The 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...
The digitalization of cultural routes and virtual storytelling has emerged as a way of showcasing to individuals the heritage of different cultural universes. Regarding this fractional environment, and as a by-product of the international EU funded iHERITAGE project, (B_A.2.1_0056), the goal is to create, through an innovation-driven growth process and technological transfer, brand strategies for the affirmatio...
This article aims to evaluate and demonstrate the relevance of the development of the literary tourism niche in Coimbra. It presents the methodology used and the different phases of the research, as well as the results obtained so far, highlighting the low number of structured literary tourism products in Coimbra and a lack of diversity. In addition, this article is a proposal to transform Coimbra into a litera...
This Tourism and Management Studies Special Issue on Creative Tourism was born within the scope of a quite original project: CREATOUR – Creative Tourism Destination Development in Small Cities and Rural Areas. This project is the first action-research project in Portugal, whose objectives are to study and stimulate creative tourism initiatives in small places and rural areas. CREATOUR is an incubator and/or dem...
How can individuals express their perceptions of local places through valued objects and links to their area? Can objects create narratives about places’ identity and collect significant cultural information that connect people to local spaces? Can cultural mapping thus be a useful tool in the design of creative tourist offers? To address these questions, the CREATOUR project organised a series of idea laborato...
Objectives | The communication aims: – To identify the main opportunities resulting from the relationship between tourism and museums. – To understand the influence of museum management as determinant of the quality of the tourist experience. – To better know the different kinds of determinants of the tourist experience at the museum. – To present and discuss development proposals of museums as tourist attracti...
Urban tourism is a major economic and social activity where the cultural dimension of cities is one of the main factors that attract visitors. The present work results from a dissertation thesis that aimed to evaluate the existence of cultural tourism in the towns of Faro and Silves and proposed means of fostering such activities in the future.The “transversality” of knowledge linked to tourism and the dynamics...