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Expert Meeting on Alternative and Creative Tourism in cities
Experts from different countries will take part in this meeting to be held in Barcelona on 
June 13th-14th, organized by ATLAS, with the Creative Tourism Network® and headed by the Professor Greg Richards, co-originator of the creative tourism concept.Taking responsibility for the visitor economy - Call for Papers
Since the banking crisis in 2008 there has been much talk of responsibility and responsible capitalism amongst politicians, business leaders and academics. Although the concept has been more extensively used in the last five years than in the previous ten years it has not been subject to any concerted effort to understand the meaning of responsibility in the visitor economy.Soundtracks: Music, Tourism and Travel
As an expression of culture, a form of intangible heritage, a signifier of place, and a marker of moments, music provides an important and emotive narrative for tourists. Indeed, it is increasingly difficult to imagine tourism ‘in silence’, outside of the scores and songs which accompany and punctuate journeys. From touristic performances of traditional dance, pilgrimages to the homes and graves of composers and singers, impromptu street entertainments, tours to concerts, attending festivals, to the sounds of the car radio, the travelling with ipods and the ‘muzak’ of hotel lifts, music can both activate and shape the journey, and passively permeate its duration. Music can both define and transcend the borders of destinations, emphasise and challenge notions of tradition, provide opportunities for liminal play, transgression and resistance and, help define the identities of visitors and the visited.Soundtracks: Music, Tourism and Travel
6-9 July 2012, Liverpool, United KingdomInternational Conference on Creative Tourism
Barcelona, December, 9th and 10th.
This meeting will bring together researchers, urban planners, policy makers, artists, cultural activists and entrepreneurs of tourist sector to assess the benefits of international collaboration in the rapidly developing field of creative tourism.
Restricting Artists is Not an Olympic Ideal: An Open Letter to VANOC
The former artistic director of the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Arts Festival and correspondent of Arts Management Network, Raymond T. Grant, is deeply concerned about a clause that appears in the contracts for artists engaged by VANOC for its Cultural Olympiad in Vancouver, Canada. Arts Management Network publish the open letter of Mr. Grant to the CEO of VANOC, Mr. Furlong, at its website.
10th World Leisure Congress most sucessful yet!
The 10th World Leisure Congress held in Quebec City, Canada was attended by over 3000 delegates from over 70 different countries. According to World Leisure Board of Directors Chair, Dr. Derek Casey, the event was “marvelous and will be long remembered by many people.
Preview: Texts and Tours. Developing the Potential of Literary Tourism
Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds (UK), 5th December 2008 
Given the privileged global role of the English language and the undoubted popularity of English literature throughout the world, it would seem that the United Kingdom has much to offer the world in terms of its literary heritage. However, despite some national, regional and local initiatives over the years, there is still substantial potential for the development of literary tourism.
