Review of research in the concept of Staged Authenticity

Abstract

This paper assesses the research methodologies and methods used in the two articles: "Performing Heritage: Rethinking Authenticity in Tourism" by Zhu (2012) and "Staged Authenticity and Heritage Tourism" by Chhabra, Healy, and Sills (2003). Both articles investigate authenticity within cultural events but differ in their perspectives, one focusing on performer-centric "performative authenticity" (Zhu, 2012) and the other on visitor-centric "perceived authenticity" (Chhabra et al., 2003). The evaluation covers research philosophies, purposes, strategies, approaches, methods, sampling, data collection, and analysis. This paper summarises their findings and provides recommendations for future research in this domain.