o Statement of Contribution:
1. What is the contribution to knowledge, theory, policy or practice offered by the paper?
This paper provides a state of the art review of the relationship between tourism and creativity. It brings together a wide range of sources from different fields which deal with the issue of creativity. It also charts the development of creative tourism as a new field of tourism development and research activity.
2. How does the paper offer a social science perspective / approach?
In reviewing the multidisciplinary field of creativity, many different social science perspectives on tourism and creativity are examined. The literature reviewed is drawn mainly from the social sciences, including many contributions from Annals of Tourism Research, but also from fields such as sociology, geography and urban studies.
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