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Adding Meaning to the Visitor Experience Interpretation and Ecotourism Chuck Lennox

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ESTC 2008: Adding meaning to the Visitor Experience - Mr. Chuck Lennox, Cascade Interpretive Consulting

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Page 1: Adding meaning to the Visitor Experience

Adding Meaning to the Visitor Experience

Interpretation and Ecotourism

Chuck Lennox

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Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2008© 2008 Cascade Interpretive Consulting

Interpretation and Meaning

What is interpretation? Interpretation is a communication process that forges emotional and intellectual connections between the interests of the audience and the meanings inherent in the resource.

National Association for Interpretation

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Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2008© 2008 Cascade Interpretive Consulting

Interpretation and MeaningWhat is interpretation? Interpretation is:

National Association for Interpretation

• communication process• emotional and intellectual connections• interests of the audience• meanings inherent in the resource

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Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2008© 2008 Cascade Interpretive Consulting

Interpretation and MeaningHelping visitors make meaning gives them an opportunity to develop a sense of stewardship

….and encourages loyalty to your business or operation

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Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2008© 2008 Cascade Interpretive Consulting

Interpretation and Meaning

Factors supporting the interpretive process include:

Leisure setting Openness to new experiences Power of group learning

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Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2008© 2008 Cascade Interpretive Consulting

Interpretation and MeaningWeave, Immerse, Infuse

MarketingEvents Activities

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Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2008© 2008 Cascade Interpretive Consulting

Interpretation and MeaningInterpretation must take into account

Basic visitor needs Visitor expectations Learning styles Setting

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2008© 2008 Cascade Interpretive Consulting

Interpretation and MeaningGetting Results – Invest in Employees

Plan for SuccessHiring ProcessStaff Training Work Culture Internal Champion

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Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2008© 2008 Cascade Interpretive Consulting

Interpretation and Meaning

Staff Training

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Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2008© 2008 Cascade Interpretive Consulting

Interpretation and MeaningEmphasize the Visitor Experience and the Interpretive Moment

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Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2008© 2008 Cascade Interpretive Consulting

Interpretation and Meaning

Interpretation is a seed not a tree….plant it and watch it grow!

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Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference 2008© 2008 Cascade Interpretive Consulting

Seattle, Washingtonwww.interpconsulting.com

Chuck Lennox