Abstract
Tourism has been studied as an economic activity, from their products and businesses activities. But why are travelling peoples and for what? What’s happen in the tourism world under the iron hand of the modern market, analysed from the both sides, demand and offer, with the emergence of the society of knowledge and information, with their new middle class growing with more education and culture, a young people predisposed to the e-learning and a increasing segment of tourists who anticipate the middle-aged and retire? A new conceptual research framework emerges and a new tourism paradigm: Environmental Tourism (Cultural tourism and tourism of nature). This paper wants to discuss the connection between heritage and tourism economy. Researching how is create and reproduced the capital of tourism and recognising the cultural values and products penetration in the tourism activity, in the framework of the changing taste (preferences) and ethical values of middle class. Keywords: Taste. Cultural tourism. Externalities
Highlights
Tourism has been studied as an economic activity, from their products and businesses activities
The economic impact of the heritage sector has been underestimated by politicians, economists and business leaders trying to get the British economy moving again
This report is the first to provide those missing numbers. It demonstrates that the heritage-based tourism economy is bigger than other studies have previously suggested, contributing an estimated
Summary
Adotamos aqui o quadro conceptual proposto no ensaio “Turismo Cultural e Economia do Património”:. Como sublinha Simon Thurley, Chief Executive of English Heritage “Heritage tourism and the post-recession Economy: We believe that heritage tourism can become an increasingly important sector of them UK economy as we come out of recession and move towards recovery.” (Thurley, 2010:13) Roy Clare CBE, Chief Executive of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, destaca o papel dos museus como estruturas orgânicas do Turismo Cultural e da sua economia: “Museums, flagship libraries and archives play a central role in supporting the visitor economy. Mostram igualmente como o valor acrescentado dos turistas é largamente superior aos dos excursionistas e como, com despesas gerais de funcionamento do museu e ruinas, financiadas pelo estado na ordem dos 500 a 600 mil euros/ano, se obtêm, nas Cadeias de Valor do Turismo, retornos superiores a 7 milhões de euros/ano
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