Social, economic, and environmental context, generally linked to a territory, that contributes positively to generating and consolidating innovative tourism initiatives from which, in turn, they benefit positively. This ecosystem includes a solid relational social capital, a highly qualified population, a mature democratic and participatory culture, and adequate regulation (legislation) to promote sustainable tourism and participatory governance.
Published in Chapter:
Social Innovation and Cultural Tourism: A Review of Co-Creation Strategies for Sustainable Tourism
Maria D. Pitarch-Garrido (University of Valencia, Spain)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9217-5.ch001
Abstract
The main objective of this chapter is to explain and understand how the enhancement of culture for the development of tourism is approached through processes of social innovation as a new form of social action that is capable of transforming the frameworks of action and proposing new formulas for the development of cultural tourist destinations. Initiatives classified as social innovation are characterised by mobilising local and external resources to change the logic of collective action and provide new responses to common problems. It is based on citizen participation, shared leadership, co-creation of knowledge, initiatives, and policies. Cultural heritage is understood in this way as linked to the society that generated it, maintains it, and gives it its own identity. The tourist using this heritage must favour its conservation and sustainability. This chapter aims to review the literature concerning social innovation in tourism and good practices in order to generate a theoretical basis so that the social innovation processes already validated can be replicated in other countries.