Chapter 4: Cultural tourism defined Introduction Approaches to defining cultural tourism Defining cultural tourism: The ‘sites-and-monuments’ or technical approach Defining cultural tourism: The ‘conceptual activity’ or process-based approach UNWTO definitions of cultural tourism The ATLAS and ICOMOS definitions of cultural tourism

The scope of cultural tourism Melanie Smith’s main forms of cultural tourism Heritage tourism Arts tourism Urban cultural tourism Rural cultural tourism Indigenous cultural tourism Contemporary (popular) cultural tourism

Cultural tourism as special-interest tourism (SIT) Creative tourism Ethical tourism Life-seeing tourism Summary