RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Cultural and Creative tourism in Portugal T2 Turismo cultural y creativo en Portugal A1 Carvalho, Rui A1 Ferreira, Ana Maria A1 Figueira, Luís Mota K1 Turismo cultural y turismo creativo K1 evento cultural K1 Regeneración Urbana K1 MED Festival K1 Algarve AB A new paradigm in the tourism industry is changing the meaning of culture and its use in promoting several touristic products/experiences and destinations. The questions we want to answer are the following: How can creative tourism be important in a destination and what are its implications in its organization? Methodology was based on the bibliographic review related to the object of study, data and content analysis, “snowball sampling” technique, surveys and participant observation technique. This paper analyzes how the event MED Festival in Loulé, Algarve has improved local economy, solved urban problems in the historical center (venue of the event) and helped to differentiate touristic supply in themature touristic destination in the Algarve, Portugal. PB Universidad de La Laguna. Servicio de Publicaciones SN 1695-7121 YR 2016 FD 2016 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/11278 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/11278 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 27-dic-2024