La leva culturale come fattore d’innovazione nei distretti turistici

The new programming period 2007-2013 in Apulia states the growing importance of tourism and cultural sectors, even more than in the recent past, such as driving forces for the regional economy, and in particular, the sub-regional territorial systems which for years have engaged in a synergistic process between public and private actors in the development and promotion of local resources. Another tool for the affirmation of cultural tourism districts as innovative territorial entities is represented by the Cultural and Environmental Systems, which mode of implementation of the POR FESR Puglia 2007-2013. They are aggregations of environmental and cultural resources of the area, well organized, be networked and managed by virtue of their ability to promote pathways integrated enhancement, sustainable development and inter-institutional cooperation. The work analyze the objectives of these territorial aggregations to verify, then, the "state of the art" and the repercussions on local communities.