The increasing interest of cities competing to become European Capitals of Culture marks the transition of the City/Capital of Culture from a low-key cultural festival into a major engine for urban redevelopment. This report is the first of a planned series of studies in the cultural capitals of 2001 and later.
There is relatively little empirical research available into the effects of the cultural capital event for the city. The need for more substantial international comparative research led to the formation of the ATLAS Cultural Capital Research Group in 2000, which aims to pool knowledge and expertise on cultural capitals in different countries and to conduct research on events on a transnational basis. This project is an extension of the ATLAS Cultural Tourism Research Programme, which has conducted surveys of cultural visitors worldwide since 1991. The report provides a review of visitor research in the 2001 European Cultural Capitals of Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Porto (Portugal). It looks in particular at the socio-cultural visitor profile, their expenditure and their image of the city, laying the groundwork for qualitative research on the long-term effects of the event.
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All Europe (48 countries) Thematic scope:
Arts Management & Entrepreneurship ,Cultural Policy & Administration ,European cultural policy ,national, regional & local cultural policies
LabforCulture is a partner initiative of the European Cultural Foundation. LabforCulture is grateful for the support provided by its funders.
