Abstract

BANOS RODRIGUEZ, Zoila J.. Sustainability in tourism developments planning in cities of heritage connotation. Arquitectura y Urbanismo [online]. 2012, vol.33, n.2, pp. 47-76. ISSN 1815-5898.

Cities with significant heritage have to face a sustainable touristic development, as a result of an increase tourism can modify their intrinsic values, their cultural resources against the needs, expectations and desires of v isitors. The objective of this paper is to go deeper into the different approaches about tourism sustainability in planning the touristic development of cities with high heritage values. The information presented in this paper has been collected from authorized sources. In this process, principles as well as similar topics were defined together their objectives. As a result of this study, it is stated that cities with a special heritage require a sustainable way management, which includes the integrity of the cities’ cultural resources, promotion, legal heritage preservation matters, as well as their environmental context as essential components of planning the touristic development, including economical, functional, social and cultural subjects.

Keywords : cultural heritage tourism; tourism developments planning.

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