What is it about?
In recent years cultural tourists have started to be interested in activities mostly related to experiences, interacting with producers and being part of the daily life of residents, all of which has led to the development of creative tourism.
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Why is it important?
Historically, the city of Oaxaca, Mexico, had a multicultural and creative background and these new visitors have seen how the local offer has increased rapidly following this trend. From an urban perspective, the objective of the research is to assess if creative activities have consolidated a creative neighborhood, and if this area differs from the consolidated area for cultural tourists.
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In order to achieve this goal, the distribution of traditional cultural tourism related activities and new creative attractions has been analyzed, showing two trends: on one hand there is an overconcentration on the previously consolidated tourist area, but on the other hand there is an extension of the area visited by tourists thanks to their increasing interest on searching the “authentic” and “alternative”.
Dr. Daniel Barrera-Fernández
Universidad de Sevilla
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This page is a summary of: From cultural to creative tourism: urban and social perspectives from Oaxaca, México, Revista de Turismo Contemporâneo, August 2017, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN,
DOI: 10.21680/2357-8211.2017v5n0id12600.
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