Mid-summer in the northern hemisphere is traditionally a time for trivial news stories to entertain us as we take a bit of a break from the ‘real’ world – the so-called ‘silly season’. Because a lot of us are on holiday, much of the content also focusses on tourism. Journalists suddenly call tourism and leisure academics asking questions like ‘why do people go on holiday?’ or ‘what is the optimal amount of time to be on holiday?’ or ‘what is the size of the stag and hen party

In a recent paper published as part of the Crocus Project we highlighted the changing rhetoric about borders in Europe. In the light of subsequent events in Ceuta and the use of these to inflame populist sentiments about migration, it seems that the dangers we flagged up regarding ‘re-bordering’ in Europe are becoming all too real. After a long period of de-bordering following the Schengen agreement 40 years ago, there are now growing signs of European re-bordering in respons

The latest initiative by Thailand to develop creative tourism has seen Bangkok team up with Airbnb to produce the “first-ever Creative...

After Covid many places hoped that a new form of tourism would emerge, with more domestic visitors, more sustainable travel and less...

A popularised version of the paper by Annelli Douglas, Gijsbert Hoogendoorn and Greg Richards on Millennial creative tourism experiences...

The BBC4 documentary Close to Vermeer follows the development of the most successful blockbuster exhibition ever staged at the...

The Tate Modern art museum in London is one of the world’s most popular cultural tourism attractions, with 5.5 million visits a year. The...

Street art seems to be everywhere these days. Not just in the grimy back streets of major cities the world over, but increasingly in...

Some museums will literally ‘turn themselves inside out’ in an attempt to attract visitors and media attention. The most spectacular...

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has just announced a ‘first and last’ exhibition of all the paintings by the Dutch master Vermeer for 2023....

Museums have always formed the backbone of cultural tourism, and the last 30 years have seen a flood of new museums and expansions in...

Originally published on the Edward Elgar Blog By Greg Richards[i] Culture is an almost compulsory element of the tourist experience in...

Recent decades have seen a steady extension of the meaning and content of heritage. Heritage no longer needs to be old, or tangible or of...