ABSTRACT
This chapter reflects on resilient heritage communities and the potential of community-based, sustainable cultural tourism in the case of two peripheral – urban and rural – Hungarian areas. The challenges and opportunities of cultural tourism and the explicit involvement of local communities could be detected through innovative participatory approaches and practices. The question arises: embracing resilience in policy, definitely loses its scientific relevance. Whether we are analysing the Újpest case which stands out as an eminent example of minority heritage preservation or the Krishna Valley which can be observed as a model of sustainable ecological, but also spiritual and religious heritage places, the third heritage regime seemed as a pertinent approach. This chapter aims to understand the evolution of the two cases through a critical model of resilient communities, which proved to be not only effective in the depiction of the importance of third-regime cultural heritage in the identity-building of minorities but also in making these attempts comparable for further research. Its renewed perspective, emphasising community heritage, cultural rights, and intangibility is an adequate viewpoint and possibility of analysis to uncover hidden potentials in remote, marginal areas.
