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. 2022 Sep:142:103013.
doi: 10.1016/j.futures.2022.103013. Epub 2022 Jul 28.

Envisioning the futures of cultural tourism

Xavier Matteucci  1 , Ko Koens  2   3   4 , Licia Calvi  3 , Simone Moretti  5
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Envisioning the futures of cultural tourism

Xavier Matteucci et al. Futures. 2022 Sep.

Abstract

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the future of tourism is a much-debated topic both in academic and non-academic circles with commentators expounding contrasting perspectives. This conceptual paper contributes to such debates and aims at envisioning plausible futures of cultural tourism, in particular. For that purpose, we first discuss cultural tourism trends and the future scenarios available in the literature. Then, we articulate three cultural tourism visions of the decades to come: a utopian, a dystopian and a heterotopian vision. Finally, we conclude that the heterotopian vision provides the most nuanced interpretation of the future of cultural tourism and we discuss the potential ramifications of such a vision.

Keywords: Cultural tourism; Dystopia; Futures; Governance; Heterotopia; Utopia.

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Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors. The contents of this paper are the sole responsibility of the authors and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the Research Executive Agency and European Commission under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme.

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Scenarios for the future of cultural tourism (Calvi et al., 2020).
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