Caribbean Heritage and Tourism: A Detailed Analysis and Report

This report provides an analysis of Caribbean heritage and its impact on tourism. It differentiates between tangible and intangible heritage, explaining the characteristics of each. Tangible heritage includes physical artifacts, while intangible heritage involves practices, knowledge, and expressions. T...Read More

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QUESTIONS...................................................................................................................................3
Differences between types of heritage in Caribbean...................................................................3
Contribution of national heritage sites in developing the cultural heritage tourism....................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

QUESTIONS
Differences between types of heritage in Caribbean
The heritage in Caribbean is classified into two types: Tangible and Intangible. The
tangible heritage deals in the produced physical artefacts which are maintained and transmitted
from one generation to the next in a society (Boger, Perdikaris and Rivera-Collazo, 2019). These
include the heritage which are built such as monuments and buildings, artistic creations and also
the other tangible or physical products which are developed through the human creativity which
increases the significance of culture in the society in Caribbean.
On the other hand, the intangible heritage deals in the representations, practices,
knowledge, expressions and the skills of the individuals. These are not the physical things which
can be touched (Ramsay, 2019). These also include the objects, instruments, cultural spaces and
the artefacts which are associated with the groups and communities in Caribbean and even the
individuals are also sometimes considered as an important part of the cultural heritage along with
the performing arts, oral traditions, traditional skills and local knowledge (Casper and Holland-
Moore, 2018).
Contribution of national heritage sites in developing the cultural heritage tourism
Cultural and heritage tourists are attracted by the cultural heritage attractions such as
archaeological sites, historic buildings, national or state parks, museums or art galleries,
ecological or ethnic heritage sites, musicals, plays or concerts and many more (Kim, Whitford
and Arcodia, 2019). The travellers and the tourists consider these trips more memorable than the
conventional holiday trips as these give them the opportunity to learn new things. The main
focus of these sites is on the learning skills and gaining enrichment which helps in increasing the
tourism in the regions like Caribbean (Uduji, Okolo-Obasi and Asongu, 2019).
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Boger, R., Perdikaris, S. and Rivera-Collazo, I., 2019. Cultural heritage and local ecological
knowledge under threat: Two Caribbean examples from Barbuda and Puerto
Rico. Journal of Anthropology and Archaeology. 7(2). pp.1-14.
Casper, S.M. and Holland-Moore, L., 2018. Shared Spaces, Invisible Imprints: Intersections of
Latinx and African American Intangible Heritage. In Forum Journal (Vol. 32, No. 4, pp.
25-33). National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Kim, S., Whitford, M. and Arcodia, C., 2019. Development of intangible cultural heritage as a
sustainable tourism resource: the intangible cultural heritage practitioners’
perspectives. Journal of Heritage Tourism. 14(5-6). pp.422-435.
Ramsay, A.O., 2019. First Day Covers: A Visual Archive of Caribbean History and
Heritage. Journal of Caribbean History. 53(1). pp.143-162.
Uduji, J.I., Okolo-Obasi, E.N. and Asongu, S.A., 2019. Does CSR contribute to the development
of rural young people in cultural tourism of sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from the
Niger Delta in Nigeria. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change. 17(6). pp.725-757.
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