Turismo e a aproximação das culturas evidenciadas nas práticas de compartilhamento do patrimônio arqueológico

The World Tourism Day was celebrated on September 27 , 2011 and the theme chosen by the World Tourism Organization was "Tourism – Linking Cultures". In agreement with this context, this paper intends to demonstrate that the practices for sharing the archaeological heritage through tourism contribute significantly to link cultures. For that, this article was prepared which methodology is based on literature survey and analysis, and in situ research. Thus, it is briefly described the constitution of the archaeological heritage while it legitimates the communities and their specificities. And finally, it is presented as result foreign and domestic examples of sharing practices of the archaeological heritage that have contributed to link the cultures.