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Cultural heritage, with its uses and meanings, derives from the dynamics of society, the time, and circumstances in which it is inserted and involved, how and where it is interpreted. Over the last few decades, important documents have been published in favor of the preservation of cultural heritage, calling for its regulation and sustainability, as well as alluding to the interrelationship between tourism and heritage, namely to historical assets requalified for tourist purposes. The link between culture and tourism, founding cultural tourism, enhances the cultural content of the space, the tourist experience, and identity differentiation, in an increasingly fragmented and competitive environment. A historical-conceptual approach identified with the dynamics of cultural heritage and cultural tourism is proposed, highlighting their mutual dependence as a resource and a product. Our objective, through a literature review, is to contribute to the definition of the timeline associated with these important concepts, structural for tourism, as a system.
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This research received support from the Centre of Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning (CEGOT), funded by national funds through the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the reference UIDB/04084/2020 and, also by FCT, financed by Portuguese and European funds, under the reference UI/BD/154288/2022.
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Vaz Serra, P., Seabra, C., Caldeira, A. (2023). From Cultural Heritage to Cultural Tourism: A Historical-Conceptual Approach. In: Carvalho, J.V., Abreu, A., Liberato, P., Peña, A. (eds) Advances in Tourism, Technology and Systems. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 345. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0337-5_8
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