01077nas a2200145   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100001900043700003400062245010600096856006200202490000800264520064500272022001400917                                       d1 aFrancisco Cruz1 aTomás López-Guzmán Guzmán00aEl patrimonio cultural como factor de desarrollo turístico: estudio de caso en la ciudad de Córdoba  uhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/extart?codigo=62730290 v1933 aIntangible cultural heritage shapes the history of peoples. The present paper attempts to explore the concept of this type of heritage by focusing on the festivities of the Patios of Cordoba (Spain), declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an Intangible Culture Heritage in 2012. The aim of this paper is to present the main results of an investigation conducted on tourists participating in the Festival of the Patios in 2014, disaggregated by gender. The research shows that most of the tourists were university educated, with an average age above 50 years and an average income level.  a0210-1963