Cultural Tourism; involves going to visit cultural attractions and events by culturally motivated citizens and tourists. Here are some different examples of why people do cultural tourism and why it motivates more people to travel. Valorizing and preserving heritage is a very big reason people do cultural travel because they want to see attractions how they use to be and don’t want to see them destroyed so preserving them makes people more motivated to experience the attractions they are seeing. Economic development and employment this is a great reason to see cultural tourism because history majors or anyone really want to experience the full effect of the historical site. Strengthening and/or diversifying tourism is another reason to do cultural travel because land marks in any country is a huge deal for anyone who has been there or from there because preserving and strengthening makes sales go up higher and helps the economy.
Our first hot spot tour is and has been a hot cultural center for many years. Our tour is in Sicily, Italy and known as Palermo Revealed. It takes you through the architecture, archeological remains, and art of Palermo while supporting the culture that brought about the current city. The trip is six days long in the city of Palermo, all nights are spent in the Grand Hotel Piazza Borsa which is a centrally located four star accommodation. The tour costs 3240.14 CAD and includes everything except one of the dinners and air fare to London. Note that it is a walking tour. The traveler will be moving about the city on day two walking through old centers, and visiting galleries and then dining in a private palace. The tour runs through to coastal towns and Greek ruins/temples on the various other days while expe...
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.... Every time you travel you need all these things to be able to most of the things you want to do which gives the country’s more economic growth so the country can still help their citizens. Local resorts and hotels make a great impact in cultural tourism because they can hire more employees to work for them with the more tourism that they will be getting in the future and will increase revenue again.
Cultural Tourism is a very important of the tourism industry. Let’s all face it; life would be boring if we were all the same. Cultural tourism brings about a knowledge and practice in unity and understanding of other inhabitants around the world. As well it allows the discovery of certain other niche targets such as culinary and spiritual tourism. It also allows individuals to step out of comfort zones and have new experiences that they otherwise wouldn’t know about.
Tourism impacts can be generally classified into seven categories with each having both positive and negative impacts. These impacts include; economic, environmental, social and cultural, crowding and congestion, taxes, and community attitude. It is essential for a balance on array of impacts that may either positively or negatively affect the resident communities. Different groups are concerned about different tourism impacts that affect them in one way or another. Tourism’s benefits can be increased by use of specific plans and actions. These can also lead to decrease in the gravity of negative impacts. Communities will not experience every impact but instead this will depend on particular natural resources, development, or spatial patterns (Glen 1999).
Before continuing on to the cultural impacts of CHT, It’s imperative to note that the subject of cultural authenticity can be problematic, in that it’s not possible to speak on behalf of every person belonging to that cultural group. Culture isn’t a homogenous or static concept, due to the fact that all cultural groups aren’t the same and unchanging. As such, generalizations tend to be made and arguments should be kept in perspective in that there will always be those with opposing positions/experiences. That being said, there are many arguments regarding the role of cultural authenticity as a product of cultural heritage tourism.
The general cultural tourist makes a hobby of visiting different geographic sites. Over time, as general cultural tourists increase their knowledge of different cultures, they may become specialized cultural tourists who focus on one or a small number of geographic sites or cultural entities. This specialized tourist repeatedly visits a particular city, region, or country in search of a broad cultural understanding of the place, or goes to different cities, regions, or countries in search of exemplars of, for instance, a kind of art, history, festival, or museum. Both types of cultural tourist are inclined to avoid the commercial ventures that are in their area of interest.
Tourism is playing an important role in the economy of a country as well as now, these days it is growing in European countries and increasing the economy of European economy and world economy. As a result the living standard of people rise, an increasing proportion of income is spent on leisure travel and other elements
Today’s global competition, demands a country to keep the true identity., culture becomes the basic aspects that must be maintained, because of the existence of culture effects how closely humans in general act, and be friendly. Cultural or often we refer to as the culture has its own uniqueness, while others interest by the culture then this could make the place tourism.
... in tourism and might lead to culture loss, yet it can also bring cultures together, create economical growth and most importantly the positive effects in can have on education and technology. Nevertheless, it is believed that globalization should continue to be promoted in the future while actions should be taken in order to solve the negative impacts of it as well.
Tourism is often associated with traveling to places away from home. Tourism has a big impact on the economic growth of some countries, which define the shape of their cities by producing different sectors like historic districts, convention centers, museums, malls, hotels, restaurants, and the list can be endless. Furthermore, tourism elements have been developed by cities for a variety of reasons including: situating themselves in the world by drawing a positive image and attracting visitors and for their money.
Because tourism involves movement of people to different geographical locations, and establishment of social relations between people who would otherwise not meet, cultural clashes can take place as a result of differences in cultures, ethnic and religious groups, values and lifestyles, languages, and levels of prosperity.
Firstly, tourism has positive and negative impact on the economy of the local community. It can create jobs and mitigate the numbers of unemployment. For example: one
Cultural tourism: includes urban tourism, visiting historical or interesting cities, and experiencing their cultural heritages. This type of tourism may also include specialized cultural experiences, such as art museum tourism where the tourist visits many art museums during the tour, or opera tourism where the tourist sees many operas or concerts during the tour.
The main similarity between the two is the objective, which is to successfully integrate a group of guests into a new culture. While most people see tourism as an obtrusive version of a vacation, several anthropologist view tourism as a “sacred journey” and helps the tourist experience a sense of solidarity or togetherness (Selwyn, 1990). This form of tourism, known as ethnic tourism, relates the most to anthropology. Both involve attending cultural events and living with the new culture. This brings the guest as close as possible to the new culture, allowing them to really get involved with the society. They integrate newcomers into society, but are also very cautions about where they go and what they do. Guests must be respectful and follow very strict rules in order to not anger any residents. Both anthropology and tourism involve guides and translators to help the guests stay inside the boundaries and translate any unknown
It is the economic effects of tourism which bring the most benefit to the host nation. Tourism is a low import user which means more of the money earned here stays here. The government is earning money through tourist taxes such as the airport tax, increased export earnings and income tax revenue from people employed by the industry. A balance must be struck between these benefits and associated negative impacts on the community and the environment.
Tourism is an important and intricate element to society. It affects economical, social, cultural and environmental elements. Tourism can be argued to have a negative impact on the environment and decrease our already depleting resources, but tourism can also be argued to be a major contributor to strengthening economies, spread cultural traditions and improve people’s lives. Tourism
Tourism's economic benefits are advertised by the industry for a sum of reasons. The idea of tourism's economic significance gives the industry a much greater respect among the business municipal, public officials, and the public in general. This often translates into decisions to tourism.
At the present time, one of the inseparable parts of the economic growth is considered as tourism industry. Commonly, tourism is the movement of people to other places for business or leisure purposes as well as covers their activities. Holloway and Humphreys defines that the places where tourists come and spend their money are called as “tourist destinations” in other words “receiving areas”. Many countries have been improving tourism to overcome economic difficulties since it is growing fast. The industry activities have been demonstrated a general positive trend in the economy and it has already become the inherent part of economic development. In host countries, tourism has led to such positive consequences as the improved infrastructure,