Marketing Cultural Resources as a Tourism Product

Amare Yaekob Chiriko

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Abstract: This chapter presents the marketing aspect of cultural tourism resources by taking evidence from Sidama, Southern Ethiopia. It identifies the major cultural tourism resources of Sidama, and assesses their market readiness state through the lenses of tourists. It also presents the profile of cultural tourists visiting endowments in Sidama using descriptive research approach. Brief introduction of marketing approaches to cultural tourism and a review of literature on cultural tourism products and cultural tourists is also provided. As to its significance, the chapter offers analysis of cultural tourism assets and their marketability as a tourism product in a developing destination context. Practical implications for sound cultural tourism marketing are also discussed in the chapter.

Keywords: cultural tourism; cultural tourism products; marketing; Sidama; tourists (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.93869

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