| Description |
xvi, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Environmental communication series
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| Contents |
Industry stakeholders' view on tour guide certification in the Australian ecotourism industry / Rosemary Black -- Nature, heritage and interpretive guide training : mirror on the past window to the future / Betty Weiler and Rosemary Black -- Experiences from the Strahan Visitor Center, Tasmania / Liza D. Fallon and Lorne K. Kriwoken -- Once upon a time ... : interpreting the past for young children / Lisa DeSantis -- Travel knowledgeably : the question of content in heritage interpretation / Russell Staiff and Robyn Bushell -- "They said what to whom?!" : messages delivered on guide tours in Victorian protected areas / E. Kate Armstrong and Betty Weiler -- Listening between the lines : using research-based knowledge to support the development of interpretive text / Elizabeth A. Beckmann -- Layers of meaning : interpretation for the novice and the expert at the Naracoorte World Heritage Site / Jeremy Robertson and Jane James -- Kangaroo or gangurru? : indigenous wildlife interpretation in Australia / Heather Zeppel, Sue Muloin and Karen Higginbottom -- Chinese tour guiding in Australia : current status, issues and recommendations / Xin Yu -- Pile of rocks and a hold in the ground : heritage tourism and interpretation of the Gold Rushes at the Mount Alexander Diggings / Warwick Frost |
| Summary |
"This volume explores current thinking and presents empirical research aimed at understanding heritage interpretation and tour guiding in Australia, a nation where interpretation has come to make not only ideological, but economic, sense. With its numerous and varied cultural and environmental sites, Australia provides an ideal setting for the research of interpretation, with lessons that can be applied across the globe. The works published in this volume include analyses of cultural and cross-cultural interpretation and guiding, interpretation of heritage sites, education, training and certification issues, and utilizing research to more strategically target interpretation."--Book jacket |
| Analysis |
Interpretation |
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Nature tourism |
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Tourism research |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Interpretation of cultural and natural resources -- Australia.
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Historic sites -- Interpretive programs -- Australia.
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Natural areas -- Interpretive programs -- Australia.
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National parks and reserves -- Interpretive programs -- Australia.
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Heritage tourism -- Australia.
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Ecotourism -- Australia.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Cultural policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005456
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| Author |
Black, Rosemary.
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| LC no. |
2003015333 |
| ISBN |
1555918654 paperback alkaline paper |
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