This paper evaluates a programme of audience development in classical chamber music in order to identify the characteristics of effective audience development techniques. A total of 1848 responses were elicited from chamber music attendees at the Music in the Round's (MitR) (UK's foremost promoter...

This issue presents four selected papers from the title conference, whose main focus was to examine the links among tourism, culture, and the creative industries and how such connections can contribute to a destination's development. The first paper focuses on arts-based community tourism...

This special issue acknowledges the multi-faceted and dynamic nature of events and festivals as research areas. The eight articles give some indication of this, located as they are in very different performance contexts and each offering analysis and interpretation of different trends and issues...

In this paper I provide a critical discussion of gender intersectionality and its relevance for sustainability in tourism, focusing on the intersection between gender and race. I argue that Black women in tourism suffer from a double negation caused by both sexism and racism, but this has received...

Pride Toronto is one of Canada's biggest festivals, drawing in over 1 million people. This festival attempted to become the greenest festival in Canada by achieving zero waste and carbon neutrality by 2015. Despite specific goals, funding, and expertise along with a carbon, waste, and benchmark...

This book recognizes that while tourism research has undoubtedly penetrated and gone beyond a number of knowledge frontiers, frontiers are never static, but are constantly shifting and changing in the context of a dynamic environment. This book therefore acknowledges the imperative for continuous...

Ample attention is paid to the role of arts and culture in community and economic development. However, much less attention is given to its role at the neighborhood area, as well as relationships to local or community tourism. Our goal in this article is to explore how arts and the creative...

This paper examines the response of fan communities to internet distribution of tickets for live music events and its impact on brand positioning, perception of service quality and fit with loyal customer expectations. A case study of the ticket pre-sale for the USA leg of the Depeche Mode 2005-06...

As cultural artifacts, souvenirs can serve as mementos of place for the purchasers. Shopping for a souvenir is a cruise tourism activity, both on board and during port calls. Tourists like to take home a reminder of their trip and portray different shopping behaviors when they are away from home....