Tourism and the Creative Economy
As the significance of the creative economy continues to grow, important synergies with tourism are emerging, offering considerable potential to grow demand and develop new products, experiences and markets.These new links are driving a shift from conventional models of cultural tourism to new models of creative tourism based on intangible culture and contemporary creativity. This report examines the growing relationship between the tourism and creative sectors to guide the development of effective policies in this area. Drawing on recent case studies, it considers how to strengthen these linkages and take advantage of the opportunities to generate added value. Active policies are needed so that countries, regions and cities can realise the potential benefits from linking tourism and creativity. Key policy issues are identified.
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Creative tourism: Overview and policy directions
Creativity has become important in the knowledge economy, supporting economic growth and job creation. Linking the creative industries with tourism can boost demand, stimulate innovation in tourism experiences, revitalise tourism products, add atmosphere to destinations and improve place image. Developing new forms of creative tourism involves the use of different creative sectors and content and the application of new technologies. Active policy approaches are required to generate synergies. Policy makers need to consider a range of interlinked issues when seeking to develop creative tourism, including ways to stimulate creative content development for tourism experiences and link this to destinations and support network building and knowledge generation.
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