Toward Heritage Tourism in Sussex County, Delaware
| Author(s) | Homsey, Andrew R. | |
| Author(s) | Ames, David | |
| Author(s) | Jiang, Xuan | |
| Author(s) | Gayley, Rebekah | |
| Date Accessioned | 2018-06-11T16:32:05Z | |
| Date Available | 2018-06-11T16:32:05Z | |
| Publication Date | 2007-11 | |
| Abstract | This research assesses the feasibility of heritage tourism as part of an economic development strategy for Sussex County, Delaware. The research presented within indicates that a program of heritage tourism has a great deal of promise, especially given that there is an already highly developed tourist infrastructure in many areas. In 2003, the county attracted 2.5 million visitors, mostly to the beach and resort communities in the east. There are, however, a relative lack of tourist draws in many other areas of the county. This study identifies seven distinct thematic groupings of heritage resources around which tourism programs may be built. Many of these thematic groupings have a wide geographic range, occurring both in the more populous and visited east as well as the less known regions in the central and western portions of the county. The seven themes are: the natural environment (including the coast), maritime tradition, beach resort communities, historic architecture, agriculture and agri-tourism, small towns, and religion. | en_US |
| Sponsor | Coastal Community Enhancement Initiative | en_US |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/23560 | |
| Language | en_US | en_US |
| Publisher | Institute for Public Administration, Coastal Community Enhancement Initiative, and the Center for Historic Architecture and Design | en_US |
| Part of Series | IPA; 464 | |
| Keywords | heritage tourism | en_US |
| Keywords | Delaware tourism | en_US |
| Keywords | Sussex County | en_US |
| Keywords | Sussex County tourism | en_US |
| Keywords | Coastal Community Enhancement Initiative | en_US |
| Keywords | CCEI | en_US |
| Keywords | historic preservation | en_US |
| Title | Toward Heritage Tourism in Sussex County, Delaware | en_US |
| Type | Technical Report | en_US |