It is time to view the economics of the arts through the lens of cultural tourism, a subject that has been touched on only lightly in previous literature. It links itself readily to the themes of education and community and the arts, and may present some of the most hopeful news for the support of the arts at a time when other means of paying for cultural programs are becoming scarce.

Beyond the transformative power of the arts - to shape individual lives and communities, to entertain and inspire - they are, quite simply, good for business and good for the image of New York City. Millions of visitors stream to New York City, drawn, in large measure, by the city's reputation as the cultural capital of the nation and the world. An estimated 25.5 million people visited the city in 1988 and spent a total of 9.78 billion dollars. Even at a time when so many industries face recession, tourism remains one of the city's most vigorous economic sectors.

Cultural tourism has been accepted by the museum field as a beneficial development, but many remain unaware of how best to implement plans to develop tourist audiences. This book is for them; it decribes the connections to be made and how to effect them through long-term planning. Includes listing of contact organizations in the tourism field. (Publisher catalog)

This is the first national survey to examine the participation in cultural activities by domestic tourists - of Australian travellers in their own country. The Australia Council sponsored the survey as a supplementary question to the Domestic Tourism Monitor (DTM), a continuous sample survey conducted by the Bureau of Tourism Research.

Shreveport, Louisianas cultural plan from the early 1990s outlines that citys agenda to improve civic livability and pride, boost cultural tourism, and make the city more attractive to new businesses. To create the plan, the following assessments were conducted:

Between July and September 1989 the Australia Council sponsored a supplementary survey to the International Visitor Survey (IVS) conducted by the Bureau of Tourism Research. The IVS contains two questions concerning arts participation. These questions establish the numbers of international visitors who visit art galleries/exhibitions/museums and the numbers who attend live theatre/music concerts. As part of an expenditure question, the IVS also establishes the average amount spent on entertainment.

In 1985 studies of the economic impact of tourism and associated arts developments were commissioned to assess the impacts of tourism and the arts on Merseyside and to identify the means by which the apparent potential could be realized.

In this paper, the author discusses the results of an integrated analysis of culture-tourism pilot programs conducted in five Canadian cities in 1987. The overall purpose of the research was to consolidated knowledge about how culture and tourism interact and to suggest practical implications for future endeavors in this area.

Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Cultural Economics held at the Canada Council, Ottawa, Canada, September 27-30, 1988.

Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Cultural Economics held at the Canada Council, Ottawa, Canada, September 27-30, 1988.