Heritage and Tourism in two middle-sized cities of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina: historical constuctions fit in the nature

The blending between history and nature in the cities of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, allows understanding the origin and progress of the relations amidst heritage and tourism. In particular, Mar del Plata and Tandil, boast two different faces from their coastal and mediterranean conditions. The transformation of the natural circumstances into touristic-patrimonial characteristics, deserve a historical analysis to understand the modification of places and its applications from leisure practices and their promotion. From a bibliographic and photographic investigation, along with the research of written images and speeches illustrated in graphical media of local and national diffusion, are explored the appraisal constructions that will drive the main conditions of heritage -attraction of each city, to so reflect on actions to promote.