Heritage and Cultural Tourism: Historical Development and Growth

This report delves into the historical development and management of heritage and cultural tourism. It begins by highlighting the factors behind the tourism sector's growth, such as advancements in transportation and increased disposable income. The report introduces the concept of heritage and its significance in preserving cultural heritage, citing examples like the British Museum and Lhasa city. It then discusses the growth of the heritage and cultural industry, defining heritage and cultural heritage, and differentiating between natural and constructed attractions. The report further explores the historical evolution of tourism, including the Empire Era, Middle Ages, Renaissance Era, Grand Tour Era, and Modern Era, providing insights into how tourism has changed over time. It concludes by summarizing the importance of tourism in preserving cultural heritage and fostering national pride.

Heritage and Cultural Tourism Management
Introduction
The travel and tourism is engaged in
preserving the cultural heritage and
development of civilization. The British
museum and Victoria and Albert museum
is having great collection of preserve of
heritage objects of Greek, Rome, and
Egypt. Lhasa city is well known for their
pilgrimages and development of culture
from long time period. The natural
attraction heritage of country should be
sustainably developing in order to
provide reason for pride.
Growth of heritage and cultural
industry
Heritage can be defined as a thing or place
which provide us pride and part of country which
have great historical development. The heritage
can be an object which is a central attraction from
the past and reflects country values, beliefs and
part of country pride. The heritage places of any of
the country is important for revenue generation and
also helps in preservation of their cultural belief
and story of historic development of civilisation.
Cultural heritage is the places, objects
which are the reflection of cultural beliefs, regional
and national customs like myths, songs and food of
country.
Attraction for a visitor can be any place,
object, event that motivates the pull factors of
person to a large extent. Attraction of visitors
towards a specific suite can be affected by its
easiness in accessibility or sustainable
development of basic facilities like transportation
in area etc. Attraction can be natural or constructed
by human being.
Natural visitors’ attraction: The places which are part
of heritage of country and are natural in its formation. These
can be lakes, mountains, beaches, natural parks, forests,
Coastlines of country which provides heritage to country
pride. Travel and tourism sector should develop various
techniques in order to preserve and sustainable development
of these heritage natural destination of country.
Constructed attraction: These are the places which
are manmade in origin and constructed for different purposes.
These locations are the reflection of historic development of
civilisation and reason behind the country pride. These
locations require an effective maintenance in order to
preserve heritage of attraction efficiently. These constructed
heritage sites can be monuments, forts, castles, museums,
artefacts, sport related heritage places, themed sites,
Rational behind growth of travel & tourism sector
The reason behind growth of travel and tourism sector is decrease in
geographical distance due to development of transportation industry
worldwide by reducing the gap between the different locations.
Another reason behind this success that the person is engaged in
various recreational activities in order to spend their high disposable
income.

Conclusion
It can be concluded that historic development
of a country travel and tourism is helpful in
persevering cultural heritage of countries
from long time period. The heritage develops
reason for country pride.
The significant of tourism is observed in 1980 in Manila.
The William F Theodora coined the term tourism in 1994. In
historic development of heritage and cultural development along
with travel and tourism industry, it was middle age where
pilgrimage visit is most refereed by people leads to formulation of
cultural beliefs in Buddhism, Christianity. While today modern
tourism sector are Grand tours involving different destination of all
over world.
Tibet is known as roof of world having great history of
heritage and cultural development. The place is having high
altitude treks, monasteries, temples and grate cultures. Pilgrimage
visit is initiation of tourism in Lhasa city (capital of Tibet) have
Dalai temple. Government of Tibet is invested about 4.8 million
dollars in development of them park city outside the scared
Jokhang temple and engaged in renovating the Bokhara city of
Lhasa in order to enhance tourist activity in country. International
Continental hotel group (ICG) is also planning to build and theme
based Resort Lhasa paradise which will also increase growth of
tourism industry.
The Empire Era: This Era started with growth of Egyptian
and Greek travel industry and this came to and after fall of empire
in Rome. The Antique Egyptian travel industry is engaged in
celebrating festivals and providing pleasures to tourist. Antique
Greek is having important role in shaping the travel industry.
Greek people are engaged in purchasing and business activities.
These travellers are also leisure tourist for travel industry. While
Rome travel industry come up with road facilities that increases
growth of sector in many folds. After some time, success rate if
industry is decreased due to fall in Roman empire.
Middle Age (5th to 14th century): In this age travel industry
starts disappearing. Roman rule replaces the feudal system, which
implemented in autonomous ruling in the area. In this age only
some extent to Holy land travelling was noticeable while other
detestation travelling shown a huge decline in growth.
Renaissance Era (14th to 16th
century): in this era, it was seen that travel
and tourism industry starts growing again. As
merchants King and queen reopens the ways
to travel different geographical area visiting
for various individual purposes.
Grand Tour Era (1613 to 1785
A.D.): The wealthy English people started a
new trend of travelling for luxurious life and
it was stated a status symbol in society. The
travellers are visiting all around the world in
order to get knowledge about civilized world
and different art and cultural development.
Modern Era (1945 to present day):
This is age of mass tourism and involved in
spending leisure tie after introduction of paid
vacations by corporate. The money, safety
and the willing to visit influences toady's
travel industry to large extent.