Cultural Tourism

1 11, 2010

Cultural Tourism: to Protect or to Destroy the Destination?

By |November 1st, 2010|Ungategorized|6 Comments

“Cultural tourism is a genre of special interest tourism based on the search for and participation in new and deep cultural experiences, whether aesthetic, intellectual, emotional, or psychological” (Stebbins, 1996)

Cultural tourism has wide variety activities such as visiting historic places, museum, and among other cultural attractions. As people can visit other places easily […]

31 10, 2010

Art in Tourism, Tourism in Art

By |October 31st, 2010|Ungategorized|5 Comments

The concept of art tourism sounds new but it is definitely as old as tourism itself because for centuries many societies had already given much appreciation for the arts and culture.  Art tourism covers a big segment of the industry because around the globe people travel in order to visit, explore and engage in […]

24 09, 2010

Cultural Tourism as a Future Trend

By |September 24th, 2010|Ungategorized|8 Comments

Cultural tourism involves the tourist experiencing and having contact with the host population and its culture while experiencing its uniqueness and the characteristics of the place and people ([Boyd,2002],[Hager,2003]and [Richards,2007]). Given that 40% of global travel is for cultural purposes (WTO) it is vital to analyze future trends in this area and their implications […]