I realise that this is an old thread... I'm trying to catch up! Our University Library holds the following items on cultural tourism. The term has been current here in Australia since about 1987, and has not yet fallen out of favour to describe the special-interest (cultural) programs which can either be booked in groups, or undertaken in a less structured way. Museums are commonly regarded as a logical DESTINATION for the "cultural tourist" - so, here in Oz, museum people try to stay connected with the CT market. There's a "Cultural Tourism Industry Group" here in Melbourne. It is holding a day-long conference on the subject, in partnership with the local branch of Museums Australia (the professional association), on 11 October. ********* TITLE Cultural tourism : making it work : planning and marketing for cultural tourism, papers from a seminar held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 18-19 March 1991 / edited by Suzanne Davidson. PUBLISHED [Sydney] : Museums Association of Australia (N.S.W.) and Museums Studies Unit, University of Sydney assisted by NAITC, c1991. PHYS DESCR iv, 53 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. NOTES Available from Museums Association of Australia, c/- Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Harris St, Ultimo NSW 2007. Includes bibliographies. SUBJECT Tourist trade --Australia --Marketing --Congresses. Tourist trade --Australia --Planning --Congresses. ********** Record 2 of 3 AUTHOR Brokensha, Peter. TITLE Cultural tourism in Australia : a report on cultural tourism / by Peter Brokensha and Hans Guldberg. PUBLISHED Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1992. PHYS DESCR vi, 226 p. ; 30 cm. NOTES AGPS cat. no. 921088X. "A study commissioned by the Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories, June 1992."--t.p. ********** AUTHOR DAVIES, BRIAN. TITLE CULTURAL TOURISM AND RESOURCES. THE STATE OF THE ART OF MEASURING THE PUBLIC GOOD. (no further details in the library catalogue! ********** MARGARET BIRTLEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Phone + 61 3 9244 7353 (BH) Fax + 61 3 9244 7480 Email [log in to unmask] Postal Museum Studies Unit Deakin University, Rusden 662 Blackburn Road CLAYTON VIC 3168 Australia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -