Cultural tourist attraction

Cultural tourism is the core of a tourist product, the appeal or attraction being the central element, raising the interest on the demand side, and on which the tourist infrastructure is built, directly, on the one hand, aiming to explore and to sell it, and on the other hand, indirectly, a superstructure providing for the tourists’ stay and consumption. A truly complex cultural product will be created in the lucky event if the infrastructural and superstructural services, which supplement the cultural value in the centre of the product, also place special emphasis on culture.

There are several options to classify cultural attractions. Based on the nature of the appeal we may distinguish events, places and venues. The length of the events and, consequently, the period during which it can be visited is limited, some of them being one-off occasions, while others are regularly repeated.
From another point of view, we can mention objectified, tangible, and intellectual, intangible attractions. We find architectural values and works of art in the first category, and music, performance arts, customs and lifestyles in the second.