The role of museums in the development of tourism

Abstract

This article describes the concept of tourism, the essence of cultural tourism and museum tourism, tourism and museum cooperation, the role of museums in the development of cultural tourism. Cultural tourism is a type of tourism that includes visits to cultural events, museums, cultural heritage sites, and attractions, including landscapes, culture, and art, local lifestyles, customs, traditions, various forms of recreation. According to the definition of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), cultural tourism is the movement of people who are only culturally motivated: study trips; trips to see cultural attractions; visiting festivals and other cultural events; a trip to explore folklore, art, and national traditions. Museum tourism is a specific activity of museums in the field of cultural tourism in the creation of expositions, internal and external excursions, educational seminars, lectures, public events, training, the availability of museum-shops, the production and sale of museum tourism products.