Cultural Attractions and European Tourism

is Professor of Leisure Studies at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. He has led the ATLAS Cultural Tourism Project since its inception in 1991 and published widely in this field, including Cultural Tourism in Europe (1996), Cultural Attractions and European Tourism (2001), Tourism, Creativty and Development (2007), Cultural Tourism: Global and Local Perspectives and Eventful Cities: Cultural Management and Urban Regeneration (2010).

• Part One: Development of Cultural Tourism and Cultural Attractions 1: The Development of Cultural Tourism in Europe, Greg Richards, Tilberg University, Tilberg,The Netherlands 2: The Market for Cultural Attractions, Greg Richards 3: The Experience Industry and the Creation of Attractions, Greg Richards 4: The Cultural Attraction Distribution System, Greg Richards, Saskia Goedhart, L A Group, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Carla Herrijgers, Pelikaan Reizen, Zevenbergen, The Netherlands Part Two: Case Studies of European Cultural Attractions 5: The Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, Wil Munsters, Hoge Hotelschool Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands 6: Urban Regeneration and Glasgow's Galleries with Particular Reference to The Burrell Collection,David Leslie, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK 7: Clonmacnoise: a Monastic Site, Burial Ground and Tourist Attraction, Frances McGettigan and Kevin Burns, Althone Insitute of Technology, Althone, Ireland 8: Cultural Heritage Sites and Their Visitors: Too Many For Too Few?, Sue Berry and Graham Shephard University of Brighton, Eastbourne UK 9: Urban Heritage Tourism: Globalization and Localization, Michael Green, Loughborough University, 10: The Budapest Spring Festival - a Festival for Hungarians?, László Puczkó and Tamara Rátz, Tourism Research Centre, Budapest, Hungary 11: The Consumption of Cultural Tourism in Poland, Barbara Marciszewska, University School of Physical Education, Wiejska, Poland 12: Creative Industries as Milieu of Innovation: The Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Caro Bonink, Caro Consulting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Erik Hitters, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 13: European Cultural Attractions: Trends and Prospects, Greg Richards

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