In Bali, Indonesia, dance performances are visible manifestations of Balinese-Hindu culture and religious and political beliefs. As expressions of a living culture, dance performances are dynamic and open to interpretation and therefore change through time. Since the dances constitute the main...

This paper examines a popular cultural phenomenon originating in Korea which has assumed significance across Asia and beyond. This 'Korean wave' or Hallyu includes the circulation and consumption of Korean popular television dramas. An exploratory case study approach is presented to provide...

In an effort to humanize the issues surrounding mass incarceration, and to foster empathy in historic site visitors, Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site launched a pilot tour program that hired formerly incarcerated people to give tours of the building. These 15-minute tours allowed visitors...

Over the past 10 years, there have been major shifts in the assumptions behind UK museum policy and interpretation. The museums tend to become indistinguishable from other entertainment/welfare institutions stemming from two trends: ideology of the economic right and of the cultural left. The...

This special issue on festival tourism consists of 5 papers in addition to an introduction. Topics covered include: cross-cultural research issues in developing international tourism markets for cultural events; tourist characteristics and their interest in attending festivals and events;...

The impact of visitors on Himalayan masked dance festivals is assessed. The locations of the major masked dance festivals are plotted and it is suggested that the accessibility of the sight, the way the festival has been promoted, and the longer the festival has been known, the more likely it is to ...

Historic sites in the city of Dubai have recently been used for events during the city's annual winter Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF). This article investigates the possibility of productive and sustainable use of historic sites for events during the DSF, while preserving the heritage, integrity,...

The city of Potchefstroom in South Africa hosts the annual Aardklop National Arts Festival. The first festival in 1998 attracted 25 000 visitors, increasing to 60 000 in its second year and to over 100 000 by 2001. This festival is one of 79 festivals held in South Africa annually. As visitors can...

In 1991, Beijing began a campaign of urban renewal that culminated in the opportunity to host the 2008 Olympic Summer Games. From 2001 to 2008, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee engaged in initiatives to showcase to a worldwide audience 'New Beijing, Great Olympics' (xin Beijing, xin aoyun). ...

This book explores the links between tourism and festivals and the various ways in which each mobilizes the other to make social realities meaningful. Drawing upon a series of international cases, festivals are examined as ways of responding to various forms of crisis (social, political and...