@article{87f663f5b1bb4f52a874c4c733dd3c2d,
title = "Production and consumption of European cultural tourism",
abstract = "A transnational study of European cultural tourism demand and supply indicates a rapid increase in both the production and consumption of heritage attractions. Although heritage tourism demand has been fueled by rising income and education levels, there has also been a significant supply-induced element of demand. In particular, those engaged in cultural production play a key role in exploiting the cultural capital concentrated in the major historic centers of Europe. Spatially localized production of heritage is intimately linked with socially limited consumption of heritage tourism by groups within the {"}new middle class{"}, rendering attempts to spread tourism consumption through heritage promotion difficult.",
keywords = "Consumption, Cultural tourism, Europe, Heritage",
author = "Greg Richards",
note = "Funding Information: The data presented in this article are derived from the European Cultural Tourism Project established by the European Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS). This project was established in 1991 with funding from the European Commission to establish a transnational database on cultural tourism. Details of the project and the detailed research findings have been published elsewhere (Bonink and Richards 1992; Richards 1993, 1994). The data collected for the ATLAS project consist of two major elements: a survey of cultural visitor characteristics and numbers (demand), and a survey of cultural attractions (supply). The demand data were collected through a questionnaire survey conducted in the summer of 1992 at 26 cultural attractions in nine European Union (EU) member states: France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom. The summer period was deliberately chosen as the peak tourism season, which would yield a reasonable sample of international and domestic tourists. A standard questionnaire covering visitor characteristics, purpose of visit, length of stay and previous cultural tourism consumption was drawn up by a multinational research team and translated into eight different languages. This allowed international and domestic tourists to be surveyed at all locations. The choice of locations was based on",
year = "1996",
doi = "10.1016/0160-7383(95)00063-1",
language = "English",
volume = "23",
pages = "261--283",
journal = "Annals of Tourism Research",
issn = "0160-7383",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "2",
}