城墙，城墙的城镇和旅游：悖论和范例外文翻译.docVIP

外文翻译 原文 Walls, the walls of the town and tourism: paradox and paradigm Material Source: Journal of Heritage Tourism Author: Gregory and David The paradoxical relationship between tourists and town walls is examined in the widercon text of the walled town tourism. Such towns may be paradigm cases for historic towns as attractions for heritage, urban and cultural tourism among the ‘flows andscapes? of delocated global tourism. Widely distributed across the ‘old’ world and extant even in the ‘new’, town walls can be seen as the grim barriers between contested identities or as the emblems of the peaceful security of the town within.The paper draws on material gathered as part of a European Interreg IIIc networkproject – ‘ARCHWAY’. Walled towns and related monuments represent nearly 20%of the 890-strong 2009 world heritage list and half the ‘ARCHWAY’ towns haveworld heritage status or aspirations. To meet the economic and urban planningchallenges, walled towns have developed a range of options for success in, or forsurviving, tourism. Examples from across Europe and beyond are critically appraised in the light of the literature of historic and heritage town tourism. As historic towns with obvious signs of past conflict, walled towns point the way to examining urban heritage tourism with de-romanticised vision. Keywords: heritage; urban heritage; visitor management; walls Introduction The relationship between tourists and town walls is curious, paradoxical and problematic.This paper highlights the curiosities, investigates the paradoxes, outlines the problems oftown walls but also explores the opportunities presented by the‘relatively closed settlements’(as Weber, 1921, p. 1, defined towns) within. It explores how such towns may beparadigm cases, or exemplars, for all historic towns as attractions for heritage, urban andcultural tourism among the ‘flows and scapes’ of delocated global tourism. There are anumber of different options available for tourism or other devel