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DOI	10.2167/jht021.0
	A Railway 'Route' as a Linear Heritage Attraction: The Hijaz Railway in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
	Orbasli, Aylin; Woodward, Simon
通讯作者	Orbasli, A
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF HERITAGE TOURISM
ISSN	1743-873X
EISSN	1747-6631
出版年	2008
卷号	3 期号:3 页码:159-175
英文摘要	The Hijaz Railway was constructed in the early part of the 20th century to link the Levant with Islam's Holy cities of Madinah and Makkah. The railway was never completed beyond Madinah and its operational life was cut short by World War I, never to be revived again. The significance of the railway lies not only in the technical, military and religious importance of the track, but also in the 'route' which is closely linked to a number of historic pilgrim and trade routes, including that used by the Frankincense traders. Although a few sections of the railway have survived in Syria and Jordan, in Saudi Arabia the track bed today remains only a palimpsest in the desert landscape. Most of the railway buildings lie abandoned, with the exception of several centres where the buildings have been restored. This paper considers the potential role of the Hijaz Railway as a 'cultural route' in stimulating heritage tourism in Saudi Arabia. In doing so the paper considers how the physical remains of the railway can be used as an anchor for the preservation and interpretation of the Islamic and pre-Islamic cultural heritage of the route. Considerations include focusing on clusters as primary and secondary nodes for tourism activity that will support an incremental development approach while preserving the integrity of the railway and its route within a landscape setting.
英文关键词	railway heritage linear sites cultural routes tourism interpretation
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000442794000001
WOS类目	Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
WOS研究方向	Social Sciences - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/329137
作者单位	[Orbasli, Aylin] Oxford Brookes Univ, Dept Architecture, Headington Campus,Gipsy Lane, Oxford OX3 0BP, England; [Woodward, Simon] PLB Consulting Ltd, Dovecote Stables, Swinton Grange Courtyard, Malton YO17 6QR, N Yorkshire, England
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Orbasli, Aylin,Woodward, Simon. A Railway 'Route' as a Linear Heritage Attraction: The Hijaz Railway in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia[J],2008,3(3):159-175.
APA	Orbasli, Aylin,&Woodward, Simon.(2008).A Railway 'Route' as a Linear Heritage Attraction: The Hijaz Railway in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.JOURNAL OF HERITAGE TOURISM,3(3),159-175.
MLA	Orbasli, Aylin,et al."A Railway 'Route' as a Linear Heritage Attraction: The Hijaz Railway in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia".JOURNAL OF HERITAGE TOURISM 3.3(2008):159-175.