Abstract:

Technological developments bring about the fundamental changes in the fields of art, culture and tourism. Also, technological developments that will eliminate the traditional production techniques in particular have a negative effect on the mastery areas that require manual skills. Therefore, it paves the way for the disappearance of some business areas. Considering the elements of the tourism industry, the presence of natural, cultural, historical and traditional attractions is of great importance. In touristic destinations, in addition to mass tourism, the protection of these attractions has become important for the special interest tourism types such as cultural heritage tourism and cultural tourism. Since 1984, the importance of sustainability in tourism has increased with the practices such as Unesco World Cultural Heritage List, Intangible Cultural Heritage and Living Human Treasures. In the list of Living Human Treasures, people with a high level of knowledge and skills in the professional context are described in order to reconstruct and interpret the elements of cultural heritage. Thus, these occupations are protected by Unesco under the “Intangible Cultural Heritage”. In this study, it is planned to investigate the people who can be proposed to the Living Human Treasures list. In this context, data were collected by face-to-face interview method in two masters who work in Eskişehir and Bilecik. The data were interpreted by descriptive data analysis. In the result of the research, it has been revealed that these two masters can provide the necessary conditions for the list of Living Human Treasures specified by UNESCO and that cultural heritage can be preserved and transferred to future generations by these master’s works. 

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