“Cultural tourism can be defined as that
activity which enables people to experience the different ways of life of other people, thereby gaining at
first hand an understanding of their customs, traditions, the physical environment, the intellectual ideas
and those places of architectural, historic, archaeological or other cultural significance which remain
from earlier times. Cultural tourism differs from recreational tourism in that it seeks to gain an
understanding or appreciation of the nature of the place being visited.” (ICOMOS Charter for
Cultural Tourism, Draft April 1997).