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An alternative form of tourism, ecotourism is defined as "a form of tourism inspired primarily by the natural history of an area, including its indigenous cultures". [18] Ecotourism has a generally low impact on local environments, and it allows tourists to gain an appreciation for the natural resources and attributes of the tourist destination.
Heritage tourism is a branch of tourism centered around the exploration and appreciation of a region's cultural, historical and environmental heritage. [1] This form of tourism includes both tangible elements, such as historically significant sites, monuments, and artifacts, as well as intangible aspects, such as traditions, customs, and practices.
Archaeological tourism promotes archaeological sites and an area's cultural heritage. Its intent is to not cause more damage to the sites, thus avoiding becoming invasive tourism . [ 2 ] Archaeologists have expressed concerns that tourism encourages particular ways of seeing and knowing the past. [ 3 ]
Cultural tourism is a type of tourism in which the visitor's essential motivation is to learn, discover, experience and consume the cultural attractions and products offered by a tourist destination. These attractions and products relate to the intellectual, spiritual, and emotional features of a society that encompasses arts and architecture ...
Cultural property includes the physical, or "tangible" cultural heritage, such as artworks. These are generally split into two groups of movable and immovable heritage. Immovable heritage includes buildings (which themselves may include installed art such as organs, stained glass windows, and frescos), large industrial installations, residential projects, or other historic places and monum
San Remigio is located at It is 21 kilometres (13 mi) north-east from the provincial capital, San Jose de Buenavista. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 406.98 square kilometres (157.14 sq mi) [7] constituting 14.91% of the 2,729.17-square-kilometre- (1,053.74 sq mi) total area of Antique.
Throughout the world, the souvenir trade is an important part of the tourism industry serving a dual role, first to help improve the local economy, and second to allow visitors to take with them a memento of their visit, ultimately to encourage an opportunity for a return visit, or to promote the locale to other tourists as a form of word-of ...
Copies of this volume are available for free pdf download from the Smithsonian's digital library by clicking on the included link. Koestler, Robert J.; Koestler, Victoria H.; Charola, A. Elena; Nieto-Fernandez, Fernando E., eds. (2003). Art, biology, and conservation: biodeterioration of works of art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.