ABSTRACT
It is now clear that heritage is inextricably intertwined with nation-building, on the one hand, and the development of tourism, on the other. The triangular relations between heritage, tourism and political identity have been nicely summarised by Ashworth (1995), who draws a diagram and brings up three propositions: (1) heritage contributes toward political identity; (2) heritage supports tourism; and (3) heritage tourism contributes toward the individual’s appreciation of places and thus political identification; this idea is assumed in the educational and socialisation functions of heritage. These relations are succinctly illustrated in Figure 14.1. Ashworth further points out that each of the apices in the diagram has different sets of links with wider systems of which they are integral parts. Triangular relations between heritage, place identity and tourism (adapted from Ashworth 1995: 69) https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203156001/dd77a3e2-60d8-451f-bcd3-3cc5fdc99897/content/fig14_1_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
