URBAN TOURISM MARKETING AND PATRIMONIAL INTERVENTION IN TIMES OF GLOBALIZATION

Abstract

The main objective of this article is to show the role of urban tourism marketing and its strategies of operation in the planning of tourism destinations, particularly those with a significant patrimonial heritage, as a means of contributing, with specialists in the areas of tourism and marketing, to the understanding of a subject which has traditionally been the domain of architects, urban planners and specialists in patrimony. The work uses bibliographic review on urban marketing, material and immaterial heritage, and patrimonial intervention, seeking to demonstrate how the resolution of various issues related to tourism can be supported by a knowledge of the areas studied, its mastery therefore being of fundamental importance for planners and specialists in this area. Key words: Urban tourism marketing, Marketing and intervention in the heritage, urban marketing and tourism.