Overcoming Overtourism : Creating Revived Originals.

ISBN:

9783030638146

Title:

Author:

Frey, Bruno S.

Personal Author:

Frey, Bruno S.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (111 pages)

Contents:

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1: Overtourism: Problems and a Radical Proposal-An Introduction -- Part I: Overtourism: The Problem -- 2: Excessive Cultural Tourism -- 2.1 What Are the Figures? -- 2.2 Cultural Overtourism -- 2.3 Why Is Cultural Overtourism Growing So Quickly? -- 2.4 What Are the Effects of Cultural Mass Tourism? -- 3: Reactions to Cultural Overtourism -- 3.1 People Are Protesting -- 3.2 Shifting to So Far Little Visited Cultural Sites -- 3.3 Government Intervenes -- 3.3.1 Information and Appeals -- 3.3.2 Marketing Efforts -- 3.3.3 Temporal and Local Administrative Restrictions -- 3.3.4 Tax Incentives -- 3.3.5 Price Increase for Visitors -- 3.3.6 Auctioning of Visiting Rights -- 3.4 Visitors Are Banned -- Part II: Overtourism: A Radical Proposal -- 4: A Positive Alternative: Revived Originals -- 4.1 What Are the Features of Revived Originals? -- 4.1.1 The Most Important Buildings Are Replicated Identically -- 4.1.2 Digital Technology Is Extensively Applied -- 4.1.3 Art Sites Are Historically and Culturally Embedded -- 4.1.4 Combining Copy and Digital Technology -- 4.2 What Are the Advantages of Revived Originals? -- 4.3 Similar Sites Already Exist -- 4.3.1 Prehistoric Paintings in Altamira, Lascaux, and Chauvet -- 4.3.2 The Tomb of Tutankhamun -- 4.3.3 Panoramas and Dioramas -- 4.3.4 Wittgenstein's Hut in Norway -- 4.3.5 Neuschwanstein Castle -- 4.3.6 Berlin and Other German Cities -- 4.3.7 Ballenberg, Open-Air Museum of Switzerland -- 4.3.8 Swissminiature -- 4.3.9 Minimundus in Klagenfurt -- 4.3.10 Replicas in the United States -- 4.3.11 Replicas in Japan -- 4.3.12 Replicas in China -- 5: Revived Originals and Possible Counterarguments -- 5.1 Original Compared to Revived Original -- 5.2 Missing Atmosphere and Acceptance -- 5.3 Not Interesting for Selfie Tourists?.

6: What Problems Are Likely to Arise? -- 6.1 Which Organizational Forms Are Reasonable? -- 6.2 Is Suitable Property Available? -- 6.3 Is There a Rivalry with Existing Replicas? -- 6.4 Will the Originals Still Risk Being Overcrowded? -- 6.5 Political Resistance -- 7: How Can Revived Originals Become Reality? -- 7.1 Venice -- 7.2 Combining Several Cities -- 7.2.1 North Italian Cities -- 7.2.2 Austrian Cities -- 7.3 What Is Required to Create Revived Originals? -- Part III: Cultural Overtourism: A Perspective -- 8: Conclusions -- 8.1 Cultural Overtourism Is Controversial -- 8.2 Cultural Overtourism: A Solution -- 8.2.1 Revived Originals Will Cause Opposition -- 8.2.2 Revived Originals Offer Many Opportunities -- References.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term:

Tourism-Management.

Overtourism.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2021

Publication Information:

Cham :

Springer International Publishing AG,

2021.

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Summary

Cultural Overtourism is a comparatively new term, and refers to historical sites, museums and places that are extremely crowded by tourists; hence, a type of tourism that has negative effects on both the cultural sites and the people who live there. This problem has sparked more and more protests. Accordingly, many cultural institutions and cities are now taking measures to limit the flow of tourists.

In this book, Bruno S. Frey - a renowned and frequently cited economist - suggests, on the contrary, an extension of the supply of cultural sites in the form of "Revived Originals". By this he means the erection of identical replicas of the most important buildings at a suitable nearby location. In addition, digital information technologies (augmented and virtual reality including holograms) can be used to immerse visitors in the history and culture of the newly established sites, while adjacent hotels, restaurants and shops provide the necessary accompanying infrastructure. In this way, the flow of tourists can be distributed between the original site and the Revived Original. This book outlines the "Revived Originals" concept, discusses the organisational and economic challenges it entails, and contrasts it with existing Disneyland concepts. Especially for families with children or people who have little interest in culture - i.e., for the majority of visitors - these places can be very attractive.

This book will appeal to anyone interested in alternative forms of tourism, as well as political and administrative decision-makers looking for new solutions to cultural overtourism.

Author Notes

Bruno S. Frey is a Permanent Visiting Professor at the University of Basel and Research Director at CREMA - the Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts, Zurich (Switzerland). He has previously served as a Professor at the Universities of Constance, Zurich, Chicago and Warwick, and holds five Honorary Doctorates. Prof Frey has published 25 books and more than 600 scholarly articles.