"Occitan Cultural Tourism": from Local Policy to Conciousness-Raising Tool? Authors Sébastien Rayssac CERTOP (UMR-CNRS 5044) / ISTHIA Universitat de Tolosa II - Lo Miralh Philippe Sour Mission Lenga e Cultura Occitanas Conselh General de Tarn Valerià Paül Departamento de Xeografía Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Keywords: cultural tourism, Occitan language and culture, local public policy, Tarn. Abstract Occitan cultural tourism is an emerging concept organising a public policy driven by the General Council of Tarn (France) in its early phase. Departing from a review of theoretical concepts such as language tourism and a presentation of sociolinguistics in France, this paper examines the promotion of Occitan language and culture for tourism purposes. Contrary to common belief, recent studies have highlighted that there is a receptive social demand in this field. This paper tries to analyse the basis of this tourism initiative and to consider its impact in regional development terms. The reflections show that Occitan cultural tourism might also act as a tool to raise awareness for the promotion of the Occitanlanguage.Keywords: cultural tourism, Occitan language and culture, local public policy, Tarn. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Author Biographies Sébastien Rayssac, CERTOP (UMR-CNRS 5044) / ISTHIA Universitat de Tolosa II - Lo Miralh Philippe Sour, Mission Lenga e Cultura Occitanas Conselh General de Tarn Valerià Paül, Departamento de Xeografía Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Downloads PDF (Català) How to Cite Rayssac, S., Sour, P., & Paül, V. (2013). "Occitan Cultural Tourism": from Local Policy to Conciousness-Raising Tool?. Treballs De La Societat Catalana De Geografia, (75), 55–80. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/TSCG/article/view/67868 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue No. 75: juny 2013 Section Articles
