The role of tourism in sustainability of intangible cultural heritage, principles for istanbul

TLDR: In this paper, the reciprocal impact of the intangible cultural heritage with the tourism sector is explored in the context of sustainable tourism in order to reduce negative effects of mass tourism on cities.

Abstract: Tourism is one of the most important sectors that stimulate the development of cities in terms of space and economy, provide their development and contribute to the promotion of the international scene. Along with globalization, there are many changes in the tourism sector as well as many other sectors in the world. Unplanned settlement and excessive capacity utilization resulting from mass tourism have had negative effects on cities. For this reason, new tourism alternatives have started to be developed in the context of the sustainable tourism concept in order to reduce negative effects on cities. New tourism trends in the world are developing in the direction of history, health, nature, culture and rural tourism depending on changing request. Alternative tourism types serve much more for the purpose of sustainable tourism than mass tourism. Sustainable tourism can be expressed as preserving and sustaining regional and local attractions as a source. In this respect, cultural heritage values ​​have great potential for the sustainable tourism. People produce culture and these cultures differ depending on time and geography. When time is added to human actions as a separate factor, the concept of antagonistic inheritance comes out. After a certain period of time over the actions, what remains a legacy. Cultural heritage is a group of resources that distinguish the day-to-day values, beliefs, knowledge, and traditions as an expression and reflection. The cultures are witnesses to the next generations of themselves, the dates of their emergence. In this respect, the protection of cultural heritage means the protection of the past of the societies. Thus, the sustainability of cultural diversity can be ensured. Culture, which is a sum of man's production, includes tangible and non-tangible aspects. The article will explore the reciprocal impact of the intangible cultural heritage with the tourism sector. The intangible cultural heritage is a cultural memory born of the need to protect everything that humanity has contributed, experienced, and daily delivered to nature since its existence. Traditional handicrafts are an element of the cultural heritage that manifests itself with such features as common identity, emotion, and sense of belonging, and the cultural memory formed by the codes of this heritage. Istanbul city was covered in the article. Istanbul's own handicrafts, traditional production and cuisine and so on. the elements of intangible cultural heritage have been examined in support of the historical architectural background and suggestions have been made in order to increase the tourism potential of the city by ensuring the sustainability of the values of intangible cultural heritage.