Planning considerations of urban cultural tourism: A case study of four UK cities.

Abstract

Cultural tourism can be used to achieve a wide range of tourism policy goals. To reflect the diversity of both resources and tourists; planning is necessary. The aim of this research is to identify critical factors of cultural tourism planning; and group them into dimensions. The four dimensions developed are: inherent resources; created resources; marketing and partnership. Moreover; taking case study as the research method; four UK cities (London; Edinburg; Glasgow and Liverpool) with abundant experience in developing cultural tourism were selected to test the model's applicability. Finally; the data of this study is derived from literature review; document analysis and observation.