What is Cultural Tourism

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The journey of people to specific destinations that offer cultural attractions, including historic sites and artistic and cultural events and shows, with the aim of acquiring new knowledge and experiences that meet the intellectual needs and individual growth of the traveler. Learn more in: Creative Tourism and Cultural Heritage: A New Perspective

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It is a type of tourism in which tourist travel to a destination to experience cultural attractions like fairs, festivals, food, arts, etc. Learn more in: Regional Food as the Catalyst for Cultural Tourism in India

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Type of tourism associated to the “cultural encounter”. Learn more in: Tourists' Awareness of World Heritage: The Case of Tourists Visiting the Algarve (Portugal)

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Tourism concerned with a country or region's culture. Learn more in: Digital Technologies for “Minor” Cultural Landscapes Knowledge: Sharing Values in Heritage and Tourism Perspective

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A form of specialized cognitive tourism that focuses on tangible or intangible cultural heritage. Learn more in: Sustainable Development of Cultural Tourism on Example of Botevgrad Municipality: A Model for Local Tourist Development

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A form of tourism that allows tourists be immersed in local cultural related activities such as rituals and festivities. It leads the destination in providing opportunity for authentic cultural exchange between locals and visitors. For destinations, it encourages local communities to embrace their culture and boost economic growth, developing culturally geared tourism programs; encourages destinations to celebrate and promote what distinguishes their communities for an authentic cultural exchange between locals and visitors. Learn more in: Balancing Value Co-Creation: Culture, Ecology, and Human Resources in Tourism Industry

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An economic activity that is related to events and organized trips and directed to knowledge and leisure with cultural elements such as: monuments, architectural complexes or symbols of historical nature, as well as artistic / cultural / religious, educational, informative events or of an academic nature. Learn more in: Architecture, Tourism, and Technological Innovation in the Jesuit Mission of São Miguel, Brazil

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All movements of persons to specific cultural attractions, such as heritages sites, artistic and cultural manifestations, arts and drama outside their normal place of residence. Learn more in: Perceptions and Opinions of the Host Community Regarding Overtourism in the Tourist-Historic City: A Case Study in Toledo (Spain)

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Tourism that values ??tangible and intangible aspects of the culture of a certain tourist destination, closely linked to the local community, heritage, history, architecture, traditions, arts and crafts, gastronomy, painting, dance, music, social practices, rituals, festive events, which are factors of identity and preserve authenticity. Learn more in: Sea Tourism Heritage in Portuguese Coastal Territory

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Type of tourism that relies on cultural resources (i.e. heritage) of a region and provides opportunities to learn more about the region’s way of life. Learn more in: Entertainment and Food Tourism in the Backdrop of Late Modernity and a Reflection on Turkey

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Is the movement of people to cultural attractions away from their normal place of residence, with the intention to gather new information and experiences to satisfy their cultural needs. Learn more in: The Culture on the Palm of Your Hand: How to Design a User Oriented Mobile App for Museums

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Cultural Tourism (CT) is effectively a synonym for heritage or ethnic tourism—a way for travelers to access the charm of local communities’ traditions, folklore, spaces and values. Learn more in: Assessing the Use of Archaeological Sites as Cultural Tourism Resources: The Case of Segóbriga (Spain)