European Travellers to Wales: Enhancing Heritage; Inspiring Tourism; Enabling Engagement [REF2021]
Impact Summary for the General Public
Research undertaken by two AHRC-funded projects on ‘European Travellers to Wales: 1750-2010’ involved the discovery, study and interpretation of almost 500 accounts by travellers from all over Europe. The impact of the research has been wide-ranging and has involved extensive public engagement activities aimed at diverse audiences. Impact has taken the form of enhanced public understanding of Welsh-European intercultural relations (through a travelling exhibition, freely available educational materials, public talks and a variety of on-line resources) and significant enhancements within the heritage and tourism sectors, including the development of new resources and insights into motivations for travel to Wales and sites of special interest (through an open access database, an interactive website and a range of opportunities for heritage bodies).
Category of impact
- Cultural
- Economic
- Societal
Research outputs (6)
- Published
Hidden Texts, Hidden Nation: (Re)Discoveries of Wales in Travel Writing in French and German (1780-2018)
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
- Published
Nineteenth-Century German Travelers to Wales: Text, Translation, and the Manipulation of Identity
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
- Published
Through Wales in the Footsteps of William Gilpin: Illustrated Travel Accounts by Early French Tourists, 1768–1810
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects (2)
Travellers to Wales
Project: Research
European Travellers to Wales: 1750-2010
Project: Research