Acta turistica nova, Vol. 3 No. 1, 2009.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
The Role of Cultural Tourism in the Process of Urban Regeneration
Lidija Petrić
Davorka Mikulić
Sažetak
The global economic crisis has devastated manufacturing industry and created structural unemployment problems that have been most evident in the urban environments. At the same time, an enormous population growth has forced cities to face many ecological, spatial and social problems. Therefore cities have to consider new models of development that could help them regenerate and diversify their economies. Development strategies have increasingly identified cultural and creative industries as key growth sectors in the process of urban and regional regeneration. Moreover, tourism is seen as their complementary industry in a way that it helps transforming cultural resources (e.g. culture in general) into tourism products. Culture and tourism have growingly been promoted together as part of a broader strategy of diversification of local economies.
The purpose of this article is to throw some light on and discuss the role that development of tourism and culture could play within the context of urban regeneration strategy. To this end some best practices will be discussed and recommendations related to policy measures proposed.
Ključne riječi
urbanisation; urban regeneration; tourism; culture
Hrčak ID:
43441
URI
Datum izdavanja:
18.5.2009.
Posjeta: 9.734 *