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Dear All I am currently working on the use of history & legends/myths in the tourism promotion of heritage-associated tourism destinations & attractions, with particular reference to the UK & its King Arthur legend. This circular is to ask if anyone else out there is working on anything similar. If so, please give me outline details of your work, so that I can avoid any duplication. My outline follows below. When history & legends/myths are used in the promotion of tourism destinations & attractions, the interpretation of the sites concerned usually varies to a greater or lesser extent between being designed to either educate or to entertain the visitor. Sometimes the interpretational emphasis is informative, yet at other times the tourism product provided is strongly (perhaps almost exclusively) an entertainment one. The aim of this research is to design, if possible, a measuring tool so that the interpretation & promotion at such heritage-associated places can be objectively measured as being appropriate or otherwise for the degree of education & entertainment that the site wishes to provide. Such a measuring tool, once designed, tested, & proven to be accurate & effective, can also help other such places when designing their own particular marketing strategies. I therefore look forward to hearing from anyone else out there who is doing anything similar, or who can provide me with any useful comments about my current project. With warmest regards DAVID HARCOMBE (PhD Candidate) _________________________________________________________________ Find a cheaper internet access deal - choose one to suit you. http://www.msn.co.uk/internetaccess