Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/168849 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Citation: 
[Journal:] Amfiteatru Economic Journal [ISSN:] 2247-9104 [Volume:] 16 [Issue:] 36 [Publisher:] The Bucharest University of Economic Studies [Place:] Bucharest [Year:] 2014 [Pages:] 655-671
Publisher: 
The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest
Abstract: 
The paper highlights the link between the European Capital of Culture (ECoC) designation and the development of cultural tourism in Europe. Cultural tourism is the fastest growing segment of tourism in the world and is the desirable objective of new defined cultural policies in European cities. According to the European Commission (2012), it is estimated that cultural tourism accounts for around 40% of all European tourism. In general, the European Commission confirms the significant role of cultural tourism in the development of tourism in Europe and one of the most visible tools of this strategy is the designation of the ECoC. Cultural policy has also become an important tool of urban regeneration and in the rebranding of European cities.
Subjects: 
Cultural tourism
European Capital of cultural
urban regeneration
city development
financing of cultural tourism
JEL: 
R1
R58
O18
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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