Authentic and inauthentic places in tourism: from heritage sites to theme parks

With the rise of post-truth and fake news, a thorough examination of authenticity has never been so relevant.

This book explores the geography of authenticity, investigating a wide variety of places used by tourists.

Not only does it explore what might be described as the more traditional objects for examination; places such as the city, the countryside and the coast, but it also includes chapters on art and place, hipster places, gentrification, heritage sites, film locations, photographed places and eventful places.

Using a wide-angled lens to places reveals linkages and possibilities, enabling the book to skate across the surface of the geography of authenticity, locating the magically real heritage site, the poignant replica, the authenticated theme park, the unmasked carnival.