LTStraipsnyje apžvelgiami teoriniai ir praktiniai kultūrinio turizmo plėtros, sociokultūrinio poveikio, (ne)efektyvaus planavimo ir valdymo klausimai. Remiantis turizmo sampratomis mėginama apibrėžti kultūrinio turizmo definiciją, išskirti sritis ir nusakyti savybes. Kultūrinis turizmas dabartinėje aplinkoje dinamiškas ir nuolat kintantis bei atsinaujinantis procesas, todėl kiekviena nauja klasifikacija nėra baigtinė, tai – politinių, ekonominių, sociokultūrinių, kultūrinių, meninių procesų atspindys. Tyrime siekiama atskleisti turizmo ir kultūros sektorių bendradarbiavimo galimybes, kurios suprantamos kaip kūrybingos veiklos modeliai. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Turizmas; Turizmo rūšys; Kultūrinis turizmas; Kultūrinio turizmo sritys; Turizmo politika Lietuvoje; Paveldo vadyba; Tourism; Kinds of tourism; Cultural tourism; Fields of cultural tourism; Tourism policy in Lithuania; Heritage management.
ENThe article looks at the theoretical and practical aspects of cultural tourism development, of its sociocultural impact and its (in)efficient planning and management. Attempts are made to define cultural tourism as a basis of the concept of tourism and to identify its specific fields and features. The research supports a definition of cultural tourism as an independent, interdisciplinary area of tourism, centred on cohesion and responsibility, and divided in terms of aims and content into the fields of material and spiritual heritage, gastronomy and wine, film tourism, thematic parks and contemporary art processes (these may be subdivided further). Cultural tourism offers preconceived or unexpected cultural experiences. These days cultural tourism is a constantly reinvented dynamic process and lends itself to no finite classifications, each one being a reflection of political, economic, sociocultural, cultural and artistic processes. Lithuania has the space and resources attractive for cultural tourism, a broad and systemised network of potentially attractive areas, but there is no efficient crossinstitutional collaboration between the spheres of culture and tourism. The tourism management sector, which is a service provider, pursues its own goals and tends to work on its own. The national level (both in tourism and culture) lacks sufficient collaborative initiatives and targeted promotion towards the realisation of its priorities. There is no denying that isolated activities take place and products appear, but not in proportion to the existing potential and scope; culture and tourism do not function as a system and the economic and sociocultural effect is not explored to the full. The article seeks to demonstrate the potential of a crossover of tourism and cultural sectors perceived as models of creative activity. [From the publication]