This paper examines event tourism as a field of study and area of professional practice
updating the previous review article published in 2008. In this substantially extended review …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to identify and examine emerging trends in event and
festival research and also in the themes and topics being studied in this area …

The nature and scope of festival studies is examined by compiling and analyzing a large-
scale literature review of 423 research articles published in the English-language scholarly …

Trust and power between actors are two central concepts in social exchanges. Yet, studies
investigating residents' support for tourism using the social exchange theory have failed to …

Time poverty is the concept that individuals do not have enough discretionary time–the time
available after engaging in necessary activities like sleep and in the committed activities of …

The number of aid organisations, NGOs and government agencies pursuing the Millennium
Development Goals and seeking to improve the everyday needs and social life of …

In this study, a model for measuring impacts of a tourist event from sustainability
perspectives and in a common monetary metric is developed. The aim is to achieve …

Tourism researchers have recently begun to examine in detail the connections between
tourism development and destination community well-being. To date though there has been …

Population health promotion and preventing disease remain important global policy goals.
Because of the complex nature of health, and the recognition of the limits of individual …

Events and festivals are key elements of the tourism product in many destinations (Getz and
Page, 2016). The ability of festivals and events to attract visitors to a host region, and to …