FN ISI Export Format VR 1.0 PT J TI Significance of cultural tourism AF Lee, Nadine AU Lee, N AB Cultural tourism seems to be omnipresent – however, it is a slippery concept with no commonly agreed definition. This thesis’ overriding intentions are to contribute to clarifying the definition of cultural tourism and assess the added values cultural tourism entails. For this purpose, a criteria catalogue based on cultural ecosystem services is elaborated. According to the most current definition, ecosystem services describe the benefit human beings gain through the functions derived from ecosystems. Notwithstanding the increasing focus on cultural ecosystem services, there is still a need for further development as to which values are addressed. The approach to combine it with cultural tourism is a new proposition. In the framework of the elaborated criteria catalogue, three variant cultural offers in the canton of Grisons are assessed – a living tradition: Chalandamarz; an object of the foundation: Ferien im Baudenkmal; and the example of a cultural institution and festival: Origen. ER