Resilience, Authenticity and Digital Heritage Tourism

This book explores the authentication of authenticity in heritage tourism through a resilient smart systems approach, discussing emerging trends in cultural tourism and their significance in negotiating authenticity. It proposes a smart resilient authentication model to navigate the objective and self-dimensions of authenticity in transformative times, offering insights into digital platforms and artificial intelligence.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 234 pages
Publication date: 31 May 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Authentication of authenticity is a complex and evolving field within heritage tourism, with emerging trends playing a significant role in negotiating the authenticity of tourism experiences. This book delves into the realm of cultural tourism, examining the significance of these trends in shaping the negotiation of authenticity. It provides a detailed exploration of various authentication processes, highlighting their resilience in creating transformative heritage tourism pathways. By examining a broad spectrum of cultural expressions, the book offers a kaleidoscopic view of the evolution of authenticity over the past several decades.

The book also examines the meaningfulness of negotiated authenticity in the context of pre-, intra-, and post-pandemic times. It focuses on the moral and existentialist trajectories of authenticity and the notion of self-authentication. The book proposes a smart resilient authentication model to delicately balance the objective and self-dimensions of authenticity in transformative times. Furthermore, it offers valuable insights into how authenticity is authenticated and mediated through digital platforms and artificial intelligence.

This book offers novel perspectives on negotiated authenticity and its authentication in heritage tourism, appealing to practitioners and students/scholars in Heritage studies, Design and Innovation, Tourism Studies, Geography, and Planning across North America, Europe, and East-Asian countries. By examining the evolving trends in cultural tourism and their impact on the negotiation of authenticity, this book contributes to the growing body of knowledge in this field.

Weight: 388g
Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367566630