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Cultural organizations and institutions find it significant that one of the fastest-growing segments of tourism is cultural tourism, i.e., tourism aimed at learning about various forms of culture, in the visited country or area. Cultural tourism can be defined as a form of tourism whose participants mainly want to learn about the cultural heritage and culture of the respective country and its citizens. Cultural heritage has multiple forms: buildings, groups of buildings of general value, works of art and open spaces with historic, aesthetic, ethnologic and anthropological value. It includes also intangible heritage: cultural diversity, traditions, language, and lifestyle. Cultural activity for tourism is based on historical cultural heritage and past and present traditions of inhabitants in a destination. Those are castles, ruins, urban conservation areas/zones, urban historical centres, local architecture, cultural events, folklore events, museums, galleries, concerts, exhibitions and more. Culture has always been the main motive for travelling. Increasing numbers of visitors to various places of cultural interest around the world clearly indicate the increasing importance of cultural tourism.