Also known as cultural heritage preservation or conservation, refers to the proactive efforts and practices aimed at safeguarding and protecting the cultural, historical, natural, and architectural heritage of a particular region, community, or place for the benefit of present and future generations.
Published in Chapter:
Institutionalizing Cultural Tourism for Heritage Preservation: Comprehending Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Corridor (SKVTC)
Copyright: © 2023
|Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-9957-3.ch009
Abstract
The study attempts to analyze the temple Corridor Project in detail and understand its impact on cultural tourism. It focuses on the scope and challenges of heritage preservation and tourism infrastructure development, had been conducted through field visits and observations. During the investigation, different sources have been taken into account, including document review, personal interviews with the experts, local community stakeholders, and those who are/were directly or indirectly involved or affected by the SKVTC project. The study proposed unique way of using different but related set of factors of different natures in cultuaral heritage tourism, and hence offers an important empirical contribution to the literature of heritage management.