CREATIVITY AS A TOOL FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT - Caroline Couret Expert and manager in Creative Tourism, she co-created and currently manages the Barcelona Creative Tourism program (www.barcelonacreativa.info) and the Creative Tourism Network® . (www.creativetourismnetwork.org).
She organized the I International Conference on Creative Tourism that was held in Barcelona in December 9th-10th, 2010
She is regularly invited to speak in conferences and to teach in universities over the world (please, see the list below), as well as to publish articles about creative tourism in different languages.
She is consultant for the International Creative Tourism Associate (US) and expert of the International Institute of Gastronomy Culture Arts and Tourism (IGCAT), chaired by the professor Greg Richards, author of the concept of creative tourism.
Since 2001 Caroline has been in charge of the international area of FUSIC (Fundació Societat i Cultura), from which she has been managing a wide range of projects, including the launching of the creative tourism programs, the coordination of European funds projects (Culture Program, Interreg, ), and the organization of festivals for the Barcelona City Council.
Before coming to Barcelona she lived in different countries and worked for La Casa de Velázquez (Madrid), the Festival de Cannes (France), as well as various projects in Louisiana, Mexico and Morocco.
She was born in France where she graduated in Management of Culture and Postgraduate studies in Cultural Policies.
