Cultural Tourism and the Economic Recovery of Cities Post COVID-19 Chapter in Scopus uri icon

abstract

  • © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.This chapter evaluates the significance of architectural interventions as a driving force for rebuilding the image of urban areas with an esthetic endowment. We provide four projects as examples of how cultural tourism may impact the recovery of cities: Confucius Temple, Dongtan Low Carbon Agricultural Park, Ruralation Shenaoli Library, and Jianamani Visitor Center. All the cases analyzed come from China, where cultural tourism plays an important role, with cutting-edge architectural projects transforming the identity of numerous cities over the years. The research aims to identify the features of architectural interventions for promoting the tourism industry in terms of context, location, design approach, functions, users, economic impact, and methods for hospitality. Differences become evident in the selected cases, with results providing insights into the economic impact, cultural heritage preservation, strengthening of communitarian participation, integration with the local social context, and the environmental and biodiversity protection. Those findings may provide a road map leading to cities¿ economic recovery, especially those with a cultural endowment in Latin America, through a multidisciplinary approach. This research points to the possibility of fostering the resilience of cities through the promotion of sustainable cultural tourism.

publication date

  • January 1, 2021