Colonial City of Santo Domingo. Current Situation of the Cultural Heritage

Authors

  • Marlyn Karina Matos Cruz School of Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy CETT-UB. Barcelona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/ara.v5i2.19064

Keywords:

Colonial City, cultural tourism, Santo Domingo, tourism resources, World Heritage.

Abstract

Cultural tourism provides tools to create differentiated tourism products; especially in consolidated sun and sand destinations where it can complement the existing offer or contribute to the renewal of the image of the destination.

From this concept develops this article; whose main objective is to present the current situation of the cultural heritage of the Colonial City of Santo Domingo; Dominican Republic.

By using an inductive-deductive method with mixed approach and an analytical-descriptive typology; an inventory and an evaluation form of the resources and cultural attractions of the area were applied simultaneously. Before fieldwork; an exploratory study was conducted which allowed to know the information regarding on historical data; social aspects and the main activities of the city.

The results of this research provide an overall picture of the city as a World Heritage Site; show its tourism potential and highlights the need for the inclusion of the intangible cultural heritage in the concepts used to create mediation tools to enhance the value of the tourism product and support the collective memory.

Author Biography

Marlyn Karina Matos Cruz, School of Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy CETT-UB. Barcelona

Marlyn Karina Matos Cruz es Máster en Innovación
Turística, en la especialidad Gestión Turística del
Patrimonio Cultural y Natural CETT- UB, 2015. MBA
Entrepreneurship & Family Business, 2006, Escuela de
Administración de Empresas (EAE), Universidad Politécnica
de Catalunya (UPC). Barcelona, España. Su
experiencia profesional se ha desarrollado dentro del
ámbito hotelero, ejerciendo como Coordinadora del
Departamento de Calidad para varios hoteles.

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Published

2017-05-15

How to Cite

Matos Cruz, M. K. (2017). Colonial City of Santo Domingo. Current Situation of the Cultural Heritage. Ara: Journal of Tourism Research, 5(2), 49–56. https://doi.org/10.1344/ara.v5i2.19064

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2015)

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