Connecting the dots: contributions to creative tourism dynamics in Portugal
The CREATOUR project – an incubator and a multidisciplinary collaborative research initiative – was created in order to develop a network of creative tourism initiatives in four Portuguese regions. This study’s main purpose was to analyse the dynamics observed in the first stage of implementing...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Algarve, ESGHT/CINTURS
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Tourism & Management Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://www.tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/1059/pdf_120 |
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| Summary: | The CREATOUR project – an incubator and a multidisciplinary
collaborative research initiative – was created in order to develop a
network of creative tourism initiatives in four Portuguese regions. This
study’s main purpose was to analyse the dynamics observed in the first
stage of implementing this network and to understand the relationships
and connections established between creative tourism actors operating
at a regional and national level. The research also included examining
the main goals and challenges these actors face when developing
creative tourism activities in small cities and rural areas of Portugal.
Stakeholder and social network analyses were used to process the data
collected from each of the 20 pilots involved in this stage of the
CREATOUR project. The results highlight relationships between various
creative tourism pilot programmes and other regional and/or external
actors and include an analysis of stakeholders’ expectations regarding
the network’s future development |
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| ISSN: | 2182-8466 |