ATLAS WEBINAR Rethinking Cultural Tourism

2012

""The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Tourism explores and critically evaluates the debates and controversies in this field of Tourism. It brings together leading specialists from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and geographical regions, to provide state-of-the-art theoretical reflection and empirical research on this significant stream of tourism and its future direction. The book is divided into seven inter-related sections. Part I looks at the historical, philosophical and theoretical framework for cultural tourism. This section debates tourist autonomy role play, authenticity, imaginaries, cross-cultural issues and inter-disciplinarity. Part II analyses the role that politics takes in cultural tourism. This section also looks at ways in which cultural tourism is used as a policy instrument for economic development. Part III focuses on social patterns and trends, such as the mobilities paradigm, performativity, reflexivity and traditional hospitality, as well as considering sensitive social issues such as dark tourism. Part IV analyses community and development, exploring adaptive forms of cultural tourism, as well as more sustainable models for indigenous tourism development. Part V discusses landscapes and destinations, including the transformation of space into place, issues of authenticity in landscape, the transformation of urban and rural landscapes into tourism products, and conservation versus development dilemmas. Part VI refers to regeneration and planning, especially the creative turn in cultural tourism, which can be used to avoid problems of serial reproduction, standardization and homogenization. Part VII deals with the tourist and visitor experience, emphasizing the desire of tourists to be more actively and interactively engaged in cultural tourism. This significant volume offers the reader a comprehensive synthesis of this field, conveying the latest thinking and research. The text is international in focus, encouraging dialogue across disciplinary boundaries and areas of study and will be an invaluable resource for all those with an interest in cultural tourism. This is essential reading for students, researchers and academics of Tourism as well as those of related studies, in particular Cultural Studies, Leisure, Geography, Sociology, Politics and Economics. ""

Journal of Urban Affairs, 2023

International Journal of Tourism Policy, 2022

Understanding the past, current, and future trajectory of cultural tourism has been the major focus of both scholars and industry stakeholders engaged both in the culture and tourism sectors. As an influential scholar at the leading edge of cultural tourism and creative tourism studies, Richards' Rethinking cultural tourism reviews the evolution of cultural tourism from the 1990s to the current research agenda, overviewing the work of major cultural tourism scholars. Over six chapters, the book discusses cultural tourism actors (consumers and producers), contexts (cultural attractions, creative cities, and regions, events), consequences and effects, as well as cultural tourism practices. In Chapter 1, through a review of the various cultural, mobility, performative, creative, curatorial 'turns', Richard discusses the essential concept of 'co-creation'. This requires tourists to become co-producers of the destination and to contribute more knowledge and skills when experiencing local everyday life. The cultural turn allows tourist to experience different cultures and daily life in an unfamiliar environment. The influence of globalisation, which shapes cultural differences, coupled with increased mobility, has driven culture to become "the ubiquitous global object of tourism consumption" (p.5). The performative turn, on the other hand, highlighted the role of interaction among tourists, and between tourist and cultural tourism providers. Furthermore, the creative turn drives the development of creative spaces, creative spectacles, and creative tourism in both urban and regional contexts. Finally, the curatorial turn describes how the transformation of art curators from aesthetics to value and connects this process to placemaking. Chapters 2-5 raise different research questions: how cultural tourism practices come to be through the interactions of actors and structures (Chapter 2); how social contexts shape cultural tourism activities, and how they are shaped by the dynamics of cultural tourism (Chapter 3); what the definition of cultural tourism from the perspective of practice-based research is (Chapter 4), and what cultural tourism practices are developing in new urban tourism (Chapter 5). Chapter 2 focuses on both consumers' and producers' roles as 'actors' in cultural tourism by examining their action through interaction and relationalities. It introduces past and present research on the segmentation of cultural tourism audience, their

This is the latest update to the ATLAS Cultural Tourism Bibliography, which is a work in progress rather than a comprehensive listing of cultural tourism research sources. All suggestions for additional references gratefully received. In line with the multilingual nature of ATLAS, we are happy to receive suggested references in languages other than English, preferably with an English language translation of the title. The latest revision includes references from the UNWTO report Tourism and Culture Synergies (2018).

2021

This report serves as deliverable D3.1 of the SmartCulTour 'Horizon 2020' project (grant agreement number 870708). The goal of SmartCulTour is to support regional development in all European regions with important tangible and intangible cultural assets, including those located in rural peripheries and the urban fringe, through sustainable cultural tourism (SmartCulTour, 2020). To fulfil this supportive role, SmartCulTour Work Package 3 intends to first provide more clarity and in-depth knowledge on the state of art of 'cultural tourism interventions'. Cultural tourism interventions are interpreted as a variety of initiatives, of different nature, potentially impacting on cultural tourism destinations and initiated by a wide variety of stakeholders (public, private, mixed). The fragmented range of possibilities and the diverse spectrum of involved actors stress the urgency to gather and frame structured insights on what are the typologies of cultural tourism interven...

This report reviews recent activity by the ATLAS Cultural Tourism Project and the recent meeting held in Barcelona on “Participatory culture and new challenges for tourism: Responses to the challenges of mass cultural tourism”. A total of 29 papers were presented by the 35 participants, who were drawn from 13 different countries. The meeting aimed to address some of the pressing issues arising from the emergence of 'mass cultural tourism', particularly in cities with high concentrations of tangible heritage, such as Barcelona. The meeting was held at an opportune moment, just following the publication of a new UNWTO Report on Tourism and Culture Synergies and the release of a new definition of cultural tourism by the UNWTO: " Cultural tourism is a type of tourism activity in which the visitor's essential motivation is to learn, discover, experience and consume the tangible and intangible cultural attractions/products in a tourism destination. These attractions/products relate to a set of distinctive material, intellectual, spiritual and emotional features of a society that encompasses arts and architecture, historical and cultural heritage, culinary heritage, literature, music, creative industries and the living cultures with their lifestyles, value systems, beliefs and traditions. " This new definition underlines the considerable changes that have affected the relationship between tourism and culture in recent decades. Not least the incorporation of various elements of popular and everyday culture into the tourism consumption system, which makes it increasingly hard to isolate culture and tourism. It was not surprising that the papers presented therefore differed from those in many previous meetings, particularly in terms of new cultural forms, media and spaces being occupied by tourism. One key emerging theme is the role of new media in the production and consumption of cultural tourism. Papers at the meeting included the use of web mapping technologies, Location-Aware Mobile Apps and social media to map and analyse cultural tourism and inform visitors. Many papers also dealt with the important issue of visitor and resident engagement, because the implication of these stakeholders is vital in shaping new forms of cultural tourism and shifting cultural tourism consumption away from crowded central locations. Modes of engagement were examined in papers dealing with the production of souvenirs, the co-creation of cultural experiences with visitors (for example through creative tourism) and new times and spaces for cultural tourism. The latter included the extension of the Gaudí Route in Barcelona to Casa Vicens in the neighbourhood of Gràcia, the Palo Alto Market in Poble Nou and La Boqueria Market on the busy Ramblas. Events were also considered by a number of papers, and these have long been a means of extending and diversifying the cultural tourism product.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), 2022

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 870708 Deliverable D7.5 Disclaimer: The contents of this deliverable are the sole responsibility of one or more Parties of the SmartCulTour consortium and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the Research Executive Agency and European Commission under the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme.

ENCATC magazine - The European network on cultural management and policy, 2020

Dear colleagues, dear friends, It's a joy for me to come back to you with this second issue of the ENCATC Magazine, a publication that allows us to delve deeper into the issues that (pre)occupy our members and extended community in the field of cultural management and policy. The positive feedback received after our first issue certainly set the bar high for this publication, but I can say that I am extremely proud of the product I am bringing to you today, and this would have not been possible without our wonderful contributors. Leading academics, researchers, experts, practitioners, and policy makers have generously provided us with exclusive content, insight, innovative industry practices, and personal stories. Opening this issue, one of our oldest members Catarina Vaz Pinto, Deputy Mayor for Culture of Lisbon City Council, questions 'What future for culture in the post-confinement era?' in the Opening Perspectives section. Leading experts invite our readers to further explore some of the hot topics in the sector in our Featured section. Liliana Țuroiu, Director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Brussels, revisits cultural diplomacy in challenging times. From our network community, Cristina Ortega, Chief Operating Officer of the World Leisure Organization, presents a case of (inter-)regional collaboration amongst Higher Education Institutions for intangible cultural heritage safeguarding. Followingly, an article by Amy Whitaker, from New York University, explores the topic of 'Blockchain and cultural heritage. New ways of imagining the restitution of objects' .

ATLAS Cultural Tourism Bibliography, 2021

This bibliography is a work in progress rather than a comprehensive listing of cultural tourism research sources. All suggestions for additional references gratefully received. In line with the multilingual nature of ATLAS, we are happy to receive suggested references in languages other than English, preferably with an English language translation of the title. The latest revision includes references from the volume Rethinking Cultural Tourism (Edward Elgar, 2021).