TY - JOUR
KW - Authenticity
KW - British Columbia
KW - Canada
KW - heritage tourism
KW - Italy
KW - Language preservation
KW - Minority languages
KW - Qualitative interviews
KW - sustainable tourism
KW - cultural heritage
KW - cultural identity
KW - ecotourism
KW - ethnic minority
KW - indigenous population
KW - Language
KW - survey method
AU - Serena Lonardi
AU - Umberto Martini
AU - John Hull
AB - Cultural aspects of a destination have always been part of the discourse on sustainable tourism, i.e. tourism that attempts to preserve cultural and environmental resources for future generations. Particular attention has to be paid to Intangible Cultural Heritage, especially languages, since they will be available to future generations only with daily practice. Through twenty semi-structured qualitative interviews, the paper considers two Indigenous languages in British Columbia (Canada) and the Cimbrian language in Italy and concludes that the genuine interest shown by tourists contributes to language revival in contexts of minority cultural groups by strengthening the sense of pride and identity of members. This study hopes to be a stepping stone in the analysis of minority languages as sustainable tourism resources.
DO - 10.1016/j.annals.2020.102859
N1 - Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
N2 - Cultural aspects of a destination have always been part of the discourse on sustainable tourism, i.e. tourism that attempts to preserve cultural and environmental resources for future generations. Particular attention has to be paid to Intangible Cultural Heritage, especially languages, since they will be available to future generations only with daily practice. Through twenty semi-structured qualitative interviews, the paper considers two Indigenous languages in British Columbia (Canada) and the Cimbrian language in Italy and concludes that the genuine interest shown by tourists contributes to language revival in contexts of minority cultural groups by strengthening the sense of pride and identity of members. This study hopes to be a stepping stone in the analysis of minority languages as sustainable tourism resources.
TI - Minority languages as sustainable tourism resources: From Indigenous groups in British Columbia (Canada) to Cimbrian people in Giazza (Italy)
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85077714323&doi=10.1016%2fj.annals.2020.102859&partnerID=40&md5=32e15f6010a34d8f5550f58d1462df12
VL - 83
SN - 01607383 (ISSN)
ER -