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The nexus between an art experience and creative tourism: Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art
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Lehman, KF and Reiser, D, The nexus between an art experience and creative tourism: Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art, Mondes du Tourisme, 10, (December) Article 3. ISSN 2109-5671 (2014) [Refereed Article]
Official URL: http://www.mondesdutourisme.com/
Abstract
The cultural sector is increasingly seen as a potential driver of (tourism) growth by governments, especially in peripheral
sub-regions like Tasmania where the once dominant industries have departed. This sector can be a source of local creativity,
social inclusion and an attractor of tourists. Occasionally, the creation of an iconic cultural entity serves this purpose with minimal
input of public resources. Such a case is provided with the opening of the privately owned and operated Museum of Old and New
Art (MONA) in the state of Tasmania, Australia in 2011. This article analyses the relationship between MONA and its creative
tourism experience, and the government of Tasmania. A particular focus is thereby on how those actors use the concept of a
place-based creative art experience to attract tourists with events and exhibitions. In this respect, the MONA case shows that the
concept of creative tourism is far more complex than just taking a "creative" approach. Moreover, it argues that using creative
and cultural tourism experiences for place branding strategies will only be successful if the strategies are mutually agreed upon
amongst all stakeholders. In this sense, the article stipulates a discussion on stakeholder relations in the creative tourism sector.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services |
Research Group: | Marketing |
Research Field: | Marketing theory |
Objective Division: | Economic Framework |
Objective Group: | Management and productivity |
Objective Field: | Marketing |
UTAS Author: | Lehman, KF (Dr Kim Lehman) |
ID Code: | 99952 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Deposited By: | TSBE |
Deposited On: | 2015-04-20 |
Last Modified: | 2015-08-20 |
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