I saperi locali: una risorsa per il turismo delle zone interne?

When we say “local knowledge” we mean the whole complex of awareness of a particular geographical locality which is capable of producing material and symbolic values, in this sense local knowledge is the element which allows local cultures to identify and defend their specific identity. Therefore one can ask if the local culture presents obstacle to tourism in the intercountry or rather, offer opportunities for spreading different models of tourism. One can also ask whether tourism will give added value to local knowledge or threaten it.
The danger for the local culture is that the residents set up initiatives which satisfy the tourists’ preconceptions in order to attract more visitors, by emphasising certain external aspects of their culture, falsifying it and thus selling their own identity.
Agro-tourism, social tourism, cultural tourism are ways of allowing local knowledge to be used as a real resource for tourism and thus for the overall development of the intercountry.