Chapter 1. Introduction; Glenn Hooper.- Chapter 2 .‘My Place or Yours?’ Reconciling visitor and local needs in the Regeneration of Glasgow through Culture and Heritage; Mark O’Neill.­- Chapter 3. Promoting the Sacred: the potential for Pilgrimage-Touristic growth in Wales – A Theoretical and Applied Analysis; Simon Thomas.- Chapter 4. Heritage Tourism and the commodification of Contested Spaces: Ireland and the Battle of the Boyne Site; Ruth McManus and Gerry O’Reilly.- Chapter  5. Millstone Grit, Blackstone Edge: Literary and Heritage Tourism in the South Pennines, England; Karl Spracklen.- Chapter 6. Transforming Waterways: the tourism based Regeneration of Canals in Scotland; John J. Lennon.- Chapter 7. Welsh Heritage and Cultural Tourism: Engendering community Regeneration and environmental sustainability in the Lower Swansea Valley; Kathryn E. Flynn.- Chapter 8. Rural Heritage and Tourism in Ireland: A County Mayo Case Study; Catherine Kelly.- Chapter 9. Interpreting Cultural Landscapes in the North York Moors; Simon C. Woodward and Sarah Oswald.- Chapter 10. ‘Anything you want it to mean?’ Scotland’s changing Heritage Landscape; Ian Donnachie.- Chapter  11. Selection and de-selection of the national narrative: Approaches to Heritage through devolved politics in Wales; David Howell.- Chapter 12. Tourism, Heritage and Conservation in the Irish Midlands: The Irish Workhouse Centre, Portumna; Glenn Hooper.- Chapter 13. ‘Where do heritage trails go to die?’ Stepping out at the British seaside; Paul Gilchrist.- Chapter  14. Engaging the Scottish Diaspora: Memory, Identity and Place; Tawny Paul.- Chapter 15. Digging up the Past in Gwynedd: Heritage research tourism in Wales; Katharina Möller and Raimund Karl.- Chapter 16. Heritage as the USP for tourism in Northern Ireland: attraction mix, effective storytelling and selling of a dark past; StephenBoyd.- Chapter17. Museums and Tourism: Time to make Friends; Graham Black.-Select Bibliography.

This edited collection examines the natural, but sometimes troubled, relationship that exists between heritage and tourism. Chapters included focus on a selection of topics, including literary tourism, industrial heritage, conservation and care. Employing a range of historical and cultural materials, as well as an extensive number of case studies, the chapters offer an engaging overview of heritage and tourism developments across the Isles, especially in terms of recent policy and strategy initiatives, new facilities and infrastructure, as well as the different and evolving management systems currently in place. Interdisciplinary in scope, and drawing on the expertise of researchers from within both academia and industry, this volume will be of particular importance to those with interests in management and the humanities.

Collates a diverse collection of thought-provoking reflections on the future of conservation. Presents both academic and practitioner opinions to define good practice. Broadens the field of heritage studies, engaging with heritage as a component within the tourism sector.