Creative tourism and creative spaces in China

Li, Pierce Qiang; Kovacs, Jason F.

doi:10.1080/02614367.2021.1948596

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“…This research focuses on three of these creative cities: Chengdu (city of gastronomy), Jingdezhen (city of crafts and folk art), and Shanghai (city of design). Building on recent studies that have explored creative tourism‐related activities in popular creative spaces/spectacles within these and other cities (Li & Kovacs, 2021, 2022), this paper investigates the travel motivations of tourists who had visited creative spaces in Chengdu (Moon Village) and Jingdezhen (Ceramic Art Avenue) as well as creative spectacles in Shanghai (Shanghai Design Week).…”

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“…While ‘creative spaces’ and ‘creative spectacles,’ such as art studios and music festivals, have been identified as key components of creative tourism development (Booyens & Rogerson, 2015; Li & Kovacs, 2021, 2022; Richards, 2011), little attention has been given to exploring why creative tourists choose to visit such places and events. Additionally, while the push‐pull framework has been widely used to analyse travel motivations (Michael et al, 2017; Monterrubio, 2019; Wong et al, 2017), few studies have applied this framework to the topic of creative tourism.…”

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Creative tourism and visitor motivation

Li,

Kovacs

2023

Journal of Tourism Research

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Creative tourism has been explained as a new genre of tourism that offers the visitor an opportunity to develop their creative potential through an engaged experience in the destination visited. Despite a growing literature on the topic, little attention has been given to examining what motivates creative tourists to visit particular places and events. This paper aims to address this research gap by applying the push‐pull framework to investigate the travel motivations of creative tourists. To do so, the responsive interviewing model was employed to survey 20 of such tourists who had visited creative spaces and spectacles in three of China's UNESCO‐designated creative cities. Through a qualitative thematic analysis of the transcribed interviews, a new push‐pull framework is introduced to conceptualise the travel motivations of creative tourists. Our paper concludes with practical considerations for destination managers seeking to design and market creative tourism experiences.

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Creative tourism and visitor motivation

Li,

Kovacs

2023

Journal of Tourism Research

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“…Tourism is considered creative because tourists perceive destinations, sites, and experiences as being creative, innovative, original, and inspired. It is not just the perspective of the providers to consider themselves creative, but more the perception of the visitors which are living creative experiences , namely: authenticity, education, engagement, escape, fulfilment, interactivity, involvement, learning and knowledge acquirement, memorability, novelty, participation, peace of mind, recognition, recreation, reflection, sightseeing, uniqueness, usefulness (Ali et al, 2016; Chan et al, 2022; Dias et al, 2021; Hung et al, 2016; P. Q. Li & Kovacs, 2022; C.…”

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“…Moreover, travelers’ participation in tourism creative activities supports their personal development and learning fulfilment (Dias et al, 2021). P. Q. Li and Kovacs (2022) suggested that creative experiences are gained through both active and passive participation, meaning throughout interaction and participation, but also sightseeing.…”

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Targeting Creativity Through Sentiment Analysis: A Survey on Bucharest City Tourism

Surugiu

Grădinaru

2023

Sage Open

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This study investigates the sentiments of Bucharest city visitors resulting from their interaction with various attractions perceived as being “creative.” The online reviews displayed on TripAdvisor were collected as a database for our research, covering the July 2016 to July 2022 period. The data were processed using R software and NVivo software intended for text analysis and the investigation of the sentiments’ distribution. The findings suggest that creative offer spurs positive and very positive sentiments among travelers. Tourists experienced joy and trust during their tourism products and services consumption. The creative products are encountered especially in restaurants and escape rooms and are less correlated with heritage, arts, museums, or architecture. These findings are very useful for local entrepreneurs, local authorities, and policymakers in order to find solutions to include more creative products and services in the city tourism offer. Even if the present research is limited to Bucharest city, a future investigation could address the creativity dimensions of other destinations in Romania and abroad, highlighting the specific tourist attractions that boost various sentiment types among tourists.

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“…Therefore, based on the above (Li and Kovacs, 2021), this paper adopts the notion of CCIs-led tourism which could be defined as ‘creative collaborative activities taken place in public spaces benefiting both producers and consumers by employing skill and expertise to create intangible cultural goods and creative content’. In addition, the OECD (2014) report accentuated the interrelationship between the creative industries and tourism, putting forward the potential to increase value through an upward appealing creative theme (OECD, 2014).…”

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Searching for possible potentials of cultural and creative industries in rural tourism development; a case of Rudkhan Castle rural areas

Pourzakarya

2022

CBTH

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Purpose This study aims to argue the concept of cultural and creative industries (CCIs)-led tourism within a rural context to investigate the potential of local cultural and creative assets from the perspectives of rural communities, visitors and public institutions to stimulate co-creation experiences and long-term development. Design/methodology/approach By adopting qualitative methodology and case study research, this paper aims at evaluating the positive and negative aspects of developing local CCIs through the case of Rudkhan Castle rural villages in Gilan, Iran, where is the source of various indigenous cultural resources. This will be followed by classifying common CCIs through semi-structured interviews with stakeholders leading to policy planning suggestions. Findings Results demonstrated that the existence of cultural heritage or a historical site in a village has a direct impact on the prioritisation of indigenous CCIs from the perspective of the local community, tourists and governmental organisations. In this case, local authorities need to focus on the development of lesser-known cultural industries such as crafts or gastronomy by involving locals in decision-making processes that could be extendable to long-term tourism development planning. Originality/value Although the initiation of CCIs has led to new debates on the significance of co-creation experiences and cultural values in the tourism industry, it is criticised for creating social exclusion or unstable jobs. This research contributes to filling the gap between the potential of CCIs and rural tourism development from a policy perspective.

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Creative tourism and creative spaces in China

Cited by 19 publications

References 44 publications

Creative tourism and visitor motivation

Creative tourism and visitor motivation

Targeting Creativity Through Sentiment Analysis: A Survey on Bucharest City Tourism

Searching for possible potentials of cultural and creative industries in rural tourism development; a case of Rudkhan Castle rural areas

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