Current Trends in Tourism in Historic Cities

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Patron and Founding Editor: Prof. Dr. S.P. Bansal, Maharaja Agrasen University, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, India

Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Daniel Barrera-Fernandez, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. daniel.barrera@ugto.mx

About the Theme: Current Trends in Tourism in Historic Cities

Since the publication of the Tourist-Historic City (Ashworth & Tunbridge, 1990), strategies developed by historic cities to increase tourist activity have evolved dramatically. The industry itself has diversified, with an increasing prominence of fragmented holidays, day trips, independent traveling and marketing on social media. Cultural tourism has led to a more creative approach, where emphasis is put on the working process of creators. Sustainability has achieved a key role; as a result concepts such as carrying capacity and accessible tourism have become present in tourist plans all over the world. Nevertheless, some of the risks that tourism has traditionally brought to historic cities are still present, such as the difficulty of granting authenticity without turning the city into a stage. Integrating contemporary urban design and architecture in areas deemed to have heritage value is a delicate matter. In many cases, there is a lack of citizen participation in tourism-related decisions, which may lead to an unbalanced distribution of costs and benefits and a lack of representation of the local community in the heritage assets presented to visitors. Given the overarching focus, contributions that address the following themes are sought:

•   Visitor profiles to historic cities
•   Planning the tourist city
•   Presence and marketing of historic cities on social media
•   Smart city and tourism
•   Creative tourism in historic cities
•   Relationship between tourism and urban regeneration
•   Contemporary architecture and urban design in historic cities
•   Authenticity vs staging the historic city
•   Archaeological sites turned into tourist attractions
•   Industrial heritage turned into tourist attractions
•   Regeneration of former industrial ports to attract leisure activities
•   Conflicts on heritage selection and representation of the local community

•   Citizen participation
•   Governance in urban tourist destinations
•   Carrying capacity in tourist cities
•   Sustainable tourism in historic cities
•   Accessible tourism in historic cities

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