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ABSTRACT
The continuing absence of children’s voices within tourism studies has been noted in the literature and the heritage context is no exception. The set of articles forming this special issue collectively explore the ways in which children and/or families engage with and make sense of heritage. This body of research has important practical as well as theoretical implications, as it may assist in providing children and families with more satisfying tourist experiences.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Notes on contributors
Dr Warwick Frost is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management and Marketing at La Trobe University, Australia. His research interests include heritage, events, nature-based attractions and the interaction between media, popular culture and tourism. Warwick has co-written five books – Books and travel: Inspiration, quests and transformation (Channel View, 2012), Commemorative events: Memory, identities, conflict (Routledge, 2013), Explorer travellers and adventure tourism (Channel View, 2014), Imagining the American West through film and tourism (Routledge, 2015) and Gastronomy, tourism and the media (Channel View, 2016). He is the editor of Tourism and zoos: Conservation, education, entertainment? (Channel View, 2011) and a co-editor of National parks and tourism: International perspectives on development, histories and change (Routledge, 2009), Fashion, design and events (Routledge, 2013) and Rituals and traditional events in the modern world (Routledge, 2015). Warwick is a co-editor of the Routledge Advances in Events Research Series.
Dr Jennifer H. Laing is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management and Marketing at La Trobe University, Australia. Her research interests include travel narratives, the role of events in society, heritage tourism and adventure travel. Jennifer is a co-editor of the Routledge Advances in Events Research series. She has co-written five books – Books and travel: Inspiration, quests and transformation (Channel View, 2012), Commemorative events: Memory, identities, conflict (Routledge, 2013), Explorer travellers and adventure tourism (Channel View, 2014), Imagining the American West through film and tourism (Routledge, 2015) and Gastronomy, tourism and the media (Channel View, 2016). She has also co-edited two books – Fashion, design and events (Routledge, 2013) and Rituals and traditional events in the modern world (Routledge, 2015).