2010-11-12

International 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.

The conference will offer the opportunity to learn further about creative tourism, thanks to the lecture given by Professor Greg Richards, one of the originators of the concept, as well as to discover a wide range of case studies of projects and urban strategies related to this new trend.

Creative tourism is a rapidly growing subsegment of cultural tourism, based on creative collaboration between tourists and hosts to develop engaging, fulfilling experiences. First defined ten years ago as:

Tourism which offers visitors the opportunity to develop their creative potential through active participation in courses and learning experiences which are characteristic of the holiday destination where they are undertaken (Greg Richards and Crispin Raymond, 2000).

Creative tourism is now the focus of a wide range of private and public programs in different parts of the world.

Further information at: www.creativetourismnetwork.org