Cultural Tourism : Past and Future

In recent years, cultural tourism is one of the fastest growing aspects of tourism. besides, cultural tourism has been hailed recently as the panaceas to many of the ills which persist in much of the tourism industry(Cushnahan, 2000). The planning and development on cultural tourism is booming around the world and a number of countries have embarked on vigorous cultural tourism development programs to bolster the perceived economic benefits of tourism. Cultural tourism today has emerged as a leading growth sector in the tourism industry and the clear inference is that cultural tourists will inject more revenue per trip in the host community than other types of tourists. To maximize the revenue potential offered by the cultural tourism industry, it is necessary to give more technical attention to managerial guides on their components. It could be reached by better fit of tourism development or planning along with a better understanding of nature of culture and cultural tourism. This study reports on the meaningful findings of related studies that have taken an in-depth look at the managerial and political guide for the implementation of cultural tourism planning and development in the future. This study concludes that cultural tourism should be managed under the consideration of political, organizational, managerial and marketing techniques to management.