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2022 - Volume 5 - Number 2

Impact and Touristic Interest of Cultural Folklore Traditions in Tzia

Maria Manola * mmanola@uniwa.gr * ORCID: 0000-0003-2931-1382
University of West Attica, Department of Tourism, Athens, GREECE

Kleopatra Geronymou
University of West Attica, Department of Tourism, Athens, GREECE

Foteini Maniou
University of the Aegean, Mytilene, GREECE

Open Journal for Research in Economics, 2022, 5(2), 25-34 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojre.0502.01025m
Received: 8 October 2022 ▪ Revised: 19 November 2022 ▪ Accepted: 12 December 2022

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
Manners, customs, traditions and monuments are what keep a place’s past alive, connecting it to the present and giving visitors an authentic, unique experience by bringing them into close contact with the cultural element of the destination, which they came for to admire. In Greece, this cultural element is abundant throughout its territory: from the northernmost to the southernmost tip, from the easternmost to the westernmost island. This paper focuses on the island of Kea/Tzia and its cultural and folklore traditions. Initially, some information about the island and its cultural wealth is consolidated and the most important folklore traditions and their origins are mentioned. Subsequently, the influence of these traditions on the island is broadly analyzed and finally the impact of these policies is presented through quantitative research conducted by questionnaires using statistical data.

KEY WORDS: folk tradition, culture, intangible cultural heritage.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Maria Manola, University of West Attica, Department of Tourism, Athens, GREECE. E-mail: mmanola@uniwa.gr.

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