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Cultural awareness; Heritage tourism; Marketing; Social acceptance; Toleration
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Cultural Acceptance And Its Effect On Tourism, I-Hsuan Shih
Cultural Acceptance And Its Effect On Tourism, I-Hsuan Shih
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
This professional paper examines the relationship between cultural acceptance in conjunction with social perception and cultural tourism promotion strategies. It provides a matrix to evaluate the likely success of promoting a specific cultural aspect of a destination and suggestions for ways of dealing with a lack of cultural acceptance or negative perceptions. It underscores the need for tourism strategic planners to take into account the cultural acceptance of a proposed project by the host community before proceeding.