Cultural tourism is that form
of tourism whose object is, among other aims, the discovery of monuments
and sites. It exerts on these last, a very positive effect insofar as it
contributes--to satisfy its own ends--to their maintenance and protection.
This form of tourism justifies in fact the effort which said maintenance
and protection demand of the human community because of the socio-cultural
and economic benefits which they bestow on all the populations
concerned.
- The ICOMOS Charter on Cultural Tourism |