It involves ‘more interaction, in which the visitor has an educational, emotional, social, and participative interaction with the place, its living culture, and the people who live there’ (Ibid).
Creative tourists develop their creative potential, and get closer to people, by actively participating in workshops and learning experiences that draw on the culture of their holiday destinations (Raymond, 2003:1).
It should, therefore, be an even more refined, specialized market sub-niche within cultural tourism, which corresponds with the postmodern concept of tourism since it promotes experience activities.
From the tourist perspective, it certainly adds to one's experience if one is directly involved in the destination's cultural activities.
Still, how far can the development of creative tourism go?
Experience shows many local traditions have been changed to meet the visitors' expectations and this has led to the invention of tradition or fabrication of authenticity (Jelinčić, 2010:47-48); besides, modern experiences of tourism development show animosities of locals towards tourists, since they practically intrude in their everyday lives.
Hence, should tourist participatory activities be avoided or even banned if they change or intrude in the local culture? Or would it mean violating Article 8 of the World Trade Organization's Global Code for Ethics in Tourism Principles which stands for the liberty of tourist movement (2001)?
Excluding the possibility of tourists' participation in local cultural activities could be treated as such although it enables a perfect tourist experience.
So where is the limit?