Apply for the 2019 edition of the ECTN Awards “Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism” – deadline: 1 July 2019
The 2019 edition of the Awards is dedicated to the theme ‘Culture and Heritage for Responsible Innovative and Sustainable Tourism Actions’. This year covers 7 categories:
Intangible cultural heritage
Heritage interpretation facilities
Innovation and digitisation in cultural tourism development and promotion
Transnational thematic tourism products, including cultural routes
Culinary heritage, wine, food and gastronomy tourism
Contributions by Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) to cultural and creative tourism
Actions during the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, initiative on Tourism and heritage
It is open for applications ‘to all tourist destinations across Europe, national, regional and local authorities, tourism boards and associations, destination management organisations, museums, interpretation centre, festivals and cultural NGOs.’
Chang-Vargas, G. 2014. Turismo étnico: sus trampas en algunos casos de comunidades indígenas de Costa Rica. En Oviedo, J. y E. Rozo (eds.) Turismo cultural: retos y perspectivas en América Latina. Universidad del Externado. Bogotá: Colombia. pp. 393-422.
Cette communication s’efforce d’identifier les acteurs de la transmission des valeurs patrimoniales des paysages et espaces culturels. A l’aide d’exemples concrets choisis dans la région d’origine de l’auteure, elle analyse successivement la détention de ces valeurs par les communautés locales, l’apport que constitue le regard extérieur du touriste et la responsabilité des médiateurs et des promoteurs, confrontés aux réalités économiques et politiques.
En este artículo presentamos la relación que existe entre el turismo y el tipo de lenguaje utilizado en una oferta determinada, en este caso, la gastronómica. El lugar de estudio es Playa Jacó, conocido centro turístico del Pacífico costarricense. La información se registró mediante trabajo de campo y se analizó con un enfoque interdisciplinario (lexicografía y antropología lingüística). Se presentan varias clasificaciones del léxico según la lengua del nombre de los restaurantes, refresquerías y afines; la lengua del menú; la procedencia de las comidas, para estimar el nexo con el patrimonio local.
The aim of this paper is to share some experiences, based on the Costa Rican society, which address the risks of some of the intangible cultural heritage and to estimate the role of different institutions facing the challenge of safeguarding this heritage. This cultural heritage is threatened by the substitution of identity and the transformations which result from alienation or foreign imposition.
In the current phase of globalization, tourism has great influence in equity. However, this industry may either play a role of threat or opportunity, depending on the way it is inserted in public policies and programs of heritage conservation. The ambiguity and complexity of this phenomenon hinders the possibility of a clear and objective management in favor of projects which include both sustainability of cultural heritage and tourism is a particular region or village.
ICOMOS paid attention to this challenge by adopting the “International Charter on Cultural Tourism,” to facilitate and encourage dialogue between the interests of the industry and the conservation of natural and cultural heritage. However, it is difficult to follow the recommendations provided in this document, as several factors influence the achievement of this goal. On one hand, there is the community which produces the assets and receives the tourists and on the other hand, various public and private entities.
To overcome this challenge, we propose a tripartite partnership between communities, municipalities or local governments and educational institutions, both formal and informal. ICOMOS could assume an educational role in this process.
