Contents: World Heritage and tourism: from opposition to co-production, Maria Gravari-Barbas, Laurent Bourdeau and Mike Robinson; The use and impact of World Heritage designation by Canadian heritage sites - an exploratory media analysis, Elizabeth A. Halpenny, Alexandra Arellano and Stephen A. Stuart; The impact of World Heritage on tourism and the integrity of heritage: some experience from Mexico, Richard Shieldhouse; Implications of World Heritage designation for local residents: a case study from Taishan and Taiqian, China, Yixiao Xiang and Geoffrey Wall; Cultural routes as World Heritage Sites: challenges of the nomination of the ancient Silk Roads, Isabel Maria Torres Martinez; The relationship between World Heritage designation and local identity, Takamitsu Jimura; Local consequences of global recognition: the 'value' of World Heritage status for Zanzibar Stone Town, Akbar Keshodkar; Gender and (World) Heritage: the myth of a gender neutral heritage, Sarah Ellen Shortliffe; The local-to-global dynamics of World Heritage interpretation, Noel B. Salazar; Immediacy, photography and memory: the tourist experience of Machu Picchu, Sarah Quinlan Cutler, Sean Doherty and Barbara Carmichael; The social life of the castles: inclusion, exclusion, and heritage sites in Ghana, Ann Reed; Place making and experience in World Heritage cities, Luna Khirfan; Le Morne Cultural Landscape Heritage Site: its different senses of attachment and contestation, Chaya Hurnath and Priscilla Sambadoo; Expectations and experiences of visitors at the Giant's Causeway World Heritage Site, Northern Ireland, Kevin R. Crawford; Demolition of tangible properties as an intangible practice, Ayako Fukushima; The ethics of landscape: discourses of cultural and environmental sustainability in the heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site, Angela McClanahan; Old maps, new traffics: political itineraries around scattered heritage of Portuguese origin, Maria Cardeira da Silva; World Heritage and sustainable tourism: shared values?, Jane Brantom; Index.