Intangible heritage, tourist resource and spirit of places

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  • Ana Olivera
Keywords: social and cultural geography, intangible heritage, esoteric tourism, New Age, sacred place, fiesta and festival, tourist resources, territory, identity, World Heritage of Humanity

Abstract

The intangible cultural heritage is an element of the territory that still has not been sufficiently treated by the Social and Cultural Geography. Not only is it a tourist resource, but also a fundamental factor of identity and sociability. Because of its great vulnerability, urgent measures of protection are necessary to preserve cultural diversity in a globalized world. Because of this the UNESCO proclaimed several intangible elements as World Heritage of the Humanity. New forms of tourism have emerged, as a result of the interest in some intangible heritages, apart from the traditional ethnic tourism, like the esoteric and new age tourisms.

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Olivera, A. (2011). Intangible heritage, tourist resource and spirit of places. Cuadernos de Turismo, (27), 663–677. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/turismo/article/view/140151
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