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Journal of Chinese

Architecture and Urbanism

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Cultural preservation and tourism in Uchuraccay,

Ayacucho, Peru: Inspirations from Chinese
strategies for a development plan

2†
Rosario Pariona-Luque 1† , Liz Pacheco-Pumaleque * ,
Marco Añaños-Bedriñana 3 , Wilson Marin 4 , Jorge Franco-Medina 5 ,
and Alex Pacheco 5

1 Professional School of Sustainable Tourism and Hotel Management, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de Huanta, Ayacucho, Peru
2 Administration Career, Faculty of Business Sciences, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima,
Peru
3 Professional School of Forestry and Environmental Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de Chota, Cajamarca, Perú
4 School of Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Universidad Cesar
† These authors contributed equally Vallejo, Lima, Perú
to this work.
5 Cañete Lab Research Center, Professional School of Systems Engineering, Universidad Nacional
*Corresponding author: de Cañete, Lima, Perú
Liz Pacheco-Pumaleque
(lpacheco@usil.edu.pe) (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Transcultural Dialogues in Architecture and Urbanism:
Intersections Between Chinese Architecture and Global Influences)
Citation: Pariona-Luque, R.,
Pacheco-Pumaleque, L.,
Añaños-Bedriñana, M.,
Marin, W., Franco-Medina, J.,
& Pacheco, A. (2025). Cultural Abstract
preservation and tourism in
Uchuraccay, Ayacucho, Peru: The management of cultural heritage in tourism is fundamental to ensuring the
Inspirations from Chinese strategies
for a development plan. Journal of efficient use of natural, archeological, and cultural resources in a region’s tourism
Chinese Architecture and Urbanism, development. This study aims to evaluate residents’ perceptions of the relationship
7(3): 5862. between cultural heritage and tourism development in Uchuraccay, Ayacucho,
https://doi.org/10.36922/jcau.5862
Peru. A questionnaire was administered to 520 residents, assessing the cultural
Received: November 12, 2024 heritage variable, which includes tangible heritage and intangible heritage, and
1st revised: January 14, 2025 the tourism development variable, which encompasses environmental, social, and
economic dimensions. The results indicate that 38.65% of respondents believe
2nd revised: February 19, 2025
tangible heritage faces difficulties in being properly valued due to a lack of public
Accepted: February 26, 2025 awareness, insufficient investment in conservation, and ineffective promotion. In
Published online: April 25, 2025 addition, 40.96% of respondents perceive that intangible heritage is inadequately
managed, citing the absence of effective policies and strategies to safeguard
Copyright: © 2025 Author(s).
This is an open-access article and transmit these elements to future generations. These findings highlight the
distributed under the terms of the need for a comprehensive assessment of cultural heritage to boost economic
Creative Commons Attribution- development through the implementation of tourism strategies that stimulate
Non-Commercial 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC 4.0), which permits all economic activity. This study provides valuable information on urban planning,
non-commercial use, distribution, governance frameworks, and empirical knowledge, contributing to informed
and reproduction in any medium, decision-making by local authorities and the effective management of available
provided the original work is
properly cited. resources.
Publisher’s Note: AccScience
Publishing remains neutral with Keywords: Local governments; Tangible heritage; Economy; Decision-making;
regard to jurisdictional claims in
published maps and institutional Uchuraccay
affiliations.

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