Cultural Heritage Tourism: Positive Economic And Social Impact

section{Cultural Heritage Tourism} label{key:slearn} Cultural heritage tourism is the travelling activities of tourists to the cultural places away from their usual environment with the intention to obtain new experiences to satisfy their cultural needs, including landscapes, the visual and performing arts, and special (local) lifestyles, values, traditions, events as well as other ways of creative and inter-cultural exchange processes.

According to cite{hinsberg03}, Cultural tourism is important for various reasons;

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item It has a positive economic and social impact. The economic and social impact is caused by the incomes created by the cultural tourism business and supporting businesses. item It establishes and reinforces

Informal learning is a type of learning activity that occurs outside the curriculum of formal educational institutions and program cite{livingstone13}. Informal learning can be characterized as follows cite{info18}: it usually takes place outside educational establishments; it does not follow a specified curriculum and is not often professionally organized; it is not necessarily planned pedagogically, systematically according to fixed subjects, test and qualification-oriented, but rather, either unconsciously incidental or consciously intended intuition, holistically problem-related, and related to actual situations and fitness for life; it is experienced directly in its "natural" function of everyday life; it is often spontaneous and creative; it is a key component of an alternative learning system

Informal learning offers personalization service to explore the knowledge. item Greater scope for creativity, originality, critical thinking. Informal learning is very similar to natural knowledge acquiring. Thus, it is triggering the ability of access, analysing and synthesizing information. item Can take in anywhere and anytime. Informal learning can take place in any space, such as the workplace, the family, a religious institution, museums, the community and the like. item Can fulfil the variety of learning needs and learning styles. Informal learning programs can be customized to suit learning requirements of an individual user based on needs. item More relaxing, less threatening.

Due it is conducted outside the curriculum, there will be no binding rules. Learners have a comfortable zone and can gain knowledge in more efficient item Essential for lifelong learning. Informal learning is a lifelong process to acquire more knowledge through emerging technology.