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CulturalIndoor

• High and low culture

• High culture which includes so called ‘fine arts’ – paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, classical music, opera, theatre and literature

• Low or popular culture e.g. sport, music, sport, folk dancing, gastronomy, handicrafts

• Little distinction now as marketing has ‘popularised’ all forms of culture

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Cultural Indoor

• Museums and art galleries-54.6 million visitors 2006 UK

• Exhibitions attract large numbers visitors e.g. Monet and Lord of the Rings at Te Papa

• Guggenheim museum, Bilbao constructed to attract visitors to the city

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Cultural - Indoor

• Museums can be former homes e.g. Graceland, Memphis – 2nd only to White House in numbers of visitors

• Gastronomical

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Cultural - Outdoor

• Festivals

• Music shows

• Visits to sites and monuments

• Authentic villages

• Ceremonies

• Architecture

• Sport

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Environmental

• Gardens

• Natural attractions e.g. Milford Sound

• Lakes

• Mountains

• Walks

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Urban recreation

• Shopping

• Historic buildings

• Architecture

• Events

• Atmosphere

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Categories

• Experiential tourism

• Rural tourism

• Health tourism

• Industrial tourism

• Religious tourism

• Dark tourism

• Eco tourism