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Dr Craig Wight's Outputs (35)

Tracking Discourses of Occupation and Genocide in Lithuanian Museums and Sites of Memory (2014)
Thesis
Wight, C. (2014). Tracking Discourses of Occupation and Genocide in Lithuanian Museums and Sites of Memory. (Thesis). University of Plymouth

Tourism visits to sites associated to varying degrees with death and dying have for some time inspired academic debate and research into what has come to be popularly described as ‘dark tourism’. Research to date has been based on the mobilisation of... Read More about Tracking Discourses of Occupation and Genocide in Lithuanian Museums and Sites of Memory.

Myth, Rhetoric and Human Tragedy in Lithuanian Museums and Sites of Memory (2013)
Journal Article
Wight, C. (2013). Myth, Rhetoric and Human Tragedy in Lithuanian Museums and Sites of Memory. Acta Turistica, 25(2), 191-209

Mit se može smatrati prihvaćenom manifestacijom,,istine" koja je legitimizirana u popularnoj kulturi kroz filmove, knjige, televiziju, turizam te posjete muzejima i memorijalnim središtima.,,Mit" je u tom kontekstu korpus znanja koje konstruira speci... Read More about Myth, Rhetoric and Human Tragedy in Lithuanian Museums and Sites of Memory.

Identifying best practice in national tourism organisations: Lessons for the United Kingdom (2013)
Journal Article
Wight, A. C. (2013). Identifying best practice in national tourism organisations: Lessons for the United Kingdom. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 19(2), 133-148. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356766712463717

The UK Leisure and Tourism sector is uniquely fragmented at government and industry levels and comprises a wide and diverse range of products and services. Tourist boards and strategic authorities are important for the thousands of small enterprises... Read More about Identifying best practice in national tourism organisations: Lessons for the United Kingdom.

Identifying Best Practice in National Tourism Organisations: Towards Stakeholder Relationship Management (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wight, C. (2012, May). Identifying Best Practice in National Tourism Organisations: Towards Stakeholder Relationship Management. Presented at 2nd Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Marketing and Management (AHTMM) Conference, Corfu, Greece

The UK Leisure and Tourism sector is uniquely fragmented at government and industry level and comprises of a wide and diverse range of products and services. Tourist boards and strategic authorities are important for the thousands of small enterprise... Read More about Identifying Best Practice in National Tourism Organisations: Towards Stakeholder Relationship Management.

Contested National Tragedies: An Ethical Dimension (2009)
Book Chapter
Wight, C. (2009). Contested National Tragedies: An Ethical Dimension. In R. Sharpley, & P. R. Stone (Eds.), The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (129-144). Channel View Publications. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845411169-008

This chapter explores some of the intrinsically western ethical complexities associated with the production and consumption of dark tourism attractions, focusing specifi cally on contested narratives of national tragedy and dis-graced mo... Read More about Contested National Tragedies: An Ethical Dimension.

Owner-Manager Perspectives on Environmental Management in Micro and Small Tourism Enterprises in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (2009)
Book Chapter
Rainford, S., & Wight, C. (2009). Owner-Manager Perspectives on Environmental Management in Micro and Small Tourism Enterprises in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. In D. Leslie (Ed.), Tourism Enterprises and Sustainable Development: International Perspectives on Responses to the Sustainability Agenda (157-175). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203873588

The issue of sustainable tourism continues to dominate industry and public forums such as conferences, textbooks, and corporate policy statements, yet there are still relatively few examples of established sustainable tourism initiatives the world ov... Read More about Owner-Manager Perspectives on Environmental Management in Micro and Small Tourism Enterprises in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

Exploring Tourism Narratives of the UK Food Experience (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wight, C. (2009, April). Exploring Tourism Narratives of the UK Food Experience. Paper presented at Tourist Experiences: Meanings, Motivations, Behaviours, Preston, UK

Reengineering “Authenticity”: Tourism Encounters with Cuisine in Rural Great Britain (2008)
Book Chapter
Wight, C. (2008). Reengineering “Authenticity”: Tourism Encounters with Cuisine in Rural Great Britain. In L. C. Rubin (Ed.), Food for thought: essays on eating and culture (153-165). McFarland & Company

Food and eating are firmly established components within the burgeoning mix of new ‘ethical’, culturally-concerned tourism experiences in the West. Perhaps as much as 25 per cent of total UK tourist expenditure is accounted for by food purchases (Hud... Read More about Reengineering “Authenticity”: Tourism Encounters with Cuisine in Rural Great Britain.

Icons Branding and Scottish Regional Identity (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wight, C. (2007, March). Icons Branding and Scottish Regional Identity. Paper presented at Second International Interpreting World Heritage Conference, Vancouver, Canada

Selective interpretation and eclectic human heritage in Lithuania (2006)
Journal Article
Craig Wight, A., & Lennon, J. J. (2007). Selective interpretation and eclectic human heritage in Lithuania. Tourism Management, 28(2), 519-529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2006.03.006

This paper examines recent controversy in Lithuania surrounding 20th century wartime tragedy with particular emphasis on contrasting the commemoration of the mass extermination of the Jewish community and the suffering of Lithuanian Partisans during... Read More about Selective interpretation and eclectic human heritage in Lithuania.

Selective Heritage Interpretation in Lithuania (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wight, C. (2006, May). Selective Heritage Interpretation in Lithuania. Paper presented at Interpreting World Heritage Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Philosophical and methodological praxes in dark tourism: Controversy, contention and the evolving paradigm (2006)
Journal Article
Wight, A. C. (2006). Philosophical and methodological praxes in dark tourism: Controversy, contention and the evolving paradigm. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 12(2), 119-129. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356766706062151

The following article will examine examples of current and theoretical issues in academic and related literature written on the subject of what has been variously referred to as ‘dark tourism’ (Lennon and Foley1), ‘thanatourism’ (Seaton2) and sometim... Read More about Philosophical and methodological praxes in dark tourism: Controversy, contention and the evolving paradigm.

Towards an Understanding of Visitor Perceptions of ‘Dark’ Attractions: The Case of the Imperial War museum of the North, Manchester (2004)
Journal Article
Wight, C., & Lennon, J. (2004). Towards an Understanding of Visitor Perceptions of ‘Dark’ Attractions: The Case of the Imperial War museum of the North, Manchester. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, 2(2), 105-122

Governments and authoritative stakeholders are faced with dilemmas regarding the representation of sites associated with death and disaster in the context of tourism visits. Not least of these are the owners and mangers of museums in the U.K which ar... Read More about Towards an Understanding of Visitor Perceptions of ‘Dark’ Attractions: The Case of the Imperial War museum of the North, Manchester.