Slow tourist infrastructures to enhance the value of cultural heritage in inner areas (original) (raw)

Il Capitale Culturale: Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, 2019

Abstract

The paper investigates whether the value of cultural heritage can be enhanced through what we have termed “slow tourism infrastructure”, connecting individual assets in a regional network. It examines the context of Italian inner areas, where phenomena of marginalisation risk leaving a vast amount of heritage in a state of abandonment. Slow tourism infrastructure, such as long-distance cycle and walking paths, can be considered threads which connect local areas and regenerate heritage dispersed throughout the territory. The main aim of this study is to contribute to the regeneration of the inner areas thanks to the potential of what has been called their “territorial capital” which consists of the natural, cultural and human capital that characterises different regions. Slow tourism infrastructure makes it possible to experience this capital in an alternative way by connecting the area through which it passes in a linear fashion. The paper analyses the relationship between cultural ...

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