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The present study extends knowledge on creative tourism in rural areas. It was unclear from previous research how features of creative tourism, such as risk of commodification, play out in rural areas of developing countries. The study built on theoretical overlaps which suggest that creative tourism may improve the potential of community-based tourism. Literature suggested that creative tourism may address three issues plaguing community-based tourism: (1) lack of financial resources could be circumvented with intangible heritage; (2) loss of cultural identity could be reversed by sparking interest for culture; (3) power relations between hosts and guests could be rebalanced by repositioning locals from servant to teacher. These theoretical overlaps were explored in the context of five Balinese villages using a microethnographic approach with participant observations and expert interviews. Findings from this study partly confirm and extend the theoretical synergies. Furthermore, a new synergy, increasing enthusiasm for intercultural exchange, and one negative interaction, intangibility as a differentiator, were found. Findings also revealed conditions for success in developing creative tourism in a community-based tourism context. In sum, we contribute the conclusion that creative tourism in rural areas is promising under certain conditions.

Año de publicación
2018
Revista académica
Current Issues in Tourism
Volumen
21
Número
11
Número de páginas
1285-1311
Publisher: Routledge
Idioma de edición
English
Numero ISSN
13683500 (ISSN)
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85026867840&doi=10.1080%2f13683500.2017.1358701&partnerID=40&md5=d08a22a22e5bd7a9684ba26c40b1de87
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10.1080/13683500.2017.1358701
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