Railway Heritage and Tourism: Global Perspectives

Published by Channel View Publications 2014

Railway Heritage and Tourism

Global Perspectives

Edited by: Michael V. Conlin and Geoffrey R. Bird

Volume 37 in the series Tourism and Cultural Change

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845414399

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About this book

This is the first book of its kind to examine railway heritage in the context of tourism in a comprehensive, internationally relevant manner. It explores the challenges faced by developers and operators of railway heritage destinations including financial, legal and managerial sustainability in the modern tourism industry.

Author / Editor information

Conlin Michael V. :

Michael V. Conlin is a professor in the Okanagan School of Business, Canada. His research focuses on cultural and heritage tourism and industrial cultural heritage. Recent publications include Mining Heritage and Tourism (edited with L. Jolliffe, 2011).

Bird Geoffrey R. :

Geoffrey R. Bird is a professor at Royal Roads University, Canada. His research interests include cultural and heritage tourism and remembrance tourism. He is the co-author of Transforming Communities through Tourism (with C. Fisher, B. White & T. Hood, 2009).

Michael V. Conlin is a professor in the Okanagan School of Business, Canada. His research focuses on cultural and heritage tourism and industrial cultural heritage. Recent publications include Mining Heritage and Tourism (edited with L. Jolliffe, 2011).

Geoffrey R. Bird is a professor at Royal Roads University, Canada. His research interests include cultural and heritage tourism and remembrance tourism. He is the co-author of Transforming Communities through Tourism (with C. Fisher, B. White & T. Hood, 2009).

Reviews

The editors have brought together a fascinating collection of cases from around the world that provide both practical and theoretical perspectives on the history, growth, challenges of heritage railways, offering insights into the sector's sustainability. For many of us railfans, myself included, this book also speaks personally to the importance of heritage railways as a vehicle for self-actualization and the expansion of one's individual world, both real and imaginary.

To many people, railway travel encapsulates a romantic era of tourism, spanning little more than a century before being pushed sideways by the automobile and jet aircraft. This wonderful book belies this perception!! Rail travel as heritage is alive and well in contemporary tourism and these fascinating accounts illustrate the durability of this bewitching form of transport.

Claudia Ribeiro de Almeida School of Management, Hotel Management and Tourism, University of Algarve, Algarve, Portugal:

Railway Heritage and Tourism provides a great resource for understanding the importance
of railway heritage and its importance to tourism development in certain regions of the
world. The book gives a great tribute to this great and sometimes forgotten mode of transport. The observations and analysis presented in this book will give readers a broad view and understanding of the importance of railway heritage to tourism.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
Part 1: Introduction
1. Railway Heritage and Tourism: Themes, Issues and Trends Michael V. Conlin and Geoffrey R. Bird Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 2: Issues, Themes and Trends
2. Railway Hotels: From Infrastructure to Destination Bradford T. Hudson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
3. Railfans and Railway Heritage Tourism Kyle Stefanovic and Rhonda Koster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
4. The Magic of Trains and Travel in Children’s Stories Warwick Frost and Jennifer Laing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
5. Railway Heritage for the Cruise Market Kim Lemky, Lee Jolliffe and Michael V. Conlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
6. Safety on the Line: Balancing Authentic Experiences Against Risks and Hazards Josephine Pryce Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
7. New Zealand Rail Trails: Heritage Tourism Attractions and Rural Communities Arianne C. Reis and Carla Jellum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
8. The Dining Car’s Contribution to Railroad Heritage Tourism James D. Porterfield Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
9. Revitalizing Community Values Through Railway Regeneration in the Asia Pacific Region: A Tourism Research and Education Approach Ian Chaplin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Part 3: National and Regional Railway Heritage Tourism
10. Railroad Tourism in Brazil Carla Conceição Lana Fraga, Marcio Peixoto de Sequeira Santos and Sergio de Castro Ribeiro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
11. Railway Tourism: An Opportunity to Diversify Tourism in Mexico Blanca A. Camargo, C. Gabriela Garza and Marel Morales Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
12. The Grand Canyon Railway Fredrick Collison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
13. Railways as Heritage Attractions: The Malaysia–Singapore Line Joan Henderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
14. The Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina Landscapes: A Masterpiece of Railway Engineering Philipp Boksberger and Martin Sturzenegger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
15. Regional Railway Revival: Connecting Heritage and Tourism in the Spa Centre of Australia Leanne White Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
16. The Future of the Yunnan–Vietnam Railway: A Political Economic Perspective Libo Yan and Xingcheng Zhuang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
17. The St Kitts Scenic Railway: A Journey into an Island’s Heritage William Found Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
18. The Future of Railway Heritage Tourism? The West Coast Wilderness Railway, Tasmania Michael V. Conlin and Bruce Prideaux Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Part 4: Conclusion
19. No Terminus in Sight: New Horizons for Heritage Railways Geoffrey R. Bird and Michael V. Conlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	288

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 320
Keywords: industrial heritage; destination planning; railway heritage tourism; cultural heritage tourism; rails to trails; cruise rail tourism; trains

eBook

Published: May 8, 2014
ISBN: 9781845414399