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标题：Assessing the tangible and intangible benefits of tourism: perceptions of economic, social, and cultural impacts in Labrador’s Battle Harbour Historic District
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作者：Howard Ramos ; Mark C.J. Stoddart ; David Chafe 等
期刊名称：Island Studies Journal
印刷版ISSN：1715-2593
出版年度：2016
卷号：11
期号：1
页码：209-226
出版社：Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island
摘要：Literature on rural and small island tourism critically questions the commodification of culture and landscapes, showing that replacing rural resource based industries with tourism often leads to a mummification of culture and questionable economic payoffs. Using original survey and qualitative data from three communities in Labrador’s Battle Harbour Historic District, this paper explores how rural and island communities perceive the benefits of tourism and interactions with tourists. The paper finds that residents value the cultural showcasing of their communities and history, but are ambiguous about the economic rewards of tourism. We conclude by questioning whether the cultural rewards of tourism, around meaning making, outweigh other rewards around promoting economically and socially viable communities.
关键词：Atlantic Canada;Battle Harbour;Battle Island;culture;development;island tourism;Newfoundland;Labrador