Tourism and Cultural Heritage for regional development Synergetic relations between Cultural Heritage (CH) and Tourism as driver for territorial development.
IntroductionThe relationship between Cultural Heritage (CH) and tourism in spatial development can be observed from several points of view. The first, linked to a vision of tourism as an industry, starts from the consideration of CH as an asset, and concerns the attractiveness of the territories as having interesting assets for tourism development. The second is linked to a more integrated vision and uses the category of cultural tourism, which assumes CH as a relational asset par excellence. The objective is to discuss how applying the New European Agenda for Culture 2018 (replacing the previous version from 2007) that provides a strategic framework for EU action in the cultural sector, while the European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage (2018) establishes a set of 4 principles of action for European Cultural Heritage:
- Holistic approach, which considers CH as a resource for the future and puts people at its centre;
- Mainstreaming and an integrated approach between different EU policies;
- Development of evidence-based policies, including through cultural statistics;
- Multi-stakeholder cooperation, encouraging dialogue and exchange between a wide range of actors in the design and implementation of cultural heritage policies and programmes
