A taxonomy of creative tourists in creative tourism

Tan, Siow Kian; Luh, Ding Bang; Kung, Shiann Far

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2013.11.008

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“…It gives the tourist the chance to get engaged with the real cultural life of the host community (Chang, Backman & Huang, 2014;Tan, Luh & Kung, 2014;UNESCO, 2008). The Creative Cities Network endorsed by UNESCO agreed on the following working definition of creative tourism: "Creative Tourism is travel directed towards an engaged and authentic experience, with participative learning in the arts, heritage, or special character of a place.…”

Section: Creative Tourism For Future Tourism Development In New Gournamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It also assists in the socio-economic development of the host community and in promoting its socio-cultural aspects (Raymond, 2008;Salman & Uygur, 2010;Tan et al, 2014). The active role the tourist plays in creative tourism is to participate in creative experiences through workshops, sessions and events.…”

Section: Creative Tourism For Future Tourism Development In New Gournamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Voluntourism for Preserving Heritage: An Initiative for Safeguarding and Developing New Gourna in Egypt

Hamed¹

2017

JTHM

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This study presents voluntourism as an innovated type of tourism that can effectively contribute in conserving architectural and cultural heritage sites at risk. In this vein, it highlights the outstanding value of New Gourna in Egypt as a valuable site currently in danger and needs immediate attention. Consequently, the study provides a practical proposal for safeguarding and developing New Gourna through voluntourism. Moreover, it suggests incorporating creative tourism within the tourist practices in New Gourna for sustaining its cultural, social and economic development. Finally, it proposes some strategic tips to help succeed in applying both voluntourism and creative tourism in New Gourna.

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Section: Creative Tourism For Future Tourism Development In New Gournamentioning

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Section: Creative Tourism For Future Tourism Development In New Gournamentioning

confidence: 99%

Voluntourism for Preserving Heritage: An Initiative for Safeguarding and Developing New Gourna in Egypt

Hamed¹

2017

JTHM

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“…Although not explicitly stated, the success of creative tourism greatly depends on the process and context of tourist activities rather than on the final tourism products (Richards & Marques, 2012;Tan, Kung, & Luh, 2013;Tan, Luh, & Kung, 2014). Many educators who study creative tourism have identified tourist involvement and participation as the key element of creative tourism (Gordin & Matetskaya, 2012;Lindroth, Ritalahti, & Soisalon-Soininen, 2007;Richards & Marques, 2012;Tan, Kung, & Luh, 2013;Tan, Luh, & Kung, 2014), which emerges in the encounter between tourists and locals (Richards & Marques, 2012) and generates value through such connections.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Potential of Floating Markets for Creative Tourism: A Study in Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand

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Sakdiyakorn

2015

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

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This article examines the potential of floating markets in the Nakhon Pathom province as a creative tourism destination by performing a two-stage qualitative study. It explores in particular the perceptions of community leaders toward the possibility for established floating markets to become creative tourism destinations and the current and future constraints in such development. In the first stage, an environmental scanning is performed using readiness indices for tourism destination, which are adopted from two sources. In the second stage, the perceptions of community leaders toward floating markets are examined through in-depth, semi-structured interviews. These investigations reveal the significant role of community leaders and their perspectives toward the direction and development of their communities. The investigations also identify the factors that promote and obstruct creative tourism in a particular floating market destination.

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“…As a matter of fact, tourist producers are constantly seeking different ways to succeed the tourist experience and reach tourists' satisfaction, which will provide the destination with a differentiated image, enhance its brand equity and consolidate its advantageous position (Prebensen et al, 2014). To do so, tourism providers must innovate more to better respond to the tourist of the 21st century (Tan et al, 2014). Therefore, innovation is seen as a major axis to remain competitive, and anticipate future trends and needs by using optimally new technologies.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, the new postmodern tourist is increasingly looking for new and enriching experiences and aspires to much more than being served passively by the tourism industry (Tan et al, 2014). Tourists have become now more demanding and much more active and want to be involved in their trip design, as well as in the creating process of the tourist experience.…”

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Co-Creation of the Tourist Experience via Internet: Towards Exploring a New Practice

Berrada

2017

JIBRM

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The purpose of this article is to explore the potential value added to the concept of value cocreation applied to the tourism sector and to investigate how tourists can conceive their participation through the Internet in the design of their trip with tourist producers. To do so, a survey was conducted on tourists in Morocco who have never used this practice which still does not exist locally. The objective behind this choice is to explore whether this new approach will raise the interest of the tourists and be accepted as an innovative way to live differently the tourist experience. The results of the descriptive analysis showed that Moroccan touristsby using the Internet -think they can create value by being involved in the process which makes them satisfied. It would be stimulating as a future research to test tourists' satisfaction after living an experience they really co-created. After all, co-creation is still a new concept in tourism that will be developed through further research and become a real trend. Especially tourists are currently looking for meaning, support, interaction, involvement, participation, authenticity, personalization of offers and unique experience. This article opens up new paths of research and allows tourist producers to know the future trends in this sector.

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A taxonomy of creative tourists in creative tourism

Cited by 145 publications

References 38 publications

Voluntourism for Preserving Heritage: An Initiative for Safeguarding and Developing New Gourna in Egypt

Voluntourism for Preserving Heritage: An Initiative for Safeguarding and Developing New Gourna in Egypt

The Potential of Floating Markets for Creative Tourism: A Study in Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand

Co-Creation of the Tourist Experience via Internet: Towards Exploring a New Practice

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