The landscapes of Unesco in Aude - France : tourism and imaginary at Carcassonne medieval city and along the canal du Midi[Les paysages de l'Unesco dans l'Aude - France : tourisme et imaginaire à Carcassonne (cité médiévale) et le long du canal du Midi]

With rising environmental concerns and the creation of indicator such as carbon footprint, mass tourism practices must evolve in direction of more sustainable programs in order to keep a positive image. It should be less interested, of contemplation and slower. Think the local tourist landscape becomes a means of reinstating the environmental requirements in the territorial debates for an optimal economic growth. The landscape value as leverage public-private strategies enables the creation, justification, and selfmaintenance of sustainable tourism. We take example of the Canal du Midi and the medieval city of Carcassonne, classified by UNESCO in 1996 and 1997 in Aude, a French departments (local government authority), we can highlight three factors which powered of landscape, taking in consideration the important role of landscape and the contemporary tourist imaginary : (1) sustainable tourism strategies are multiscalar, multilevel. (2) We see the birth, difficult, of an eco-tourist sensitive at the landscape and its development will promote environmental protection in urban and rural environment. (3) The making of identity protection of the landscape organizes the tourist landscape and the local benefits planning for all the citizens.