Description
Tourists are travelling the world in greater numbers than ever before, seeking immersive cultural experiences. This massive rise of tourism has raised issues of social and cultural sustainability in the world's global cities. At the same time, smaller cities and rural communities struggling with increasing urbanization and the loss of traditional industries could benefit from increased tourism.
Smaller cities and communities are uniquely well-suited to hosting tourists seeking authentic connection with local cultures. Locally led, collaborative efforts to build creative tourism industries have the possibility to reinvigorate struggling communities. Creative tourism offers the opportunity to build socially and culturally sustainable channels for growth that benefit locals and visitors alike.
Creative Tourism in Smaller Communities examines the processes, policies, and methodologies of creative tourism, paying special attention to the ways creative and place-based tourism can aid sustainable cultural development. With topics ranging from placemaking through food to the cultural impacts of cruise travel, and from catalyzing creative tourism to creating resiliency, this collection offers a wide range of theoretical and practical perspectives from a variety of experts. Creative Tourism in Smaller Communities offers a bold vision for the future of tourism worldwide.
Author: Kathleen Scherf
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Published: 04/15/2021
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 7.70w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781773851884
ISBN10: 1773851888
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Industries | Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
- Social Science | General
- Travel | General
About the Author
Kathleen Scherf is a professor of communication at Thompson Rivers University. She teaches in all fields of literature, communication, and travel media. She edited the journal Studies in Canadian Literature/ Études en littérature Canadienne from 1989 to 1996, and is the author of The Collected Poems of Malcom Lowry.
With Contributions By: Jon Anderson, Geof Anthrobus, Jessica Faustini Aquino, Georgette Leah Burns, Suzanne de la Barre, Fiona Drummond, James Drummond, Nancy Duxbury, Dimitri Ioannides, M. Sharon Jeannotte, Jeffery Morgan, Evangelina Petridou, Solène Prince, Greg Richards, Kathleen Scherf, Susan L. Slocum, Kieron Smith, Jen Snowball, Eugene Thomlinson, Elisabete Caldeira Neto Tomaz, Christine Van Winkle