cultural tourism
Introduction
Cultural tourism is a tourism practice that highlights the cultural aspects, in its different areas, that a certain tourist destination offers. It forms one of the main modalities of tourism, along with sun and beach tourism, active tourism, leisure tourism and event tourism, in addition to other specific modalities, such as health tourism or hunting tourism.
Cultural tourism encompasses trips made to learn about cultural aspects, from historical to artistic, of different destinations, cultures and people.[3] From a broader perspective, it advocates the preservation of customs, narratives, representations and institutions of local communities, while promoting interest in the other.[4] Some authors maintain that its origin dates back to museology, on the one hand, and the need to preserve indigenous folklore, on the other. another.[5][6].
Importance of cultural tourism
The importance of cultural tourism is specifically in the benefits it provides to the following aspects:
Types of cultural tourism
Cultural tourism encompasses a vast range of tourist modalities and activities, which are usually combined since many of them are interrelated:
Critical position
In recent years, some authors have emphasized the negative nature of cultural tourism which, far from emancipating the community it seeks to protect, subjugates it to local investment, thus creating economic dependency.[11] Likewise, cultural tourism contains potential labels and stereotypes from the European colonial process.[12] There is sufficient evidence to prove that ethnic and cultural projects in certain contexts of political instability promote a constant state of conflict.[13].
References
- [1] ↑ Airey, David; Tribe, John (11 de agosto de 2006). An International Handbook of Tourism Education (en inglés). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-42978-1. Consultado el 5 de octubre de 2023.: https://books.google.com/books?id=QYTDAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0
- [2] ↑ Prideaux, B.; Moscardo, Gianna; Laws, Eric (14 de septiembre de 2006). Managing Tourism and Hospitality Services: Theory and International Applications (en inglés). CABI. ISBN 978-1-84593-015-8. Consultado el 5 de octubre de 2023.: https://books.google.com/books?id=BTGt2fvYVXUC&newbks=0
- [3] ↑ Poria, Y., Butler, R., & Airey, D. (2003). The core of heritage tourism. Annals of tourism research, 30(1), 238-254.
- [4] ↑ Cultural tourism. Routledge. 18 de julio de 2013. pp. 505-514. Consultado el 29 de septiembre de 2021.: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203140505-55
- [5] ↑ du Cros, Hilary; McKercher, Bob (19 de abril de 2020). Cultural tourism products. Routledge. pp. 183-203. Consultado el 29 de septiembre de 2021.: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429277498-14
- [6] ↑ Timothy, D. J. (2018). Producing and consuming heritage tourism: Recent trends. Tourists and tourism: A reader, 167-178.
- [7] ↑ Palmer, C. (2005). An ethnography of Englishness: Experiencing identity through tourism. Annals of tourism research, 32(1), 7-27.
- [8] ↑ Herbert, D. (2001). Literary places, tourism and the heritage experience. Annals of tourism research, 28(2), 312-333.