ICTA has been created to advise cities, states, provinces and countries on the application of Creative Tourism as an effective economic and community development tool. Specifically ICTA will consult with private and public sector tourism, community development and economic development organizations which are seeking...

Caroline Couret was born in France where she graduated with a degree in Management of Culture and carried out postgraduate studies in Cultural Policies, investigating the French Culture International Network. She collaborated with festival organizations including Festival International de Cinéma de Cannes and Festival de...

Greg Richards is Professor of Leisure Studies at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. He has conducted extensive research on cultural and creative tourism over the past 20 years, producing major texts on Cultural Tourism in Europe (1996); Cultural Attractions and European Tourism (2001); Tourism and Gastronomy (2002); The...

Crispin, together with Greg Richards, originated and defined the term ‘Creative Tourism’ in 2000 and have been collaborating on its development ever since. Having migrated to New Zealand, Crispin launched Creative Tourism New Zealand in 2003. Today he has a wealth of practical experience of the challenges of developing...

An internationally recognized leader in the emerging field of Creative Cities and Creative Tourism and Founding Director of International Creative Tourism Associates, Rebecca Wurzburger, Ph.D, is City Councilor and Mayor Pro-Tem of the City of Santa Fe.  During her seven years on the Council she has played a primary...

Masayuki Sasaki is currently a Professor of Graduate School for Creative Cities at Osaka City University in Japan and an internationally recognized leader in the emerging field of Creative Cities and Creative Tourism. He received his PhD in Economics from the Graduate School of Economics at Kyoto University, his BS in Economics...