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Cultural and Creative tourism: the Case of 'Celebrations' in the Algarve region
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The specialised consumption of creative tourism experiences and their presence in cultural and creative events and festivals, constitute examples of reflexive tourism consumption. Following the line of research about the specialised consumption of creative tourism experiences and events, this research aims to describe and account for examples where cultural and creative events/festivals represent opportunities for participatory experiences like workshops. The author developed a systematic review using SCOPUS database, to account for creative tourism experiences present at cultural and creative events/festivals. Thirteen documents from 2003 to 2019, were chosen and analysed as they represent the confrontation between cultural and creative events/festivals and creative tourism experiences principles. Findings show that authors don´t always refer directly to creative tourism experiences in the events and festival case studies analysed. Results were organized under two perspectives the "event/festival centred approach" and "general approach" discussed in creative tourism literature such as the creative city, creative spectacles and cultural and creative capital co-creation. Nonetheless, important creative contributions for the development of creative capital present at cultural and creative events and festivals are highlighted. The recent establishment of creative tourism as a research area and the small number of papers found constitute limitations to the study. Resumo O consumo especializado de experiências de turismo criativo e a sua presença em eventos e festivais culturais e criativos constituem exemplos do consumo reflexivo do turismo. Seguindo a linha de pesquisa sobre o consumo especializado de experiências e eventos de turismo criativo, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo descrever e explicar exemplos em que eventos / festivais culturais e criativos representam oportunidades para experiências participativas, como workshops. O autor desenvolveu uma revisão sistemática usando o banco de dados SCOPUS, para explicar as experiências criativas de turismo presentes em eventos / festivais culturais e criativos. Treze documentos de 2003 a 2019 foram escolhidos e analisados, pois representam o confronto entre os princípios dos eventos / festivais culturais e criativos e experiências de turismo criativo.. Os resultados foram organizados sob duas perspectivas: "abordagem centrada em eventos / festivais" e "abordagem geral" discutidas na literatura do turismo criativo, como a cidade criativa, eventos criativos e co-criação de capital cultural e criativo. No entanto, são destacadas importantes contribuições criativas para o desenvolvimento do capital criativo presente em eventos e festivais culturais e criativos. O recente estabelecimento do turismo criativo como área de pesquisa e o pequeno número de artigos encontrados constituem limitações ao estudo. Palavras chave: turismo criativo; experiências criativas, eventos/festivais culturais e criativos; revisão sistemática.
Tourism for the 21 st Century - Proceedings of the CIT 2015 Editor: Vânia Costa – Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Copyright: © IPCA - Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave , 2015
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İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi - Istanbul Commerce University Journal of Science, 2014
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