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Abstract
Withinthecontextof
heritage
tourism
thisarticleexaminesthesupplycomponentsforthe
tea-related
inthe
tea-producingcountryof
Sri
Lanka,formerlyCeylon.The
contextin
Lanka
isassessedanddespiteimpedimentstotourism
developmentsome
evidence
isprovidedofanearlystageofdevelopmentoftea
inthecountry.Thebenefitsofthisformof
tothe
SriLankan
tea
economyareexploredandbarriersandthreatstoitsdevelopmentarereviewed.Thisismainlybasedonqualitativefieldstudiesof
accommodations,tea
factoryaccessand
centreoperationsinthe
tea-producinghillcountryof
SriLanka.Fromthisinvestigationofthe
in
Lanka,themesforfurtherresearchonthedemandforthistypeof
areidentified.
Keywords:
SriLankatourism;
teatourism;
teaheritage;
teaplantations;
teafactories
Introduction
Thereisincreasedinterestinthevalueof
to
tourism,fromthedemandsideintermsoftheimportanceof
tothemotivationsof
tourists
(Nyaupane,White,&
Budruk,
2006)andonthesupplyside(Smith,
2003)creatinginterpretationsandrepresentationsof
heritage
andrelatedexperiencesforvisitors.Apostolakis
(2003)
examinedhowthesedemandandsupplyaspectsofheritage
convergein
toincorporateaspectsofauthenticity.Dutta,BanerjeeandHusain
(2007)
identifytheutilizationof
resourcesasvisitorattractionsitesasanimportanttrendintheexpandingdemandfor
tourism.
Thisphenomenaof
isrecognizedascomplexandcontextuallydetermined(Timothy&
Boyd,
2003)aswellasdiverse,illustratedbySmith
asincludingdifferentsubsets,includingheritage
tourism,arts
tourism,creative
tourism,urbancultural
tourism,ruralcultural
tourism,indigenouscultural
andpopularcultural
tourism.
Heritage
inruralareasincludes:
village,farmoragro-tourism;
ecomuseums;
culturallandscapes;
nationalparks;
andculinarytrails(Smith,
2003,p.37).Such
canbeadevelopmenttoolforruralareas(MacDonald&
Jolliffe,
2003)whereafocusonagri-tourism
or
canbeimplementedasaformofdevelopment.Inruralareas,
developmentisgenerallyacknowledgedtorequirecommunityparticipation(MacDonald&
2003).However,insomedevelopingcountrysituations,thisparticipationmaybehinderedbyoperational,structuralorculturalparticipationconstraints(Duttaetal.,
2007).Nonetheless,linkageswithagricultureandfood
strategies(Hall,Mitchell,&
Sharples,
2003)havebeenacknowledgedasformsof
developmentinthesesituations.
Tourism
Lanka,formerlyCeylon,isasmallisland(65,610squaremiles)intheIndianOceanoffthesoutheasterncoastofIndia,880 kmnorthoftheequator.Occupyingastrategicpositioninancientsearoutesforcenturiestravellershavebeenattractedtothenaturalandculturalresourcesofthistropicalisland.Thecountryexperiencesavarietyofclimatesandweatherconditionsthroughouttheyearwith14–27°
CtemperaturesfromthehillcountrytolowlandsandsouthwestmonsoonandnortheastmonsoonrainsfromMaytoJulyandDecembertoJanuaryrespectively(EncyclopediaBritannica,
2004).Therehavebeenanumberofthreatstothegrowthof
Lanka,notablyfromrecurringcivilconflictandthe2004Asiantsunami.Formanyyears
thushasnotbeenabletoflourish(SriLanka
DevelopmentAuthority,
2007).Cochraneindicates‘nootherdestinationhasbeenbesetbysucharangeoflong-lastingandseriouscrisesas
Lanka’.Inaddition,contemporary
tourismdevelopmentissuesfor
includeconservationandpreservation,diversificationanddiversion,benefitsandcosts,constructionanddestruction,aswellasforwardandbackwardlinkages,as
tourismlinkagesarepervasivewithintherelativelydiversifiedeconomy(Cochrane,
2008,p.79).
Althoughrecognizedasatoolofsocio-economicdevelopment,
herecouldnoteffectivelycontributetosustainabledevelopmentduetopoorpolicyplanningandmismanagement(Aslam,
2004;
Bandara,
2003)particularlywithinagriculture.Aftertheestablishmentofthe
MasterPlanin1992(UnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme(UNDP)&
WorldTradeOrganization,
1993)thepoliciesandbehaviouroftheindustrystartedtomovetowardssustainabledevelopment,whichstimulatesandimprovesthelivingstandardsofthepeople,whilepreservingandconservingthenaturalfragileandmanmaderesources.Economic-orientedpolicyandbehaviourofdestinationsorhostsledtheindustry