Cultural tourism

Cultural tourism is the form of tourism that has specific purpose. It is not only for fun, but also for acknowledge with the culture of a specific country. Cultural tourism fulfills the desires of the tourist who has special concerns with the arts, theatres, ballet, dancing, fine arts and opera. And on another hand, Cultural tourism concerns with the acknowledge with the form of life in the rural and urban areas, observing the costumes and traditions of the people.

Cultural tourism has begun to realize more popularity. Cultural tourism is formed in the way by which you get in the heart of the country as it is. You visit the country to see it in its casual clothes.
Cultural tourism has emerged as one of the consequences of the globalization. The idea of that the world is a small village pushed forward the cultural tourism as it realizes the main purpose of the globalization. The tourist leaves his country to visit another country for making a friendship relationship with the host country.

Cultural tourism plays a vital role in preserving the culture of some countries as their culture represents the main touristic attraction, during reflecting several theoretical and mentality bases that evaluate human activity.

Egypt is one of the countries which comprises among Culture, Civilization, History and Art. Egypt contains a lot of sites that include historical sites such as Giza Pyramids, Saqqara, pharaonic temples in Luxor and Aswan: Karnak, Abydos, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philea…ect. Historical and Artistic Museums such as Egyptian Museum, Mahmoud Khalil, Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian Modern Art Museum, in addition to other sites like Cairo Opera House, Alexandria Library, Salah El Din Citadel. You can enjoy visiting touristic sites and touch culture, civilization, history and art.

Egypt embraces one of the greatest events over the world, Cairo Opera House, which presents the world shows, with high sense: Symphony Orchestra Concerts, Ballet Shows, Opera Choir, Opera Company Shows, Children Choir…etc.
Addition to some artistic and cultural museums that influenced in Culture and Art Movement in Egypt because of its acquisitions from world portraits and paintings of the greatest painters, sculptures of the greatest Egyptian sculptors. Of this museums: Mahmoud Khalil Museum, Mahmoud Said Museum, Engy Aflatoun Museum, Mohammed Nagy Museum, Abdeen Palace Museum, Gezira Museum, Palace of Art…etc.

It is not all, Egypt also adopts the most wonderful architectural site in Alexandria City, Alexandria Library, where contains the most important historical encyclopedias and hosts visitors from all over the world.

Perspectives about Culture

Culture as civilization

Culture generally expresses civilization and nature of countries, in addition to mentality’s development of human activities. Culture is unseperable of civilization. Egypt is the best example of cultural heritage that is available in it.Through the culture or thinking one can determine the features of the personality of specific country.

Culture as worldview

Culture has several meanings in worldview. It expresses comprehensive, personal and philosophical conception of human life. On other hand culture determine the features of the society by its religious tenets, political structure, economic system, language, art, customs, and technologies.

Culture as symbols

Culture is one of the most important elements that is remarked by symbolic view
for intellectuals who have special view about culture. Through the usage of symbols can communicate and understand each other. Symbols represent the main characteristics of the cultural thought. In short symbols make culture possible, reproducible and readable.