Volume: 3  Number: 1  Page: 18–35  doi:10.2167/jht025.0

Heritage Tourism, Heritage Landscapes and Wilderness Preservation: The Case of National Park Thy

Daniel C. Knudsen and Charles E. Greer Department of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

Tourism involving national parks manifests itself explicitly or implicitly as heritage tourism because national parks represent important symbols of the national landscape. This paper traces the journey of the pro-posed National Park Thy in northwestern Denmark from ordinary landscape to symbolic landscape, to candidacy for national park status and focus for heritage tourism. It is argued that the processes at work in Denmark are similar to those underpinning the creation of national parks elsewhere.

Keywords: heritage tourism, national parks, Denmark, land reclamation

© 2008 D.C. Knudsen & C.E. Greer

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