Cultural and Heritage Tourism

Contents

• About Cultural and Heritage Tourism
• Information Resources on Cultural and Heritage Tourism
• Economic Impact of Cultural and Heritage Tourism
• Examples of Cultural and Heritage Tourism
• MRSC Related Pages
  • Arts and Cultural Programs
  • Developing Local Government Tourism Industry
  • Economic Impact - Siting Facilities
  • Historic Preservation 

About Cultural and Heritage Tourism

History and culture provide a key opportunity for travel promoters and planners. The educational experience from heritage tourism can be partnered with other tourist attractions. The National Trust for Historic Preservation identified five principles to guide the combining heritage and tourism: Collaborate; find the fit between a community or region and tourism;  make sites and programs come alive; focus on authenticity and quality of experience; and preserve and protect resource.  See NTHP 2005 Cultural Heritage Fact Sheet ( 138 KB)

• Cultural Heritage Tourism - An electronic clearinghouse that includes information provided by many different members of Partners in Tourism, a coalition of the national organizations and agencies with an interest in cultural heritage tourism - Heritage Tourism Program, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Heritage Tourism - National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Cultural Tourism ( 653 KB) by Mary Thompson, Washington Heritage Bulletin, Summer 1998.
• Cultural Works: Cultural Resources as Economic Development Tools, Public Management, August 2000 [ED 5.6000] Library Loan
• Preserving America - Historic Preservation and Heritage Tourism in Housing and Community Development: A Guide to Using Community Development Block Grant Funds for Historic Preservation and Heritage Tourism in Your Communities. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2004, HUD-2004-09-CPD ( 10.2 MB)
• The Role of Arts in Economic Development ( 335 KB), National Governors Association, Center for Best Practices Issue Brief, June 2001.
• Visiting Washington State’s Cultural Attractions - Washington State Arts Commission, Summer 2003 ( 412 KB)

Information Resources on Cultural and Heritage Tourism

• Community Arts Development - Washington State Arts Commission
• Cultural & Heritage Preservation Funding - National Endowment for the Arts
• Cultural Heritage Tourism - Heritage Tourism Program, National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Cultural Heritage Took Kits - Links to tool kit sites 
• Cultural Heritage Tourism Resource Manual - National Assembly of State Arts Organizations
• Cultural Tourism Page - National Assembly of State Arts Organizations
• Excerpts from The Community Cultural Planning Handbook: A Guide for Community Leaders
  by Craig Dreeszen, in National Endowment of the Arts Lessons Learned: A Planning Tool Site
• Getting Started : How to Succeed in Heritage Tourism - Cultural Heritage Tourism (Based on National Trust for Historic Preservation 1993 publication Getting Started : How to Succeed in Heritage Tourism
• Heritage Tourism - National Trust for Historic Preservation, Preservation Resources
  • Heritage Tourism Publications - Cultural Tourism
• Lessons Learned: A Planning Tool Site - National Endowment of the Arts
• Museum Marketing Tips.com - Marketing Tips, Tools Resources for Museums, Historic Sites and Heritage Attractions, project of writer and consultant Katherine Khalife 
• The Okanogan Cultural Corridor Project (British Columbia)
• Tourism Development - Cultural and Heritage Tourism - Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development

Economic Impact of Cultural Tourism

• Challenges of Estimating and Using Economic Impacts for Cultural Tourism ( 1002 KB), Gail A. Vander Stoep, Proceedings of the 2004 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium GTR-NE-326, Northeastern Research Station, USDA Forest Service 
• Economic Benefits of Historic Preservation - Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
• Economic Impacts of Specific Projects - Art and Culture - MRSC
• Economic Impacts of Specific Projects - Tourism - MRSC
• The Economics of Historic Preservation : A Community Leader's Guide, Donovan Rypkema, produced by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2005 -  Main Street Bookstore Blurb
• Economic Impact of the Arts in South Carolina (Study of Cultural Activities), South Carolina Arts Commission, April 2002
• Langley, B.C., Cultural Tourism Economic Impact Study ( 1.88 MB), September 2003
• The Use of Indicators in Monitoring the Economic Impact of Cultural Tourism Initiatives, by Walter Jamieson, ICAMOS Canada Bulletin,  v.4, no. 3, 1995

Examples of Cultural and Heritage Tourism

• Downtowns with Historic Themes - MRSC
• Okanogan (Canada) Cultural Corridor
• Creating Cultural  Events and Attractions
  • Anacortes Arts Festival
  • Bellingham  Festival of Music
  • Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival
  • Ellensburg Jazz in the Valley
  • Tacoma
    • Tacoma's Theater District: Linking Cultural and Economic Revitalization in Tacoma's Downtown Theater District ( 585 KB), 1996 AWC Municipal Achievement Award
    • Tacoma Broadway Center  (Theater District)
  • Western Washington University Outdoor Sculpture Collection
• Building on an Historic Heritage
  • Bellingham Fairhaven Historic District - Bellingham Planning & Community Development
    • Fairhaven Historic District - Fairhaven.com
  • La Conner - LaConner Chamber of Commerce
  • Port Townsend Seaport History - PTGuide.com
  • Snohomish
    • Destination Snohomish
    • Snohomish History
  • Steilacoom
• Tours Featuring Cultural Heritage
  • Lewis and Clark Trail
  • Port Townsend Historic Homes -  PTGuide.com
  • Washington Heritage and Scenic ByWay Links - Washington Department of Transportation

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