01478nas a2200169   4500000000100000008004100001260003400042653002400076653001300100653001400113100001900127245009100146856011800237300001200355520091600367020002501283                                       d  bNova Science Publishers, Inc.10aExistential tourism10aheritage10aIdentity.1 aM.V. González00aExistential intangible heritage tourism and the innate tendencies of a social identity  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84892133351&partnerID=40&md5=1977c8235cdca574a36b258fea88bc4b  a203-2063 aThis short communication seeks to examine the relationship between existential intangible tourism and the innate tendencies of a social identity. Social identity includes innate tendencies but Globalization fosters a developing process where these innate identity tendencies are undervalued. As a result, these innate tendencies are better represented in some still alive traditions. This existential authenticity is predominant in developing countries, as developed ones follow a homogenization process due to globalization. Accordingly, there is an increasing existential intangible heritage tourism from developed countries to developing ones searching to enhance their innate identity tendencies. Therefore rises a cosmopolitan identity as a multidimensional identity. In this short communication Japanese Flamenco tourism is used to shed light on the theme in general. © 2011 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.  a9781613244623 (ISBN)