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What is Heritage? Heritage tourism is a type of tourism that involves exploring a region's history, culture, and natural environment. It can include visiting historical sites, museums, and natural areas.  Heritage tourism types Cultural heritage tourism Focuses on a destination's cultur...

What is Heritage? Heritage tourism is a type of tourism that involves exploring a region's history, culture, and natural environment. It can include visiting historical sites, museums, and natural areas.  Heritage tourism types Cultural heritage tourism Focuses on a destination's cultural aspects, such as art, music, and traditions. Historical heritage tourism Focuses on a destination's history, such as visiting historical sites, monuments, and battlefields. Natural heritage tourism Focuses on a destination's natural beauty, such as visiting national parks and wildlife reserves. Architectural heritage tourism Heritage tourism goals Preservation: Heritage tourism helps preserve cultural and historical resources. Economic development: Heritage tourism can contribute to the economic development and sustainability of a region. Community engagement: Heritage tourism can help visitors gain insights into the historical and contemporary aspects of a community. There are three types of sites: cultural, natural, and mixed. Cultural heritage sites include hundreds of historic buildings and town sites, important archaeological sites, and works of monumental sculpture or painting. Natural heritage sites are restricted to those natural areas that (1) furnish outstanding examples of Earth’s record of life or its geologic processes, (2) provide excellent examples of ongoing ecological and biological evolutionary processes, (3) contain natural phenomena that are rare, unique, (4) furnish habitats for rare or endangered animals or plants or are sites of exceptional biodiversity. Mixed heritage sites contain elements of both natural and cultural significance. The ratio of cultural to natural sites on the World Heritage List is roughly 3 to 1. Several new sites are added to the list at the middle of each year (until 2002, sites were added in December) What is Cultural Heritage? Enshrined in the 1987 Philippine Constitution is the commitment of the State to promote, enrich, and conserve the country’s artistic and historic wealth that constitute the cultural treasure of the nation. These properties shall be under the protection of the State which may regulate its disposition (1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines). Thus, in the year 2009, the Philippine Congress passed into a law Republic Act No. 10066, also known as the “National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009,” which underscores a Vision for Cultural Heritage aptly stated as:  A balanced atmosphere where the historic past coexists in harmony with modern society;  The use of an integrated and holistic approach to the problem of conservation, cutting across all relevant disciplines and technologies; and,  Administration of heritage resources in a spirit of stewardship for the inspiration and benefit of the present and future generations. The objectives of the National Cultural Heritage Act are to: Protect, preserve, conserve and promote the nation’s cultural heritage, its property and histories, and the ethnicity of local communities; Establish and strengthen cultural institutions; Protect cultural workers and ensure their professional development and well-being. Furthermore, R.A No. 10066 stipulates the principles, policies and guidelines for cultural agencies, government institutions and the citizens of the country in raising the levels of people’s appreciation of our shared heritage as well as to strengthen and advance the various interventions in safeguarding the nation’s cultural wealth. The 1987 Philippine Constitution, under Article XIV on “Arts and Culture,” declared that: “Section 14. The State shall foster the preservation, enrichment, and dynamic evolution of a Filipino national culture based on the principle of unity in diversity in a climate of free artistic and intellectual expression. “ The 1987 Philippine Constitution, under Article XIV on “Arts and Culture,” declared that: “Section 15. Arts and letters shall enjoy the patronage of the State. The State shall conserve, promote, and popularize the nation’s historical and cultural heritage and resources, as well as artistic creations. The 1987 Philippine Constitution, under Article XIV on “Arts and Culture,” declared that: “Section 16. All the country’s artistic and historic wealth constitutes the cultural treasure of the nation and shall be under the protection of the State which may regulate its disposition.”