...Xavier Matteucci; Sophie Gräf Purpose Research has revealed authenticity and intimacy as inherent and important qualities of many tourism spaces. Intimacy, in particular, has received little attention in creative tourism studies. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the ways in which tourists...

...; hence, attention has been paid to creative tourism as an economically viable alternative (Dadvar-Khani, 2012). Moreover, there are several infrastructural problems such as educational levels of locals, transportation, accommodation and supporting services which makes it difficult to meet the needs...