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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Romania
Heritage
Tourism & Cultural Tourism
Over the past 10-15 years, visiting historic
and cultural sites is one Voronet Moldavian Monasteryof the most popular
tourist activities
today. Families, seniors, groups, and even international
visitors choose to frequent historic attractions when on vacation. As
a result, destinations
are paying attention to one of the fastest growing
niche market segments in the travel industry today—heritage tourism. What is heritage
tourism? The National Trust for Historic Preservation defines heritage
tourism as traveling to experience the places, artifacts and activities
that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and
present. Heritage tourism also uses assets—historic, cultural,
and natural resources—that already exist. Rather than creating
and building attractions, destinations look to the past for a sustainable
future. Cultural versus Heritage tourism; Sometimes, the term heritage
is replaced by cultural. One can hear about cultural tourism instead
of heritage tourism. But, as you can see above, ‘cultural’ is
a part of heritage. Cultural tourism is the spiritual state that one
senses when traveling, encountering, experiencing peoples’ heritage:
places, monuments, people, customs, regarding past
or present.
Peasant Fortified Churches in Transylvania :
CĀLNIC
PREJMER
VISCRI
DĀRJIU
SASCHIZ
BIERTAN
VALEA VIILOR
Painted Monasteries of Bukovina :
Voronet
Moldovita
Sucevita
Arbore
Patrauti
Probota
Church of St George at Suceava
Wooden Churches of Maramures :
BĀRSANA
BUDESTI
DESESTI
IEUD-DEAL
PLOPIS
POIENILE IZEI
ROGOZ
SURDESTI
Historic Center of Sighisoara
Hurezi Convent
Dacian Archeological Sites in Transylvania :
SARMIZEGETUSA REGIA - GRADISTEA DE MUNTE
COSTESTI CETATUIA
COSTESTI BLIDARU
LUNCANI-PIATRA ROSIE
BANITA
CAPĀLNA
Danube Delta Natural Resort
Related links :
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/ro/
http://www.european-heritage.net
Cultural
Travel is a type of travel that emphasizes experiencing
life within a foreign culture, rather than from the outside as a temporary
visitor.
Cultural travelers leave their home environment
at home, bringing only themselves and a desire to become part of the
culture they visit. Cultural
travel goes beyond cultural exploration or discovery;
it involves a transformation in way of life.
This definition was first
used by Gary Langer “Travel to Learn” (March
1977). Transitions Abroad 1: 12-15. Transitions
Abroad Publishing. As a way of describing travel
that requires a “transition” to
a new level of understanding of and appreciation
for a foreign culture.
The term is often distorted
and misused by travel agents, tour operators and
international tourism organizations. Culture primarily
has to do with people and less with places or things.
So visiting museums, touring ancient structures, attending
festivals, and eating local food does
not provide the same experience as becoming a member
of the culture itself.
The antithesis of cultural
travel is tourism, where people bring their home environment with them
wherever they go and apply it to whatever
they see.
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