Creative Tourism Pattern Based on Culture-Led Urban Regeneration Approach with an Emphasis on the Idea of a Creative City Case study: The Historical Fabric of the Creative City of Sanandaj

The purpose of this research wad to simultaneously reserve and develop through a dynamic cycle of interactions between the culture-led regeneration approach, the idea of a creative city, and creative tourism. Therefore, the factors affecting the creative tourism Pattern have been identified based on the opinion of experts in the field of urban studies, urbanism, and urban planning in the creative city of Sanandaj. The statistical population of this research consisted of 200 specialists, 50 people from academics, Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, and Cultural Heritage and Municipality with full knowledge of the historical Fabric of the creative city of Sanandaj. In-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted. Finally, 15 people were interviewed. In the first phase of the qualitative method, themes and categories affecting the culture-led urban regeneration approach were identified using the thematic analysis method, desired interviews, and MAXQDA12 software. In the second phase, the identified factors were evaluated and screened using Delphi technique in EXCEL2016 software. Then, a questionnaire with a Likert scale was prepared and distributed among 200 experts in the field of study, and 180 questionnaires were reviewable. The collected data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis technique in LISREL8 software. According to the results, the creative tourism pattern can cause the growth of the creative economy and enable the participation of tourists and residents by using cultural focus on the potential of creative processes in the historical fabric