L’Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos (Córdoba) y el Castello della Zisa (Palermo)dos sitios del Patrimonio Mundial con una gestión turística deferente

Abstract

This work is based on the consideration of important analogies between the ZisaCastle in Palermo [1] e [9] and an example of similar artistic beauty and similarproblems of heritage tourism management: the Alcazar of the Christian Monarchsin Cordoba [4]. The idea is to carry out a comparative study between the two sitesin order to improve the management of cultural tourism in the first mentionedheritage resource, also starting from the research background on the managementof cultural and heritage tourism in European historical-artistic cities, andalso starting from the hypothesis that contemporary tourism is not attracted bycultural heritage in itself, but by the cultural products organised around it and structured as tourist attractions with added value and appropriate and sustainablemanagement. For these two sites, there is no research and analysis of their tourismand cultural management and their sustainability, tourist carrying capacity,conservation problems, etc... Through the study of projects carried out and theconsultation of experts and heritage and tourism managers involved in the managementof the two chosen sites, the aim is to achieve the objective of improvingthe tourism management of these heritage resources.