ICOMOS (International Scientific Committee on Cultural Tourism) 1997 Cultural tourism can be defined as that activity which enables people to experience the different ways of life of other people, thereby gaining at first hand an understanding of their customs, traditions, the physical environment, the intellectual ideas and those places of architectural, historic, archaeological or other cultural significance which remain from earlier times. Cultural tourism differs from recreational tourism in that it seeks to gain an understanding or appreciation of the nature of the place being visited. UNWTO (World Tourism Organization) 2004 (Cultural tourism) represent movements of people motivated by cultural intents such as study tours, performing arts, festivals, cultural events, visits to sites and monuments, as well as travel for pilgrimages… it is also about immersion in and enjoyment of the lifestyle of the local people, the local area and what constitutes its identity and
12. Through the wide range of services needed to satisfy its requirements, tourism creates new activities of considerable importance which are a source of new employment. In this respect, tourism constitutes a positive element for social development in all the countries where it is practised irrespective of their level of development. 13. With respect to international relations and the search for peace, based on justice and respect of individual and national aspirations, tourism stands out as a positive and ever-present factor in promoting mutual knowledge and understanding and as a basis for reaching a greater level of respect and confidence among all the peoples of the world.
Cultural tourism is related to the tourism of the given country, wherein cultural values are quite high. People are attracted to visit these places, since it is of high importance from the cultural perspective. However, it includes everything, the lifestyles of the people, the geographical history, the cultural values and principles, the religions followed by the respective people of that nation, their art and architecture, and several other elements, which increase the cultural importance of the given nation in one or the other way. The thesis of this paper will discuss about the chapter Cultural Tourism Development by Milena Ivanovic and will discuss on important facts and concepts related to it. It has been noted that, cultural tourism includes everything, right from the historical places to the cultural facilities provided by the different urban cities of that nation.
Tourism is go for diversion, relaxation, religious, family or business purposes, normally for a constrained span. Tourism is usually connected with global travel, however might likewise allude to go to somewhere else inside of the same nation. The World Tourism Organization characterizes voyagers as individuals "setting out to and staying in spots outside their standard surroundings for not more than one successive year for relaxation, business and other purposes". Tourism has turn into a famous worldwide recreation movement. Tourism can be local or global, and worldwide tourism has both approaching and active ramifications on a nation's parity of installments.
DISSERTATION STRUCTUR 1.1 Introduction: Cultural tourism is one of the oldest of “new” tourism phenomena. However, humankind has always had the desire to travel, to visit exotic places and to encounter different cultures for what we now call cultural tourism reasons since the days of the Romans; it is just that they were never recognised as being a discrete group of travellers before (Ceballos-Lascurain, 1996). Visiting historic sites, cultural landmark, attending special events and festivals, or visiting museums have always been a part of the total tourism experience (Richards 2007). Today, cultural tourism seems to be omnipresent, and in the eyes of many it also seems to have become omnipotent. It is the holy grail of quality tourism that
Culture is the human endeavor that par excellence produces feelings and imaginaries in society. It also reinforces the feeling of identity and citizenship. From the start, this concept supposes certain specificities in the American continent: the co-existence of cultural manifestations close to, what we can define as, traditional culture, which is product of a multiplicity of ethnic groups and subcultures that has participated in the construction of the identity and history of the region; and the manifestations closer to what we can define as modern culture or, further more, as industrial culture, which is also a characteristic of the contemporary continental culture. The sustainability of these cultural manifestations without exception is
Contents Introduction Page Question 1……………………………………………………………………….2-5 Question 2…...5-8 Question 3……………………………..…………………………………….…8-11 Question 4 ………………………………..……………………………………11-12 Conclusion ……………………………………………………..………………..13 List of reference……………………….………………………………………..14 Intercultural is communication that aims to divulge information throughout or across various cultures and social groups. People from different countries and cultures, communication and perceive the world around them. With regard to intercultural communication proper, it studies situations where people from different culture backgrounds interact. 1. What is meant by the statement: In studying other cultures, we do so very often from the perspective of our own
The definition of the word “Tourism” is different source by source, person by person. There is no specific definition for it. Each institution defines “Tourism” in a varied way. Firstly, tourism is related to several groups which involving in or are affected by tourism industry. Their perceptions are crucial to the development for the definition of tourism.
This types of tourism come to the fore and become the basis for the emergence of the modern tourism industry. Moreover, the development of tourism was influenced by the fact that discretionary income among the population increased, and travel became more and more accessible to a larger number of people. Throughout the last century, the scale of tourism continued to grow, growing into a global economy, which in turn led to the globalisation of the
The most important lesson learned however is how the actions we as a nation reliant on the tourism market now face, with a choice between filling our pockets with money in the short term and destroying the surrounding nature or to invest in local infrastructure and the environment in order to leave our grandchildren living in a sustainable country. This is the problem we are now left with and the clock is