2. Understanding Culture
Role of Culture in Tourism Industry
Enhancing & Preserving Heritage (Image)
Retaining Population
Physical and Economic Regeneration
Strengthening and/or Diversifying Tourism
Developing Cultural Understanding
Commodification
Standardization
Loss of Authenticity and Cultural Crash
Conclusion
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3. CULTURE is the collective
programming of the mind
which distinguishes an
individual or group from those
another.
Dr. Nimit Chowdharv
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8. Michoacán, Mexico: Diversifying into intangible culture
Museum Cathedral
(Adopt a work of art)
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9. Key benefits commonly derived from the public-private
partnership are:
• Reduced antagonism between the public and private
sectors.
• More effective use of resources (money and time).
• Prevention of duplication.
• Combined areas of expertise
• Increase in funding potential
• Creation of a “win-win” situation
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10. Terengganu Homestay Program:
Home stay accommodation increase the visitors’
awareness of sustainability.
Increases income for local people in creating business
opportunities.
It also increases revenue for local government.
It encourages the tourists to deliver culturally
acceptable behaviour towards locality.
Reduce the environmental pollution in compare with
big hotels.
Employment opportunities and economic
advancement for the local people.
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12. • Basically it is
packaging culture for
sale
• Sacred sites and
objects may not be
respected when they
are perceived as goods
to trade.
13. Tourists often look for
recognizable facilities
in an unfamiliar
environment, like
well-known fast-food
restaurants and hotel
chains.
StandardizationReconstructed
Ethnicity
14. Performing real life due to tourists tastes .
Cultural clashes can take place as a result of differences in
cultures between host and guest.
Economic Inequality.
Irritation due to tourist behaviour.
Job level friction.
15. Culture and tourism are drivers of regional
attractiveness and competitiveness through:
The permanence of cultural activities.
The degree of participation by local people in
addition to tourists.
The territory’s capacity to produce all the
goods and services demanded on this occasion
Interdependence of these activities
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16. There is strong relationship between culture
and benefit in tourism industry.
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Cultural tourism is a double-edged sword.
There are challenges and benefits.
Ensuring sustainability and strict policy on
monitoring tourist behaviour and heritage
are very important
Cultural tourism is a double-edged sword.
There are challenges and benefits.
Ensuring sustainability and strict policy on
monitoring tourist behaviour and heritage
are very important
Notes de l'éditeur
Program: Culture as a catalyst for economic growth and image
opened a number of major new cultural facilities, including the Burrell Collection and the Glasgow Museum of Modern Art.
Changed the Image: 17% improvement 1990-2003
City has been revitalised as a place to live, work and invest in .Increasing total population and the working age population of the city have increased since
2000, reversing a long period of decline.
Investment on local cultural tourism resources, Promoting local culture, maintain cultural sites, promoting local product,
In Mexico, cultural tourism is also a means of diversifying the tourism product.
Rich cultural and natural heritage, including archaeological sites, Hispanic architecture, cathedrals and villages, as well as local
celebrations, festivals and customs to diversify the cultural offer for tourists.