A literature review on the role of cultural capital in creative tourism

Abstract

Tourism literature mentions creative tourism as a special interest tourism allowing a wider participation of the tourist near local communities and their tangible and intangible cultural assets in opposition to traditional massive cultural tourism. The creative tourist has the opportunity to engage in meaningful experiences mainly through the act of cocreation. In the experience economy where experiences gain relevance in relation to services, some authors mention the development of several types of capital by different groups like supply managers, local communities and creative tourists. This is relevant to the study of tourism because various social groups mentioned above are gaining importance in the organization of supply and demand. A systematic review was used as methodology to analyze how cultural capital theory is being used in creative tourism. Findings showed that only few researches have applied capital theory to creative tourism and much more research is needed.