The experience of common European heritage: A criticaldiscourse analysis of tourism practices at Cultural Routes ofthe Council of Europe

Journal of European Landscapes

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Daphne Martens¹ 

[1] Vrije Universiteit

关键词: European cultural heritage;    identity;    networks;    routes;    stakeholders;    tourism experiences;    tourism itineraries;   

DOI  :  10.5117/JEL.2022.3.82504

来源: Pensoft

【 摘 要 】

Routes and networks with a heritage theme can be seen as alternative ways of approaching heritage, as they situate heritagesites in larger geographical and cultural contexts. The development of routes and networks can benefit places and stakeholdersby attracting tourists, but in practice most routes and networks do not use their potential to become an experience-based formof tourism. In this article, seven Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe are researched to see how they connect places, presentEuropean narratives and provide tourism experiences. Critical Discourse Analysis is used to examine the use of tourism in CulturalRoutes. Most Cultural Routes are networks of sites that share a theme, without being physically connected. These networks, oftenled by governments and heritage experts, aim at creating a pan-European identity by showing the connections between historicnarratives over Europe. In this way, local narratives are placed in a European perspective to teach Europeans about their commonheritage. However, despite the aim of the Cultural Routes to let visitors experience common European heritage, practical information for tourists is often missing in information sources of the Cultural Routes. In addition, it is impossible to let people experiencea complete European network, so the word route can be misleading. This raises the question whether creating tourism itinerariesis really one of the main goals of the Cultural Routes, or if it is more about bringing stakeholders together in a European network.

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