Fonte: Cuadernos de Turismo; No. 36 (2015): Julio-Diciembre; 389-414
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Resumo: One of the main sources of income in Spain is tourism, and this economic activity is continuously having different effects on the territory. These changes are taking place on morphological, economic, social, and landscape levels, and all of them are evident in the city of Lorca (Region of Murcia). This place, whose monumental heritage has clearly cultural marks, finds it seriously difficult to establish itself as a tourist destination. The bad state of conservation of some historic buildings was aggravated after the earthquake on 11th May, 2011. As such, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports saw the need to draw up «The Management Plan of Cultural Heritage» (2011). This document showed the functional limitations of historic monuments in Lorca and, as a result, the Ministry pushed for a new study focused on «The relationship between Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Development in Lorca. Action Strategies» (Interrelación del Patrimonio Cultural, Turismo y Desarrollo de Lorca. Estrategias de actuación). This research was done following an integrative methodology that was designed to promote the recuperation of the Heritage, its incorporation into touristic activity and into the process of urban recovery.
