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Oh, Canada: Reconciliation via Indigenous storytelling, dignity, and ‘dark tourism’

and January 8, 2024
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Can 'dark tourism' help Canada reconcile its past and present? Photo by Taylor Burke: Cedar Lake Ranch, Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC) Manitoba.

Can tour­ism — ‘dark tour­ism’ — and the storytelling that it facil­it­ates help Canada and Cana­dians recon­cile their past and look for­ward to a bright­er, more united future? Kel­ley A…

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Emotions, storytelling, AI, & tech dominate culture & heritage tourism summit


Culture and heritage tourism discussed at WTACH Global Leaders Summit in Valencia, Spain

Emo­tion­al con­nec­tion, empathy, and nar­rat­ive storytelling in an AI age of declin­ing atten­tion spans dom­in­ated debate at the inaug­ur­al Glob­al Lead­ers Sum­mit of the World Tour­ism Asso­ci­ation for Cul­ture and Heritage…

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Preserving Nigeria’s cultural heritage through authenticity in tourism, education, technology

October 1, 2024

Calabar Carnival, ‘Africa’s Biggest Street Party, part of Nigeria's cultural heritage Akintomiwaao, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

…writ­ten form over gen­er­a­tions. Edu­ca­tion and exper­i­ence play a pivotal role in pro­mot­ing cul­tur­al her­it­age.  Con­tents ^ Storytelling, a corner­stone of Nigeria’s cul­tur­al her­it­age Storytelling, a corner­stone of Nigeri­an culture…

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Don’t forget niches: Marketing to micro-communities for sustainable tourism growth


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…man­age­ment Pos­it­ive vis­it­or and res­id­ent sen­ti­ment Bal­anced tour­ism is healthy tour­ism ‘Be Bajan’: ‘Loc­al-hood’ in Bar­ba­dos Stake­hold­er-cent­ric exper­i­ences and storytelling Could niches trans­form your des­tin­a­tion? Fea­tured image (top of post) How…

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Douro on my mind: Measuring & marketing value during the ‘value crisis’

February 7, 2023
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Douro Valley, Portugal by by Maksym Kaharlytskyi (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/5ZmAyIG_OrI Price / value scale by Tumisu (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/purchase-shopping-price-value-7307064/ Thought bubble by Clker-Free-Vector-Images (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/vectors/cloud-thinking-thought-bubble-304979/

…offer help and advice, and keep you informed as you anti­cip­ate your adven­ture? Valu­ing vis­it­or affin­ity Des­tin­a­tions make huge invest­ments in brand­ing and storytelling that is designed to evoke emotions…

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