Growth of Heritage and Cultural Industry in the UK

Cultural heritage refers to the heritage sites that describe the unique culture of a society as well as in some cases it also refers to the culture of the whole nation. The UK is very rich with its heritage sites. Well, most of the heritage sites are man-made but there are some heritage sites that are natural such as wildlife, natural landscape, woodland, national parks and so on. Well, in the UK most of the attractive man-made heritage sites are_ British museum, Royal Academy of Arts, and in the UK there are lots of heritage & historical buildings, monuments, a sculpture that make the heritage sites of UK rich. Different types of people come to visit these place such as_ students, researchers, tourists with family and so on. All of them have their own purpose to come here. Well, cultural and heritage sites in the UK play very significant role in the economic growth of UK. As the tourist’s number is increasing day by day the earnings from this sector also increase day by day. And that also increases the overall GDP of UK as well as increase the standard of living. The cultural and heritage sites are preserved by the government for the purpose of knowing people about their glorious history as well as culture. And the people only come to visit here when there will need it or they feel that they will get some benefit from the site if they visit. And if the people will not come to the purpose will not be fulfilled. For this reason, the responsible authority should give the proper benefit to the tourist so that they will come to visit the place and leave the place with huge satisfaction.

P1.1 Analyze the growth and heritage of the heritage and cultural industry with special reference to the UK

P1.2 Discuss potential conflicts in the conservation of heritage and cultural resources referring to the case studies.

For this task, a case study is given, and the case study describes the city of Lhasa, Well as Lhasa is already developed with the cultural and heritage sites. The Chinese government recently thinks about the development in this city. The government wants to build theme parks in Lhasa as well as he also wants to build a hotel for the tourist who will come to visit the city. Based on the development different conflicts arise and this is described in this following report.

Potential Conflicts of interests & Reason of Conflicts of interests, “based on the case study of Lhasa, Tibet”

The case study describes that the Chinese government recently think about the development in this city. The government wants to build theme parks in Lhasa as well as he also wants to build a hotel for the tourist who will come to visit the city (Wang, 2015). The criteria of development are very large. Well as Lhasa is already developed with the cultural and heritage sites. The hotel will contain 1000 rooms and it will be very luxurious. Well, it is true that if the development takes place various tourists will come to visit the city.

The activity that is taken by the Chinese government is great. In any case, there is some issue with each activity. The potential clash emerges among the distinctive partner who is included with the advancement (Bowitz and Ibenholt, 2009). Despite the fact that the activity will convey more travelers to the nation, the improvement will cost such a variety of things. The advancement can hurt the indigenous habitat of this range and additionally the proprietors of the other private legacy locales imagine that if the amusement parks will create they may lose their vacationer. The nearby individuals imagine that if the advancement is getting so much high that may endure them with parcel more things, for example, expanding the swarming, there is a possibility of blunder, and in addition, there is additionally a shot for harmed the conveying limit of these destinations.

Well, whatever the thing is, each improvement has advantages and disadvantages. Now and then the improvement brings bliss for somebody and then again, the same advancement brings wretchedness for the other one. Therefore, the creator needs to test the ramifications of the improvement before beginning the advancement (Vallega, 2003). As the time develops every one of the general population is included in the tourism business. Presently a day’s everyone of the families has a portion of the empty once per year and every one of the general population will go in consistently. For this kind of examination, there are one thing is certain that is we as a whole impacting the tourism business. At the point when the lion’s share of individuals picked in one nation then the economy of this nation increment and the nation will be financially dissolvable. So the Chinese need to test the ramifications of the advancement and after that, the administration ought to step up with regards to the genuine improvement.

P2.1 Assess the purpose of heritage and cultural attractions in meeting the needs of the different customers

The cultural and heritage sites are preserved by the government for the purpose of knowing people about their glorious history as well as culture. And the people only come to visit here when there will need it or they feel that they will get some benefit from the site if they visit. And if the people will not come to the purpose will not be fulfilled. For this reason, the responsible authority should give the proper benefit to the tourist so that they will come to visit the place and leave the place with huge satisfaction.

Heritage and cultural attractions of British museum:

The British museum is the national museum of UK and it is dedicated to the history of the country, the culture of the country, the human history, and legacy of the country. It also contains the cultural and art and preserves it for the next generation (UÄŸuryol and KulakoÄŸlu, 2013). It was built in 1753 but it was opened publicly in 1759. It contains and preserves almost 8 million of works in different criteria. British museum also preserves the experiment of scientist and their books that is why this destination is so much attractive for the researchers. In here there are several types of tourist come to visit, some of them are students, some of them are scientists, some of them are researchers, and some of them are the common people visiting with their family. Well, they all have their purposes to visit. Students are come here to visit as they can learn so much from here, the researchers come here to get the information that is necessary for their researcher, scientists come here to visit and experience the previous works, and common people are actually come here to visit such historical sites with their family and they also interested in the history of this site. Well, as a different tourist has different interests, the management should ensure that all of the different interests can fulfil by the historical sight. So that the tourist and leave the place happily.

Heritage and cultural attractions of Royal Academy of Arts:

Royal academy of Arts is also most attractive heritage sights which are able to get the attention of people toward it. This site is dedicated to delivering the culture of this country as well as arts through different programs such as_ exhibitions, arranging events, seminars, campaigns etc. Different types of people are come to visit this place, some of them are students, some of them are scientists, some of them are researchers, and some of them are the common people visiting with their family (Severo and Venturini, 2015). Well, they all have their purposes to visit. Students are come here to visit as they can learn so much from here, the researchers come here to get the information that is necessary for their researcher, scientists come here to visit and experience the previous works, and common people are actually come here to visit such historical sites with their family and they also interested in the history of this site. Royal Academy of Arts delivers the history, pride, and honor of the country through different culture, art and so on. To meet the need of its customer the organization should have to deliver the attraction according to the customers need.

P3.1 Evaluate the Impact of different types of ownership on the management of heritage and cultural sites

The management of cultural and heritage sites vary according to its ownership styles. In the UK there are lots of cultural and heritage sites are available and their ownership style also varies. Most of the cultural sites are owned by the government of UK, but there are some other heritage sites that are managed privately. And some of the cultural and heritage sites are managed by the joint public-private partnership. The impact of these different types of ownership styles on the management of the cultural and heritage sites are discussed below.

Public Ownership

Under public ownership, the management is controlled and monitored by the government of that country (Sanna, Atzeni and Spanu, 2008). In the UK the management of the British museum is controlled by the government of that country. IT is the national museum of UK and it is dedicated to the history of the country, the culture of the country, the human history, and legacy of the country. It also contains the cultural and art and preserves it for the next generation. It was built in 1753 but it was opened publicly in 1759. It contains and preserves almost 8 million of works in different criteria. British museum also preserves the experiment of scientist and their books that is why this destination is so much attractive for the researchers. In here there are several types of tourist come to visit, some of them are students, some of them are scientists, some of them are researchers, and some of them are the common people visiting with their family. The overall management of British Museum is controlled by the government of UK as it is a national asset of UK.

Private or commercial Ownership

Under private ownership, the management of the sites as well as the overall control of those sites is controlled privately. There are various cultural and heritage sites are available in the UK that is controlled under private ownership. British Academy of Arts is one of the best examples of Private ownership. Royal academy of Arts is also most attractive heritage sights which are able to get the attention of people toward it (Rugani et al., 2011). This site is dedicated to delivering the culture of this country as well as arts through different programs such as_ exhibitions, arranging events, seminars, campaigns etc. Royal Academy of Arts delivers the history, pride, and honor of the country through different culture, art and so on. To meet the need of its customer the organization should have to deliver the attraction according to the customers need. Though it is controlled by the private ownership the owner should follow the rules and regulation that are imposed by the government.

P3.2 Roles and responsibilities of organizations in the heritage and cultural industry

As the heritage and cultural sites are managed by various ownership styles, each and every organization has to play some roles and responsibilities to manage the cultural and heritage sites. There are several types of tourist come to visit cultural and heritage sites, some of them are students, some of them are scientists, some of them are researchers, and some of them are the common people visiting with their family (Pinder and Vallega, 2003). Well, they all have their purposes to visit. Students are come here to visit as they can learn so much from here, the researchers come here to get the information that is necessary for their researcher, scientists come here to visit and experience the previous works, and common people are actually come here to visit such historical sites with their family and they also interested in the history of this site. Well, as a different tourist has different interests, the management should ensure that all of the different interests can fulfil by the historical sight. So that the tourist and leave the place happily. Cause they are the health of that organizations. If the tourist will not come then there will be no purpose for keeping these types of sites (Marrion, 2016). Well, for that the management of that organization should have to promote the destinations and they also have to provide those facilities that the tourists of these potential sights are seeking. Well, the management of this type of organization also responsible for keeping every important work within this organization as the national property.

P4.1 Evaluate methods and media used for interpretation within the heritage and cultural industry for tourists.

Cultural and heritage sites are becoming most popular places for a visit for the tourist in present days. From our college recently we took a tour to two most popular cultural and heritage sites of UK, one is British museum and another is Royal Academy of Arts (MacKinnon, 2014). Well, the management of those sites is actually responsible for the promotion of those sites. Different tourist has different interests, the management should ensure that all of the different interests can fulfil by the historical sight. So that the tourist and leave the place happily. Cause they are the health of that organizations. If the tourist will not come then there will be no purpose for keeping these types of sites (Khakzad and Van Balen, 2012). Well, for that the management of that organization should have to promote the destinations and they also have to provide those facilities that the tourists of these potential sights are seeking. Under public ownership, the management is controlled and monitored by the government of that country. In the UK the management of the British museum is controlled by the government of that country. IT is the national museum of UK and it is dedicated to the history of the country, the culture of the country, the human history, and legacy of the country. It also contains the cultural and art and preserves it for the next generation. Under private ownership, the management of the sites as well as the overall control of those sites is controlled privately. There are various cultural and heritage sites are available in the UK that is controlled under private ownership. British Academy of Arts is one of the best examples of Private ownership (Kahl, 2015). Royal Academy of Arts delivers the history, pride, and honor of the country through different culture, art and so on. As the tourist’s number is increasing day by day the earnings from this sector also increase day by day. And that also increases the overall GDP of UK as well as increase the standard of living. So the management of this organization has to promote these destinations to the potential tourists by using various media and most popular Medias are_ social networking sites, websites, web page, campaigns, the internet, television and so on.

The UK is very rich with its heritage sites. Well, most of the heritage sites are man-made but there are some heritage sites that are natural such as wildlife, natural landscape, woodland, national parks and so on. Well, in the UK most of the attractive man-made heritage sites are_ British museum, Royal Academy of Arts, and in the UK there are lots of heritage & historical buildings, monuments, a sculpture that make the heritage sites of UK rich. The management of cultural and heritage sites vary according to its ownership styles. In the UK there are lots of cultural and heritage sites are available and their ownership style also varies. Most of the cultural sites are owned by the government of UK, but there are some other heritage sites that are managed privately. And some of the cultural and heritage sites are managed by the joint public-private partnership. The management should ensure that all of the different interests can fulfil by the historical sight. So that the tourist and leave the place happily. Cause they are the health of that organizations. If the tourist will not come then there will be no purpose for keeping these types of sites. For this reason, the responsible authority should give the proper benefit to the tourist so that they will come to visit the place and leave the place with huge satisfaction.

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