Report
Strategic Guidelines for Heritage Tourism in Battambang Province, Cambodia
University of the Sunshine Coast
2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25907/01083
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Abstract
Research Background
At the request of the Cambodian Ministry of Tourism, the University of the Sunshine Coast developed these strategic guidelines to suggest how Battambang’s heritage assets may best be managed to develop sustainable heritage tourism to diversify and benefit the local poor community. The USC research team of 17 students and 2 staff (funded through the New Colombo Plan) provided the professional guidance and was supported by 17 tourism students from the University of Battambang.
Research Contribution
As the first ever in-depth documentation, the 98 page Strategic Guidelines identifies and provides actions to invigorate and protect Battambang’s tangible and intangible cultural heritage and environmental assets. The guidelines provide a holistic presentation of the existing and potential tourism products that are inter-related, geographically and conceptually to the French colonial heritage; for example:
* environmental heritage assets including the Tonle Sap
* historical heritage assets including those stemming from the Angkorian and Khmer Rouge eras
* cultural heritage assets including religious structures and agricultural land-use and associated livelihood and lifestyle practices
* emerging contemporary assets found in the arts, crafts and cooking.
The Provincial and Cambodian Governments used the Strategic Guidelines to support their nomination of Battambang for UNESCO World Heritage Historic Urban Landscape – Urban Heritage listing.
Research Significance
These Strategic Guidelines provide a rationale and guidance for the protection and preservation of Battambang’s heritage for the enjoyment of all Khmer people and a process to develop and realise sustainable tourism for increasing numbers of international tourists. The Guidelines provide a basis for development within the mandatory requirements and criteria for accreditation and certification in the unified approach to standards of performance embraced by the ASEAN Tourism Strategic Plan 2016-25.
Details
- Title
- Strategic Guidelines for Heritage Tourism in Battambang Province, Cambodia
- Authors
- R W (Bill) Carter (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawGeorgia Grayson (Author)Jon Hewitt (Author)Gemma Pilcher (Author)Melissa Tree (Author)Daria Bodman (Author)Jessica Bolin (Author)Jennifer Briese (Author)Madison Glass (Author)Paul Harms (Author)Emma Kerr (Author)Caleb Mattiske (Author)Jay Odel (Author)Campbell Seith (Author)Liam Stocker (Author)Jamee-Leigh Webster (Author)Erin Wharton (Author)Amanda Miller (Author)Terry Trethowan (Author)
- Publication details
- 81 pages
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date published
- 2016
- DOI
- 10.25907/01083
- ISBN
- 9781925476002; 9781925476026
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2016 University of the Sunshine Coast. Reproduced here with permission.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; School of Education - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450587902621
- Output Type
- Report
- NTRO Classification
- NT2
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