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2^nd Cultural Routes Academic Workshop,
7 December 2023, Online

The European Institute of Cultural Routes, in cooperation with the University Network for Cultural Routes Studies, held its second Academic Workshop online on Thursday 7^th December 2023.

The workshop brought together almost 300 scholars, researchers, students and other participants from Europe and beyond to exchange and share their research outcomes in the field of Cultural Routes studies.

Find the full Programme here

The event welcomed theoretical perspectives, state of the art research reports, case studies and policy evaluations relating to all aspects of cultural routes. 

Research presentations focused on Cultural Routes, including the following themes:

• Cultural heritage (preservation, enhancement, interpretation, management, etc.)

• Tourism (cultural tourism, sustainable tourism, slow tourism, tourism indicators and measurement, emerging trends, etc.)

• Community participation (local communities’ engagement, grass-roots projects, ownership of heritage, etc.)

• Local development (sustainable development, heritage and tourism as engines for development, etc.)

• Emerging trends in the cultural, heritage and tourism sectors (use of virtual reality and digital technologies, creativity and resilience, funding and finance for post-Covid recovery, etc.)