Promoting and Financing Cultural Tourism in Europe through European Capitals of Culture: A Case Study of Košice, European Capital of Culture 2013

Miriam Šebová (), Oto Hudec Peter Džupka and Nataša Urbancíková
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Miriam Šebová: The Economic Faculty Technical University of Košice
Oto Hudec Peter Džupka: The Economic Faculty Technical University of Košice

The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, 2014, vol. 16, issue 36, 655

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.

Keywords: Cultural tourism; European Capital of cultural; urban regeneration; city development; financing of cultural tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O18 R1 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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