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Strategies

Rethink Economics
The so-called Creative Economy seems to dismiss tourism, but it shouldn’t.

Invest in the Product
By investing in "place" conceptually and financially, towns can create an appealing tourism product.

Connect to the Public
Communities need to extend and reframe the conversation about tourism development.

 

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"The main mistake made by pro-tourist planners is that they see tourism only in traditional economic terms as a new kind of industry." - Dean MacCannell

Now Available! Civic Tourism: The Poetry & Politics of Place By Dan Shilling, Foreword by Scott Russell Sanders

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Civic Tourism Conference II
Oct. 15-18, 2008
Blackstone River Valley, RI

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Click here to watch Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano's welcome to the first Civic Tourism conference.