Heritage and tourism charters (1976, 1999, 2022)

At the broadest level, cultural and natural heritage belongs to all mankind, everybody having the right and responsibility to understand, appreciate and conserve their universal values, because the particular heritage and collective memory of each community are irreplaceable and an important basis for present and future development. In the conditions of increasing globalization, very rapid technologization, changes in the needs and expectations of tourists, tour operators offer visitors a series of programs that focus on movable and immovable, cultural and natural heritage, which sometimes, due to negligence or carelessness, they damage. In this sense, ICOMOS and other international organizations with a role in protecting the heritage have adopted a series of Tourism Charters to regulate both heritage and cultural tourism issues, as well as to educate and change the behavior of tourists towards these universal values, common assets at a global level.