01911nas a2200337   4500000000100000008004100001653001700042653002100059653001100080653002100091653001000112653002600122653002300148653002700171653002400198653002200222653002200244653001500266653002000281653002600301653001300327653001800340100001900358700002000377700001400397245014600411856015300557490000700710520083600717022002001553                                       d10aAuthenticity10aBritish Columbia10aCanada10aheritage tourism10aItaly10aLanguage preservation10aMinority languages10aQualitative interviews10asustainable tourism10acultural heritage10acultural identity10aecotourism10aethnic minority10aindigenous population10aLanguage10asurvey method1 aSerena Lonardi1 aUmberto Martini1 aJohn Hull00aMinority languages as sustainable tourism resources: From Indigenous groups in British Columbia (Canada) to Cimbrian people in Giazza (Italy)  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85077714323&doi=10.1016%2fj.annals.2020.102859&partnerID=40&md5=32e15f6010a34d8f5550f58d1462df120 v833 aCultural aspects of a destination have always been part of the discourse on sustainable tourism, i.e. tourism that attempts to preserve cultural and environmental resources for future generations. Particular attention has to be paid to Intangible Cultural Heritage, especially languages, since they will be available to future generations only with daily practice. Through twenty semi-structured qualitative interviews, the paper considers two Indigenous languages in British Columbia (Canada) and the Cimbrian language in Italy and concludes that the genuine interest shown by tourists contributes to language revival in contexts of minority cultural groups by strengthening the sense of pride and identity of members. This study hopes to be a stepping stone in the analysis of minority languages as sustainable tourism resources.  a01607383 (ISSN)