Table of Contents
Data Sources
Overview
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- The literary link
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- Figure 1: Some popular destinations associated with literary figures, 2011
Global Literary Destinations
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- Africa
- Kenya
- Asia
- Japan
- Australasia
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Europe
- France
- Italy
- UK
- North America’s Shakespeare connection
- North America
- Key West, Florida
- New York City
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- Figure 2: Domestic and international visitors to New York City & direct tourism spend, 2006-10
- South America
Literature and Creative Tourism
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- UNESCO’s Cities of Literature
- Edinburgh
- Melbourne
- Iowa City
- Dublin
- Reykjavik
Literary Tours
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- Literary tour operators
- Classical Pursuits, Toronto
- Cunard Line
- The Word Travels, Dorset
- City walking tours
- Dublin Literary Pub Crawl
- The Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour
- London Discovery Tours
Literary Festivals
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- International
- UK
- The Bath Literature Festival
- The Hay Festival
- The Wigtown Book Festival
- Other leading UK literary festivals
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- Figure 3: Selection of 10 literary festivals in the UK, 2011
- Festival attendance figures
Book Fairs
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- The Frankfurt Book Fair
- The London Book Fair
- Antiquarian book fairs
- BookExpo America
- New York Book Week
Who are the Literary Tourists?
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- Figure 4: Random sample of 10 countries where English is an official language, showing population size and literacy rates, 2011
- Literary tourism and the ageing population
- Europe
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- Figure 5: Projected percentages for the over-65 population in key European source markets for literary tourism, showing estimates at 5-year intervals, 2010-30
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- Figure 6: Projected population figures for EU-27 countries, in key European source markets for literary tourists, showing estimates at 5-year intervals, 2010-30
- North America
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- Figure 7: Projected figures for the US population, showing estimates at 5-year intervals, by age group, 2010-30*
- Discovering literary tourism
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Is Technology Killing Literature?
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- The digital revolution
- Young readers spread the word
- E-book readers travel light
- Book worms remain loyal to print
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- Figure 8: Attitudes towards buying/reading books, expressed as a percentage of the total*, December 2010
- Bookshop tourism
What Next?
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- What does the future hold?
- Festivals need to branch out
- Collaborating holds promise
- Cultural/tourism overlap
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