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The role of creative tourism in tackling social exclusion among older artisans:...
Akdemir, HilalThis thesis investigates the transformative potential of creative tourism by examining its role in tackling social exclusion among older artisans and enhancing their quality of life. Structured as three interconnected papers, the research includes a systematic review of the literature, and two qualitative papers reporting an exploratory case study within the Loulé Criativo Turismo Network. The first paper prese...
Empirical Research on Creative Tourism: A Systematic Review
Akdemir, Hilal; Sousa de São José, José Manuel; Rodrigues Gonçalves, AlexandraThe empirical research on creative tourism (CT) is expanding, having already reached a considerable volume and diversity. This created the need for undertaking literature reviews, which provide an exploration of the development trajectory of this field of research. Nevertheless, there is no detailed “map” of the empirical research on CT, which provide us thorough information on various aspects that structure th...
Social inclusion of older artisans through creative tourism
Akdemir, Hilal; São José, José; Gonçalves, AlexandraCreative tourism has a potential role in promoting social benefits for communities and social inclusion of artisans; however, studies investigating this are lacking. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by exploring the role of creative tourism in combating social exclusion among older artisans in the context of Loule Criativo, a pioneering creative tourism initiative in Portugal. This q...
Empirical research on creative tourism: a systematic review
Akdemir, Hilal; São José, José; Gonçalves, Alexandra RodriguesThe empirical research on creative tourism (CT) is expanding, having already reached a considerable maturity. Nevertheless, there is no detailed map of the empirical research on CT, which provide us thorough information on various aspects that structure it, such as research methods, settings and participants, and main themes addressed in the conclusions. This systematic review aims to provide such a map , criti...
Examining an inclusive social tourism practices in Turkey
Akdemir, HilalThis study and its conceptual framework are motivated by the awareness of the positive impacts of social tourism on social inclusion. the aim of the research is to explore the potential of social tourism for creating an inclusive tourism form through investigating alternative camp in Turkey. the camp was examined as an ethnographic case study with qualitative research methods. Data were gathered by conducting s...