COMMUNITY-BASED CREATIVE TOURISM

Abstract

            This is a literature review about literature and research that present the concept of  “Community-based Creative Tourism” which related tourists’ behaviors have changed to promote quality tourism. Social and environmental responsibility and culture and tradition conservation are getting more popular and inclined to replace the quantitative tourism. Such alternative tourism as community tourism has played an important role in promoting and balancing the economy, society, and culture of the community. The local people have gained more participation in the processes of management, activity implementation, planning, and decision making in order to uphold their pride. Tourism innovations are employed to organize creative activities, accordingly creating a new form of tourism, which is unique to each community where creativity lies in place, activity, and tourism process. More attention is paid to culture, environment impact, and community sustainability. Knowledge is exchanged and positive reaction is provoked through experiences of the tourists visiting the local sites.