Sculptural tourism. Reflections on the long-standing relationship between sculpture, tourism and place

The purpose of this research is to discuss a set of elements, characteristics and principles that describe and explain how the importance of a place in terms of tourism works and puts forward a new dimension of cultural tourism, that is sculptural tourism. From the research point of view, sculptural tourism is seen as a set of specific characteristics that may fall under both cultural tourism, as well as niche tourism. As such, this exploratory theoretical study argues in favor of the approach to sculptural tourism as the interaction between sculpture and place, and centers the discussion in the broad framework of territorial debates on tourism.