Cultural Tourism Routes as Incubators for Innovation and Economic Diversification: A Potential Analysis in the Framework of the New Silk Road Initiative in Azerbaijan

Schuhbert Arne (), Thees Hannes (), Herbold Valentin (), Weinreiter Johanna () and Kantsperger Markus ()
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Schuhbert Arne: Chair of Tourism/Center for EntrepreneurshipCatholic University Eichstaett-IngolstadtPater-Philip-Jeningen Platz 2D-85072 EichstättTel. +49 176 354 325 36EichstättGermany
Thees Hannes: Chair of Tourism/Center for EntrepreneurshipCatholic University Eichstaett-IngolstadtPater-Philip-Jeningen Platz 2D-85072 EichstättTel. +49 176 354 325 36EichstättGermany
Herbold Valentin: Chair of Tourism/Center for EntrepreneurshipCatholic University Eichstaett-IngolstadtPater-Philip-Jeningen Platz 2D-85072 EichstättTel. +49 176 354 325 36EichstättGermany
Weinreiter Johanna: Chair of Tourism/Center for EntrepreneurshipCatholic University Eichstaett-IngolstadtPater-Philip-Jeningen Platz 2D-85072 EichstättTel. +49 176 354 325 36EichstättGermany
Kantsperger Markus: Chair of Tourism/Center for EntrepreneurshipCatholic University Eichstaett-IngolstadtPater-Philip-Jeningen Platz 2D-85072 EichstättTel. +49 176 354 325 36EichstättGermany

ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2020, vol. 64, issue 4, 211-232

Abstract: Cultural routes are today a widespread phenomenon throughout the Industrialized Countries (IC) and have become more and more prominent as a tool for tourism development in recent years (Flognfeldt, 2005:37; Meyer, 2004:5). For countries in the Southern Caucasus, who profit from their bridging position between Europe and Asia, the planned revival of the Ancient Silk Road (ASR) in form of the New Silk Road (NSR) offers substantial potentials for economic diversification by means of tourism as a catalyzing industry. On the case of Azerbaijan, this study analyzes the potential to trigger regional economic diversification within the existing national destination-system in a framework of route development. To this end, the methodological approach builds upon a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods to diagnose the current degree of cluster maturity in the system, following the question of how Azerbaijan as a system of regional destination can access the transnational route system of the NSR.

Keywords: New Silk Road; Cultural Tourist Roads; Southern Caucasus; Regional Economic Diversification; Destination Systems; Cluster Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2019-0021

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