Review of the theoretical underpinnings in the creative tourism research field

Carvalho, Rui Miguel Ferreira ^[1] ; Costa, Carlos Manuel Martins da ^[1] ; Ferreira, Ana Maria Alves Pedro ^[2]
1. [1] Universidade de Aveiro
  
  Universidade de Aveiro
  
  Vera Cruz, Portugal
2. [2] Universidade de Évora
  
  Universidade de Évora
  
  Senhora da Saúde, Portugal
Localización: Tourism & Management Studies, ISSN-e 2182-8466, ISSN 2182-8458, Vol. 15, Nº. Extra 1, 2019 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Special Issue on Creative Tourism), págs. 11-22
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- Despite the rising number of creative tourism publications, creative tourism is still emerging as a recent research area. Its study ranges from urban cities to rural areas implicating different uses for creativity, culture, events, creative networks and the co-creation of experiences. This paper had the goal to focus on the main theoretical subjects of creative tourism as a research area. As a result, the authors pinpoint vital issues present in creative tourism literature even though its definition is still evolving. After a thorough literature review, the authors conceptualised three main theoretical contributions present in creative tourism literature: 1) creativity and its relation to tourism, (2) specialised consumption as a characteristic of the postmodern tourist and 3) the experience economy paradigm and co-creation. This study identifies the main theoretical underpinnings of creative tourism, which made this special interest tourism gain so much importance in recent years.