Includes bibliographical references and index.

Towards a research agenda for creative tourism: developments, diversity, and dynamics -- Nurturing the creative tourist in Malaysia -- The role of authenticity in rural creative tourism -- The value of experience in culture and tourism: the power of emotions -- Creative tourism in creative outposts -- Stories of design, snow, and silence: creative tourism landscape in Lapland -- Coffee tourism as creative tourism: implications from Gangneung's experiences -- Montréal: a creative tourism destination? -- Creative tourism in Santa Fe, New Mexico -- Local impacts of creative tourism initiatives -- The development of creative tourism in rural areas of Russia: issues of entrepreneurial ability, cooperation, and social inclusion -- Creative tourist regions as a basis for public policy -- Good and not-so-good practices in creative tourism networks and platforms: an international review -- Towards a research agenda in creative tourism: a synthesis of suggested future research trajectories.

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Original and thought-provoking, this book investigates how creative experiences, interactions, and place-specific dynamics and contexts are shaping the expanding field of creative tourism across the globe. Exploring the evolution of research in this field, the authors investigate pathways for future research that advance conceptual questions and pragmatic issues. Bringing together an array of international perspectives and research approaches, this book investigates the growing synergies between creativity and tourism.