Post Subject: Strategic urban governance framework for cultural tourism
This deliverable presents the preliminary version of the final strategic urban governance framework for cultural tourism. This document aims at facilitating cultural tourism procedures (strategy, implementation, evelopment, monitoring) in small-and-medium sized towns in Europe.
This framework draws on the results of the whole project. It presents three years of work of 13 partner institutions in condensed version. It tries to be as practical as possible because it is aimed at local authorities
You can find and download the deliverable, D25, on the website, in the part "deliverables" in the menu on the left. You do not need to read the whole document but have a look at it and deepen some sections that interest you.
The research team in charge of this report would like to collect your comments upon the introduction and sections that interest you. Thanks in advance for asnwering the questions hereunder.
1) Do you find the document practical? If yes, please indicate what you like most. If not, please indicate what you would change ?
2) Do you find the document well-balanced? do you think some sections should be more or less developed or changed in any way, and why ?
3) Do you like the format? Any remarks ?
4) Do you have any suggestion of best practices, examples, links or illustrations for the different sections ?
5) Do you have any suggestions for dissemination ?
Post Subject: Brakes and difficulties faced by small and medium sized cities in the
Cultural Routes Cases
This deliverable deals with the impacts of the Cultural Routes for the small and mid towns.STRONG>
The research team in charge of this report would like to collect your comments upon the introduction and sections that interest you. Thanks in advance for asnwering the questions hereunder.
1. Does your city belong to a European or transnational cultural and/ or tourism network (cultural route or other, please specify the name of this network) ?
2. Within the advantages of participation listed in the preliminary findings of this deliverable, which one(s) are, in your opinion, the most relevant (for your city AND in general)?
3. Within the difficulties faced by small and mid-sized cities listed in the preliminary findings of this deliverable, which ones(s) are, in your opinion, the most relevant (for your city AND in general)?
4. Does the document provide a good preliminary overview of the opportunities and challenges faced by small and mid-sized cities in maximizing the benefits from participation to transnational cultural tourism networks ?
5. Are some important aspects missing in the document that should be addressed in its final version?
Post Subject: Consolidated draft of the Cultural Tourism Impact Assessment Procedure
This document is the chapter 4 for the final guide. It describes the whole procedure for a sustainable tourism in small and medium towns. It is the most important document for the PICTURE’ team research, and for the European Commission. So it is with a very real pleasure that we wait for your comments and expectation.
1 Please, could you tell us if the procedure is clear and available?
If not could you tell us why?
Do you have some examples about the different steps of the procedure that could be giving to illustrate and complete the report?
Attached document: CTIA english.pdf (Click on the link to view attached file).
Post Subject: Consolidated draft of the Cultural Tourism Impact Assessment Procedure
1. Does your city belong to a European or transnational cultural and/ or tourism network (cultural route or other, please specify the name of this network) ?
1. OWHC (Organsiation of World Heirtage Cities)
2. UNESCO Welterbestätten Deutschland e.v.
3. Burgenstraße
4. Porzelanstraße
2. Within the advantages of participation listed in the preliminary findings of this deliverable, which one(s) are, in your opinion, the most relevant (for your city AND in general)?
exchange, best practice examples, shared projects, shared research projects
3. Within the difficulties faced by small and mid-sized cities listed in the preliminary findings of this deliverable, which ones(s) are, in your opinion, the most relevant (for your city AND in general)?
monetary issues, concentration on marketing rather than exchange
4. Does the document provide a good preliminary overview of the opportunities and challenges faced by small and mid-sized cities in maximizing the benefits from participation to transnational cultural tourism networks ?
yes
5. Are some important aspects missing in the document that should be addressed in its final version?
How to develop an evaluation strategy for Tourism and cultural routes! How to bring more exchange in existing networks! How to increase the exchange in beetween european cultural routes!
1. Increased pressure: I would add the aspects of increased competition among cities and destiantions and the rising amout of public funding for tourism activities.
What has been done so far: You could add:
Manila Declaration on the Social Impacts of World Tourism (UNWTO, 1980) [also here]
The Tourist Code and Tourism Bill of Rights (UNWTO, 1985)
The Hague Declaration on Tourism (UNWTO, 1989)
Lanzarote Charter on Sustainable Tourism (1995)
Agenda 21 for the Travel and Tourism Industry (1996)
Charter on Cultural Tourism (1999) [Managing Places of Heritage Significance]
Responsible Tourist and Traveller Guide (UNWTO, 2005)
2.2. Assessing impacts: I would add: better focus on structures, organisational forms, etc.
2.4. Conclusion...
Gathering Information; Objectives: I would add: local structures, human resources and funding
2.3. Sceening, Characteristics of the effects and of the area that are likely to be affected: I would add: functional change (touristic functions are replacing functions for locals)
2.4. Scoping: The programme has to identify: I would add: scientific research/expertise that is needed
General comment:
I would not only concentrat on a Enivormental Assesment that could be needed but also on aother impacts: e.g. effects on the World Heritage Convention or local preservation laws!
I find the ecamples that are given not very helpful. The process seems not very clear to me. It would be much more helpful to give one example where the whole Tourism Impact Assessment Procedure was carried out. From planing to results including further monitoring with all involved databases, methods, stakeholders etc.
As far as the procedure as a whole is concerned, it seems clear and very
detailed. The only thing that seems not mentioned is the consideration of
the economic situation of the city trying to develop cultural tourism, that
is the costs the city has to face to implement tourism as well as the
consideration of possible partners to involve in order to share the
expenditure/budget necessary.
I consider the document very well structured with a completed summary of all the guidelines to implant cultural tourism strategies. Every city can adapt it at its owns resources and possibilities.
The cultural tourism is a phenomenon that are increasing its importance in the world The impact of tourism in the urban economies and cultures is evident, and it needs a certain control in order to not affect negatively on the society who receive tourists.
The programme PICTURE is an opportunity to analyse and study strategies for developing cultural tourism in European emerging tourist areas. Working together with other cities of the same characteristics than us, will be an opportunity to learn how to develop new cultural destinations and to improve the skills of local administration to control the impacts of tourism on the local culture.
Thank you for the copy of the reports Brakes & Difficulties faced by small and medium sized Cities in the view of developing European cultural networks and the Consolidated Draft of the Cultural Tourism Impact Assessment Procedure
The documents very well structured with a completed summary of all the guidelines for cultural tourism strategies – they provide a good benchmark for cities to make comparison.
The PICTURE project has provided an opportunity to analyse and study strategies for developing cultural tourism in European cities and particularly for those cities & countries that are joining the EU. Newworking with other similar cities will provided an opportunity to learn how to develop new cultural destinations & quarters in cities and also to help city councils control the impacts of tourism on the local culture.
The economic benefits and cost of developing cultural tourism should be researched in the future or included if the information is available. Perhaps this is work for the future.
Overall very useful reports for end users – thank you.
