lesson 1 heritage 2011(2)

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HERITAGE

TOURISM

2nd semester S.Y 2011-2012



Heritage

- Linked in the past, that it represents somesort of inheritance to be passed down to

current and future generations, both interms of cultural traditions and physicalartifacts

- Elements of the past a society wishes tokeep



Tourism

- Comprises the activities of personstraveling to and staying in places outside

their usual environment for not more thanone consecutive year for leisure, businessand other purposes not related to theexercise of an activity remunerated from

within the place visited (WTO)



Lesson I:

Heritage Tourism……

• Traveling to experience the places,artifacts and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the

past and present (U.S National Trust)

• An immersion in the natural history,

human heritage, arts, philosophy and institutions of another region or country (WTO)



Different sorts of Phenomena

applied in Heritage

• Heritage Centre- used to describe culture and landscape that are cared for by the

community and passed on to the future to serve people’s need for a sense of identity and belongingness

• Heritage Industry- to become synonymous with the manipulation and exploitation of the past for commercial ends



Heritage can be classifieds as…

• Tangible Immovableresources

• Tangible movableresources

• Intangibles

• Type of Attraction

a. Natural heritage

b. Living culturalheritage

c. Built heritage

d. Industrial heritage

e. Personal heritage

f. Dark heritage



• A synonym form the past

• The product of modern conditions that are attributed to,and influenced by the past

• All cultural and artistic productivity produced in the pastand present

• Includes elements from natural environment that aresurvivals from the past, seen as original , typical andappropriate to be passed on to future generations

• Based on selling goods and services with heritagecomponents

• Used to disguise ethnic or racial excisivism

Tunbridge and Ashworth (1996)



Importance of Heritage

• It has positive economic and social impact

• Establishes and reinforces identity

• Helps preserve the cultural heritage withculture as an instrument it facilitatesharmony and understanding amongpeople

• Supports culture and helps renew tourism



Forms of Tourism

• Cultural Tourism/Culture Tourism- concerned with a country or region’s

culture, specially in lifestyle of the people

of those geographical areas, the history of those people, art, architecture, religion/s and other elements that helped shape

their way of life



• Ethnic Tourism- the cultural characteristics that connect a particular group/s of people to each other.

• Arts Tourism- refers to visual arts, the concept of what is has continuously changed over centuries

• Ecological Tourism (eco tourism)- is responsible travel fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas that strive to be low impact

“ a form of tourism that typically appeals to

individual who are ecologically and socially conscious. Ecotourism is popular in areas where natural flora and fauna and the cultural heritage of an area are the primary attractions.



• Urban Tourism- is the set of tourist resources or activities located in towns and cities and offered to visitors from

elsewhere



Types of Heritage Tourist

• Those visiting a site the deem to be part oftheir heritage

• Those visiting what they consider as aheritage site though it is unconnected withtheir own

• Those visiting a heritage site specificallyclassified as a heritage place althoughunaware of this designation



HOMEWORK

• Analyze and explain the HeritageSpectrum

• Sign up in the SCHOOLBOOK

• Password: culturebtm25

• Submit your answer on the schoolbook on Monday(November 21, 2011)



Heritage Spectrum :an overlapping

concept

Type ofLandscape

Type ofTourism

Type ofHeritage

Attractions

Heritage Landscape

Natural Rural Cultural Urban/ Built

Protected

Pristine

Urban

Cultural

Historic Artificial

Heritage Tourism Ecotourism Urban Tourism

Cultural Tourism

VisitingNational

parks

VisitingState houses,

castles

ViewingArchitecture,

Visiting

Colonial sites

ViewingArchitecture,

VisitingColonial sites

Visiting historicBuildings, palaces

factories

Visiting

Historic themeparks

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