La UNESCO, el patrimonio y el turismo cultural: un enfoque inicial (1960-1980)

Resumen

This article aims to socialize results obtained with the development of a Master's dissertation whose attention falls on the relationships involving heritage and tourism within UNESCO (1960-1980). The text is divided into three parts. First of all, we elaborate a short history of UNESCO, underlining some discussions about heritage that crossed the process of drafting and promulgating the Convention for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 1972. After that, based on the analysis of several documents research at UNESCO Archives (Paris, France), we reflect on the ways in which UNESCO undertaken efforts to become closer the notions of heritage and cultural tourism in the 1970s. In conclusion, we end this article by sharing two questions elaborated through of the crossing between our bibliography and the analysis of the documents collected in our recent research projects.