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Tourists in the courtyard of the Great Mosque of Kairouan. Important Islamic monument, the mosque in its current date from the ninth century, Kairouan in Tunisia.

One can easily see that all imaging publicized tourist spots around the world to feed the strong cultural representations. The strength of the link between culture and tourism finds its explanation in the act of leisure (free time), outside his place of residence and driven by different motivations (beach, explore, countryside, sun, business, pilgrimage, cruising, etc. ).. "These are realized in a choice of destination and travel and subsistence form which both refer to the parameters of the order of identity, imagination and representation" . In short, it is a means by which a traveler will broadening their intellectual horizons.

Cultural tourism represents 8% to 20% share of the tourism market. This share has risen sharply in recent years with the establishment of commercial offers for cultural tourism. Including the appearance of directories and site to apprehend him.


Summary

What exactly cultural tourism?

The notion of cultural tourism needs to be more clearly defined: are there any specific markets, in terms of specifics, first offerings in the industry and other practices of tourists? What differentiates itself from other cultural tourism sectors in tourism?

Cultural tourism has indeed a very broad sense. If cultural tourists are travelers whose reason is cultural center of travel, can also be seen as cultural tourists tourists who want to relax and in 80% of cases, visiting at least one monument or attend an event Cultural their vacation spot References

  1. Mario d'Angelo , "The cultural and tourism appeal of the Mediterranean", EurOrient No. 27, 2008, L'Harmattan, p. 139-148
  2. C. Origet of Cluzot, Cultural tourism, al. Whatever, PUF, Paris, 2006
  3. (en) Site: Directory of accommodation for cultural tourism

Bibliography

  • R. Amirou, Imagination and sociability of tourist travel, PUF, Paris, 1995
  • R. Amirou, Imaginary cultural tourism, Paris, PUF, 2000.
  • (In) ASEF, Cultural Heritage, Man and Tourism, Report of the Asia-Europe Seminar, Hanoi, 5-7 November 2001, Brussel, 2003

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