Tourism as a vehicle for individual and collective fulfilment. Cultural, heritage, intangible download this book pdf 4. Tourism offers a powerful incentive for preserving and enhancing intangible cultural heritage, since the revenue it generates can be channelled back into initiatives to aid its longterm survival. This book includes research papers submitted to and presented during the first international conference on cultural sustainable tourism cst that was held in thessaloniki, greece in november of 2017. Cultural heritage tourism transit for livable communities. In this paper the authors tried to explore possibilities of valorisation of transnational, multicultural heritage of pula through crossborder international partnerships in the framework of european projects and programmes. An important asset for tourism a hidden treasure in addition handicraft and folk art centers, small museums, wineries. The benefit of the protection of underwater cultural heritage. Pdf this paper presents a crossdisciplinary thematic investigation into the relationship between cultural heritage and tourism. The positive and negative effects of tourism on the social.
Cultural heritage tourism and the community in tanzania. March 2012 national heritage and cultural tourism strategy page 7 of 60 an open space, including a public square, street or park. Cultural and heritage tourism is a tool of economic development that achieves. Natural and cultural heritage should be considered as a basis for sustainable tourism. Cultural tourism and sustainable development gounesco. Challenges and opportunities of sustainable tourism rural areas. The management of sustainable tourism in a world heritage site is an issue of.
Challenges in achieving sustainable cultural tourism introduction culture and tourism collaborators or competitors. Principles of cultural tourism sustainable development in. To be sustainable, tourism must be economically viable, meet the needs of society, conserve the environment and cultural heritage it depends upon, and in this way, continue to deliver benefits without detriment to current and future generations. Elaborated by the unesco secretariat and the scientific and technical advisory body of the convention on the protection of the underwater cultural heritage 2001 e. In the past years, the importance of the cultural economy has led urbanism to a new perspective. Challenges and opportunities for sustainable tourism. Confronting global trends with local commitment to sustainable development, the authors set the hypothesis that heritage tourism, based on the strategic valorisation of unique cultural resources. Why would community get involved in cultural heritage tourism. Journal of cultural heritage management and sustainable. The goal of this paper is to build the case for this type of sustainable and inclusive tourism development. Tourism concern, 1991 in association with the worldwide fund for naturewwf gives 10 principles for sustainable tourism. Tourism, the activity most frequently associated with rest and relaxation, sport and access to culture and nature, should be planned and practised as a privileged means of individual and collective fulfilment. The unesco world heritage and sustainable tourism programme represents a new approach based on dialogue and stakeholder cooperation where planning for tourism and heritage management is integrated at a destination level, the natural and cultural assets are valued and protected, and appropriate tourism developed.
Students are able to construct a swot for any heritage site as an underpinning framework for heritage tourism development or heritage tourism management plan or a visitors management plan or a heritage conservation plan taking into account dimensions such as identity and interpretation, cultural economy, spatial ecology of the heritage tourism landscape. Proposed principles for sustainable tourism at world heritage properties 28. Towards policy recommendations on sustainable cultural tourism. The journal of cultural heritage jch is a multidisciplinary journal of science and technology for studying problems concerning conservation and awareness of cultural heritage in a wide framework. Establishing and developing tourist training programmes could be one way of managing codes of. By jyoti hosagrahar within the framework of the sustainable development goals sdgs adopted in september 2015 by the united nations, the international development agenda refers to culture for the first time. The social and cultural impacts of tourism can result in changes to patterns of behaviour, lifestyle and the quality of life of the inhabitants or local people. To promote sustainable tourism development including nonconsumptive and eco tourism, the international year of eco tourism 2002, the united nations year for cultural heritage 2002, the world eco tourism summit 2002 and its quebec declaration, and the global code of ethics for tourism, as adopted by the world tourism organization have all.
The benefit of the protection of underwater cultural heritage for sustainable growth, tourism and urban development. Tourism and intangible cultural heritage world tourism. Unescos work promoting cultural diversity, and unescos culture conventions, are key to the implementation of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. The impact of cultural heritage on sustainable tourism development. Alok kumar associate professorhotel management, iphc, mekelle university, ethiopia africa abstract the relationship between culture, heritage, the environment and tourism is very important. Agrotourism development programme incentive schemes. Placing culture at the heart of development policies is the only way to ensure a humancentred, inclusive and equitable development. World heritage and sustainable tourism sustainable development. Introduction defining cultural tourism conceptualizing cultural tourism a thematic approach the key issue.
Tourism, sustainable development, sustainable tourism. The challenges of sustainable community cultural heritage tourism. Heritage tourism, which is the same as cultural tourism, has often been criticized for converting local cultures and lifestyles into. Intangible cultural heritage while fragile, intangible cultural heritage is an important factor in maintaining cultural diversity in the face of growing globalization. Icomos concept note on cultural heritage and sustainable dev. Responsible tourism sustainable tourism is often also referred as responsible tourism, which has been adopted as a term used by industry who feel that word sustainability. Heritage and sustainable tourism development ku leuven. Pdf valorisation of cultural heritage in sustainable tourism. Integration communities and historical and tourism interests must ensure that cultural heritage tour. Malawi has a rich and diverse cultural heritage exemplified by national monuments, museums and cultural industries including music, folklore, crafts, arts and traditional dances. Heritage tourism, the section 2 of the book, is more focused on offering nontraditional solutions and management plans to sustain cultural tourism and improve quality of life around historically significant areas. Meeting these challenges is a major task of policy makers as well as communities if they are to achieve comprehensive and sustainable heritage tourism development. A metastudy article pdf available in journal of sustainable tourism 197. Advances and challenges in sustainable tourism toward a.
Intangible cultural heritage and sustainable development. In support of sustainable tourism, united nations has designated 2017 as the. Visitor management plan and sustainable culture tourism. Culture, tourism and world heritage sites sciencedirect. Highlighting innovative forms of policymaking, the unwto study on tourism and intangible cultural heritage recommends specific actions for stakeholders to foster the sustainable and responsible development of tourism by incorporating and safeguarding intangible cultural assets. Many countries and their economies, and industries depend on tourism, an economic might, which is able to direct the flow of the world. The target audience for this manual includes professionals working on tourism related projects in developing countries, including staff from donor and government agencies, ngos, consulting firms. Printed on april 20 1 2 sustainable tourism as driving force for cultural heritage sites development planning, managing and. Sustainable tourism definition, principles, and dimensions. Pdf the sustainable integration of cultural heritage and tourism. Unesco and the international year of sustainable tourism. Policymakers, cultural heritage professionals, research communities, local communities, and tourism organisations.
The contribution that tourism can make to poverty alleviation, to conservation of the natural and cultural heritage and to overall sustainable development, can be substantial. Sustainable cultural tourism sustainable cultural tourism is the integrated management of cultural heritage and tourism activities in conjunction with the local community creating social, environmental and economic benefits for all stakeholders, to achieve tangible and intangible cultural heritage conservation and sustainable tourism development. Identify ways to create a european tourism offer based on tangible and intangible cultural heritage as a competitive factor in order to. Sustainable cultural tourism in namibia namibia has one of the worlds fastestgrowing tourism sectors and its rich cultural and natural heritage offers an excellent opportunity to spur economic development and improve livelihoods. An under standing of the intangible cultural heritage of different communities helps with intercultural dialogue, and encourages mutual respect for other ways of life. Culture tourism is increasingly developed as a way to protect the heritage of a specific region light, 2017. Charter first edition published at end december 2014, marking a new era in cultural and heritage sustainable tourism development and promotion in the eu and beyond. The sustainable integration of cultural heritage and tourism. It provokes the ability of sustainable culture tourism to fulfil such a target of utilizing the tourism industry as an economic resource for the preservation of cultural and historical heritage sites. This might be accomplished by defining codes of conduct for the industry and hence providing investors with a checklist for sustainable tourism projects.
From cultural heritage to cultural and creative industries, culture is both an enabler and a driver of the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. Cultural heritage tourism is a growing segment of tourism all over the world, accounting for about 37% of all tourist trips in the world wto, 2015. Pdf cultural heritage and sustainable tourism marco zumaglini. Culture is a set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group. Sustainable tourism can be expressed as preserving and sustaining regional and local attractions as a source. Pdf sustainable natural and cultural heritage tourism in. Sustainable tourism can also be used as a financing mechanism through the generation of revenues from entrance fees, user fees, taxes or concession fees, to fund marine protected area management. Cultural heritage, cultural and creative industries, sustainable cultural tourism, and cultural infrastructure can serve as strategic tools for revenue generation, particularly in. Tourism is a huge business both in the united states and the world over. Simultaneously, the main international institutions have pointed out the. This is the second edition of the charter, launched by the european cultural tourism network ectn on 30 november 2016 in brussels. Linking cultural heritage management and tourism management chapter 2. Heritage convention has conserved, protected and presented the outstanding universal value of our shared heritage.
Achieving sustainable tourism is a continuous process and it requires constant monitoring of impacts, introducing the necessary preventive andor. Unesco world heritage and sustainable tourism programme. The unesco world heritage and sustainable tourism programme represents a new approach based on dialogue and stakeholder cooperation where planning for tourism and heritage management is integrated at a destination level, the natural and cultural assets are valued and protected, and appropriate tourism. Cultural heritage tourism 5 introduction to cultural heritage tourism tourism a big and growing business before delving into cultural heritage tourism, one must first understand how tourism in general can act as a driver for community revitalization. On the other hand, and according to timothy and boy 2003, the analysis of heritage tourism can be done through two different channels.
The interview questions spanned heritage awareness, local identity, cultural tourism and the contribution of unesco world heritage list on sustainable tourism. Employing a valuebeliefnorm framework to gauge carthage residents intentions to support sustainable cultural heritage tourism huda a. It encompasses, in addition to art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, values systems, traditions and beliefs. An eu member states expert group is examining sustainable cultural tourism across europe and identifying good. The united nations has proclaimed 2017 as the international year of sustainable tourism for development, in recognition of the tremendous potential of the tourism industry, which accounts for some 10% of the worlds economic activity, to contribute to the fight against poverty and foster mutual understanding and intercultural dialogue, which are at the heart of unescos mission.
Alternative tourism types serve much more for the purpose of sustainable tourism than mass tourism. Bocas sustainable tourism alliance in panama, which she led from its inception. Together with other culture and nature areas, these. Sustainable tourism development presents many challenges. Tourism, culture and sustainable development contents 6 preface 4 introduction 8 finding meaning through tourism 8 tourism as a world of paradoxes 9 the centrality of experience 10 changing contexts and emergent challenges 11 report aim and structure 12 section 1, key themes and issues in tourism, culture and development 14 complex relationships 15. Sustainable tourism and natural world heritage iucn. Intangible cultural heritage can help strengthen social cohesion and inclusion. Based on the report of the international workshop on advancing sustainable tourism at natural and cultural heritage sites mogao, china, september 2009, the world heritage committee at its 34th session adopted the policy orientations which define the relationship between world heritage and sustainable tourism decision 34 com 5f. These principles were formulated as a component of the world heritage sustainable tourism programme whose role is to develop best practice policy guidance for the management of tourism in. It further offers recommendations on fostering responsible and sustainable tourism development through the safeguarding of intangible cultural assets. World heritage sites are important tourism at tractions and form the backbone of the tourism industry.
Sustainable tourism development requires the informed participation of all relevant stakeholders, as well as strong political leadership to ensure wide participation and consensus building. It was also asked about the existence of economic support to sustainable tourism projects, as well as to those tourism service providers that apply energy efficiency measures. Dec 16, 2016 the article examines the matter of cultural tourism and sustainable development. Sustainable cultural tourism in namibia what we do. Pdf the sustainable integration of cultural heritage and. In this argument, cultural commoditization contributes to the denigration of social customs.
Knowledge series public disclosure authorized development. The conservation and sustainable use of resources natural, social and cultural is crucial and makes longterm business sense. Urban cultural tourism and sustainable development 43 each city to consider local resources especially cultural heritage in order to face global competition in a manner which complies with the principles of sustainable development. Except the term sustainable tourism there are two other types of tourism that are also focused on creating a tourism in harmony with environment and social cultural aspects. Valorisation of cultural heritage in sustainable tourism dialogue. There is a growing interest for culture as an integral part of the broader development debates at country level. Sustainable tourism makes a minimal impact on the environment and local culture, while contributing to overall development by helping to generate future employment for local people and bringing a positive experience for tourism companies and tourists themselves. The challenges of sustainable community cultural heritage. Through the contentanalysis of documents, the case study of planning. Heritage as a driver for development its contribution to. Valorisation of cultural heritage in sustainable tourism.
Pdf cultural heritage and sustainable tourism marco. Heritage as a driver for development its contribution. Cultural tourism is the subset of tourism that is concerned with the countrys lifestyle in certain geographical areas, such as their, art, architecture, rituals, festivals, and more values that help convey the culture of the country itself. In this respect, cultural heritage values have great potential for the sustainable tourism.
Culture and ecotourism are being increasingly developed as a way to protect the natural beauty and cultural heritage of an area. Intangible cultural heritage must be thoughtfully managed if it is to flourish in an increasingly globalized world. The main purpose of jch is to publish original papers which comprise previously unpublished data and present innovative methods concerning all. It is the culture and heritage that separate the people of the world. The article examines the matter of cultural tourism and sustainable development. Cultural tourism sustainable tourism heritage tourism cultural heritage eco tourism tourism industry.