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ture year in 2008, the DCMS is now looking to replicate this acplishment by launching a UK City of Culture tribute to be awarded every four years in an attempt to deliver the same level of economic, social and physical impacts. Whilst there have been some initial criticisms levelled at this new cultural petition there is little doubt that the winning city will be very much in the spotlight in 2013. This heightened profile coupled with significant cultural investment will inevitably lead to an increase in cultural visitors. Historically cited as the best example of cultureled tourism in the UK is the transformation of Glasgow, following its designation as the European City of Culture in 1990. There is a wealth of evidence which argues that Glasgow’s Cultural Capital reign marked a successful renaissance in its national and international profile. This focused predominantly on the city’s ability to use a major cultural accolade as a catalyst for image change, which resulted in a dramatic growth in leisure and business tourism.Finally, to all UK cities not in line to bee UK City of Culture in 2013, the 2017 petition is only four years away. Planning needs to start now! 。 to support economic, social and physical regeneration. Collectively, these four cultural tourism objectives are interrelated in terms of their contribution to economic growth – the socalled visitor economy Holy Grail. This is consistent with the views of authors such as Paddison and Miles who claimed in their edited text on CultureLed Urban Regeneration that: 39。 for image creation Casual cultural tourist – cultural tourism is a weak travel motivation and the resulting cultural experience is shallow. Incidental cultural tourist – the tourist does not travel for cultural reasons, but does engage in some cultural activities and has shallow experiences. Culture and tourismled regenerationAs an essential ponent of the tourism system, destinations nowadays incorporate a greater cultural content in the development of their tourism offer in order to attain petitive advantage. Urban destinations and cities in particular, use their historicallystrong cultural infrastructures in the following ways: a specific destination but the experience is less deep. Purposeful cultural tourist – cultural tourism is the primary motivation for visiting a specific destination and the tourist seeks a very deep experience. engage in oth