism. The discussion critically examines the issue of inclusion and exclu-sion relating to the heritage presentation and interpretation at this WHS. In conclusion, recommendations for achieving a better level of sustainable cul-tural tourism through better inclusion of multiple stakeholders and values are made.
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