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The first beginnings of organized tourism on the island of Hvar date back to 1868 when the Hygienic Society of Hvar was founded and the main motive for the arrival of tourists on the island are favorable climatic conditions.The development of tourism on the island of Hvar took place in accordance with general processes where the main motives for the arrival of tourists were swimming and sunbathing. At the same time, natural resources, sports, entertainment and the off er of cultural tourism, which is extremely present on the entire island, are being valorized. The richness of cultural heritage is confi rmed by the fact that the UNESCO list of tangible and intangible heritage includes: Starogradsko polje - Ager, Hvar agave lace, Hvar gastronomy - Starogradski paprenjak, procession “Behind the Cross” and Klapa singing.Highly valuable cultural attractions certainly include Grapčeva špilja, the system of fortresses in Hvar and Vrboska, monasteries in Hvar and Stari Grad, as well as other sacral buildings with their rich artistic holdings. The peculiarity of the island’s rural and urban architecture gives an additional dimension to the island of Hvar as a destination for cultural tourism. Based on the analysis of the resource base, it is proposed to improve the off er of cultural tourism and its new function in the development of tourism on the island of Hvar.Based on the analysis of the resource base, it is proposed to improve the off er of cultural tourism and its new function in the development of tourism on the island of Hvar.

The article is an attempt to answer the question of the extent to which the cultural heritage of the Lemko ethnic group is used in the content of offers of tours to the Lemko region organized by Polish travel agencies. As a result of the internet query, tourist offers existing in 2022 were selected for research, the program of which was based on the cultural legacy of the Lemkos. In particular, the research took into account the selection of cultural values in the construction of the offer. The analysis of the offers showed that the sites most frequently used in tour offers were churches inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Moreover, reference to material heritage dominated the content of the offers. The research showed that in the modest offer of tours to the Lemko region, only part of the cultural heritage potential of this historical region was used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tourist displacements due to basically cultural reasons have a standard priority in the present tourism tendencies and although they do not have the highest world demand they go on growing and represent an opportunity for arising tourist destinies Today, there is a better agreement between the benefits that its development provides, and the negative impacts they may provoke. The article studies the characteristics and application of this type of tourism in Cuba. It is not enough to have a patrimony and a culture, tourism intermediation is also necessary for a factual advance. The performances of the Historical Center of Havana, the specialized travel agencies aiming at cultural tourism, the strategy of developing fascination hotels, the search for cooperation between tourism and culture are markers of the direction followed by cultural tourism in Cuba. This is a challenge for this country to fulfill present potentialities and to cover a need to continue improving the work in this respect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]