Cultural tourism and rural entrepreneurship: A case study of a Scandinavian literary festival

David W. Marcouiller, Knut Ingar Westeren · 2019 · Regional Science Policy & Practice

Summary. A Norwegian literary festival demonstrates how public-private partnerships can drive rural entrepreneurship through cultural tourism. The study shows that successful cultural tourism ventures depend on managerial expertise in creating visitor experiences and on leveraging publicly-owned cultural assets—like literary heritage—that would otherwise go underutilized. The festival model illustrates how peripheral regions can convert free cultural resources into economic opportunities.

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  title   = {Cultural tourism and rural entrepreneurship: A case study of a Scandinavian literary festival},
  author  = {David W. Marcouiller and Knut Ingar Westeren},
  journal = {Regional Science Policy & Practice},
  year    = {2019},
  doi     = {10.1111/rsp3.12200},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12200}
}

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DOI

10.1111/rsp3.12200

Countries

Norway

Regions

Europe

Categories

entrepreneurship, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation

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