Types of cultural tourism

Abstract

Cultural tourism is a sub-category of tourism: it refers to the forms of art (culture) in the urban and rural area of a region or country, and it is defined as a movement of people to cultural attractions far from their normal place of residence aiming at assimilating information and cultural experiences. According to some authors, cultural tourism identifies with urban tourism; we need to say that both urban and rural tourism can be totally or partially subordinated to the wider concept of cultural tourism represented by five well-defined types of tourists. Tourism managers should motivate the 85% to experience this type of activities.