You are invited to the City of Santa Fe's second Global Conversation on Creative Tourism! Thursday June 28, 2012 USA: 7:00 a.m MDT / Europe: 3:00 p.m. CET
“Creative Tourism is tourism directed toward an engaged and authentic experience, with participative learning in the arts, heritage or special character of a place.” Since the 2008 UNESCO International Conference on Creative Tourism, Santa Fe has been actively engaged in monitoring the evolution of creative tourism internationally and in building an infrastructure for gleaning the economic benefits of creative tourism. This Webinar will continue the conversation begun in 2008. Invited participants include speakers and attendees from the 2008 Conference as well as representatives of cities and countries which currently offer creative tourism experiences. Specifically our goal is to identify best practices in creative tourism that have enhanced local economies. Our focus will be on what’s been happening in creative tourism worldwide and what results have been produce A conversation with: Professor Greg Richards Co-originator of the creative tourism concept Professor of Leisure Studies at the University of Tilburg Netherlands (info) Councilor Rebecca Wurzburger Mayor Pro Tem – City of Santa Fe Initiator of the Santa Fe UNESCO Creative Cities Network appointment & 2008 Santa Fe International Conference on Creative Tourism (info) Sabrina Pratt Executive Director Santa Fe Arts Commission (info) Caroline Couret Cofounder and manager of the Creative Tourism Network Director of the Barcelona Creative Tourism program (info) Brent Hanifl Creative Tourism Consultant for the City of Santa Fe (info) www.creativewebinar.org