
African American heritage tourism is therefore part of the cultural discourse of both communities and nations.

According to the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), heritage includes both tangible and intangible assets, culturally significant places both built and natural, collections of papers and artifacts, and “past and continuous cultural practices, knowledge, and living experiences” (ICOMOS, 1999, p. According to Bob McKercher and Hilary du Cros (2002), cultural tourism builds on “a community or a nation’s cultural heritage assets” (p. Heritage tourism is a form of cultural tourism.

DOCUMENTING THE PAST TO CONSTRUCT HERITAGEĭISCOURSE, POWER, AND COMMODIFICATION IN HERITAGE TOURISM
