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Collaborative Management and Planning of Urban Heritage Tourism: Public Sector Perspective
Author(s) -
Petrova Petia,
Hristov Dean
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.2019
Subject(s) - tourism , heritage tourism , cultural heritage management , perspective (graphical) , industrial heritage , urban planning , public relations , exploratory research , public sector , work (physics) , cultural heritage , tourism geography , private sector , business , political science , regional science , sociology , engineering , social science , mechanical engineering , civil engineering , artificial intelligence , computer science , law
Summary ‘This paper investigates collaborative management and planning among public organisations involved in urban heritage tourism. An exploratory case study has been applied, capturing urban heritage tourism development in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The findings demonstrate a shared desire for further collaboration between the key public bodies involved, with limited existing and previous collaboration, beyond work that is the result of existing hierarchies. Collaboration is at an early stage, and many looked to the Local Authority to provide leadership in driving new initiatives. The private sector has a limited but increasing role in this. There are differing views on the focus of heritage tourism development – some suggesting a regional, others a city focus.’ Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.