Cultural Heritage and Tourism: An Introduction

Аннотация

The tourism economies of some places are based entirely on cultural heritage. Other destinations have secondary or tertiary heritage appeal. On a global scale, however, far more than half of all journeys away from home have some connection to living and built culture, or the arts. With a growing realization of the importance of cultural heritagebased tourism on the world stage, increasing numbers of tourism, geography, cultural studies, history and museology programs at colleges and universities are beginning to offer courses, modules and even entire programs in cultural and heritage tourism.