Authenticity and the commodification of heartlands in Singapore.

• Main Author: Hu, Tian Yun.
• Other Authors: Lim Khek Gee, Francis
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Recreation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/43815
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Authenticity is a key issue raised in many tourism studies. In this paper, the authenticity of tourist place will be discussed in relation to the broader strategy of place promotion in tourism. In fact, tourism discourses have pointed that tourism will in turn leads to the production of what MacCann...