Cultural And Religious Tourism

CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS TOURISM

I’m going to talk about cultural and religious tourism.

But first of all, I would like to define the word “tourism”. The World Tourism Organization definestourism as the activities done by people (tourist) during their trips and stays in places outside their usual environment for a consecutive period of less than one year and more than one day, for leisure,business, or other reasons.

And what is cultural tourism? Cultural tourism is that in which a person moves for reasons of leisure but with the precise aim of getting to know certain places or to bepresent at certain events related to culture.

Cultural tourism plays an important role in raising awareness, in preserving and enjoying the cultural and touristic heritage of our country.Furthermore, cultural tourism tries to avoid seasonality sue to its quality and its ability to generate its own visit such as…

Our country is one of the countries with the most sites declared WorldHeritage Sites such as Alhambra, Doñana National Park, Altamira Cave, the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela and so on.

Moreover, we have important museums, for example: The Prado Museum; but culturaltourism is not only museums, cultural tourism includes gastronomy, traditions, archiquecture, music,…

Spain has an important offer of cultural tourism, we can enjoy the gastronomy, the museums, theperformances, the caves, the monuments, the historical buildings,…

Regarding the profile of this type of tourist, I can say that they are adults between 45 and 60, their educational level issuperior to the average tourist, and their economic level is also superior to the average tourist. And they have the possibility of travelling in low season periods. Moreover, this tourist has interest ontrips inland, not only along the coast.

As in everything, cultural tourism has advantages and disadvantages. As advantages, we find the creation of employment and the preservation of important...