Topics in Southern Studies: Cultural & Heritage Tourism
These pages are intended to inspire student research by presenting selected academic resources on topics in Southern Studies.
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Hospitality & Tourism Complete This link opens in a new window Scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism.
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window Comprehensive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886.
Cultural and Heritage Tourism in Mississippi
As defined by The National Trust for Historic Preservation, “Cultural heritage tourism is traveling to experience the places, artifacts and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present. It includes cultural, historic, and natural resources.” The Mississippi Heritage Tourism - Natural Resource Enterprises (Mississippi State) informs interested landowners that "heritage tourism ventures include historic property tours, battle reenactments, outdoor plays, concerts, fairs and cultural festivals."
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Visit Mississippi Mississippi Tourism, Birthplace of America's Music
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2018 Mississippi Economic Impact Report How much money did we make on tourism last year?
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Mississippi Tourism Association The Mississippi Tourism Association is an association comprised of tourism professionals established to support and empower Mississippi’s tourism industry through advocacy and education. Membership is open to those in the hospitality industry as well as public service organizations and allied businesses.
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Richard K. Miller Market Research Handbooks This link opens in a new window click on Travel & Tourism Market Research Handbook 2019-2020
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Statista This link opens in a new window Report on "Travel, Tourism & Hospitality"; Search suggestions: "tourism" "blues" "music" "museums"
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Social Explorer This link opens in a new window Online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to modern and historical census data and demographic information. Users can access this resource as a guest or create a Social Explorer account.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.