Intangible Cultural Heritage as a Tourist Resource (original) (raw)

Despite a complex and often tragic history, the Ukrainian people have inherited from previous generations a powerful array of cultural heritage sites, much of which has survived to the present day. Represented by a tangible and intangible component, cultural heritage in society fulfills the ambitious tasks of forming civic consciousness, a sense of national dignity, patriotism and pride in the glorious historical past. In addition, it is able to successfully implement such tasks as the formation of the tourist image of the territories, by attracting the attention of tourists to increase the demand for recreation in the region and thus solve a number of socio-economic problems of the latter. Unlike tangible cultural heritage, the objects of which are mostly known to the general public, elements of intangible cultural heritage are often unknown not only to foreign tourists but also to citizens of the state. In this regard, given the uniqueness of many elements of the intangible cultur...