INTEGRATE AND CREATE
Interactive forms of community-based tourism in the Walled City of Lahore are not merely about purchasing traditional crafts from artisans. The act of buying an ethnic token of memory, in the form of a well-crafted souvenir, is not a wholesome cultural experience – the essence of these crafts does not lie clearly in the resulting object. It rests in the cultural practice of creation itself. Experiencing cultural tourism is also not about watching artisans create masterpieces, displaying their process and lifestyle like an artifact in a museum. It is about participating in integration with the community and embarking on a creative journey in innovative craft-design workshops – weaving connections with the people.
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