Cultural Conversations

Presentations from this excellent conference can be found at:- http://www.vgregion.se/strategicculturaltourism

Does Cultural Tourism affect the creative industries or vice versa?  Any thoughts- some research into this is developing

Really good conference last Friday(7th May)  in Goteborg University – some excellent research being undertaken -look out for conference report on www.ectn.eu.com soon

An exiting day conference in Gothenburg on Friday May 7th – European Leanings on Strategic Cultural Tourism – University of Gothenburg  -for more information phone +46 31786 4415

The Wales Cultural Tourism Partnership

The Partnership at their meeting on the 17th of November received a presentation on the proposals for a national heritage interpretation strategy for Wales from the Heritage Department of the Welsh Assembly Government. The strategy identifies a number of pan Wales themes and interpretative principles, and will be funded in part through the Heritage Tourism Convergence Programme.The strategy will apply to both heritage monuments managed by the Heritage Department of the Welsh Assembly Government and those operated by local authorities and independent bodies who wish to participate.

The Partnership also discussed a new Food Tourism Action Plan that had been published by the Welsh Assembly Government to bring together the areas of agriculture, food processing, tourism destinations, food festivals and food outlets in order to capitalise on the economic benefits of providing visitors with a unique, high quality and distinctive food cultural experience.

The Partnership expressed a wish for Wales to host a future ECTN conference in 2011 or 2012.

This is the first posting on this blog.  The idea is to stimulate discussion on Cultural and Creative Tourism. Also it is a space where upcoming events can be advertised.