The goals of the program are to promote heritage tourism and historic preservation.
At the same time, many communities are researching local history as part of a boom in heritage tourism.
Falling travel costs have also made heritage tourism possible for more people.
A few ghost towns get a second life, often due to heritage tourism's generating an economy able to support residents.
While it features extensively in history books, the large potential for heritage tourism has been somewhat neglected.
The two sisters believe they have hit on a renewal strategy: heritage tourism.
Today, heritage tourism has become important to the economy of the Amana area.
Later the city has become a rural destination for heritage tourism.
Although still privately owned, the mansion has been opened to the public for heritage tourism.
It is used to interpret history and for heritage tourism.