This chapter introduces two annual outdoor festivals in England, UK that operate under the Miscellaneous Provision Act of 1982. One of the many purposes of this act is to cover licenced entertainment with singing or dancing, prerecorded or live music. The chapter outlines the significant importance ...

Purpose: This paper aims to anticipate the influence of new cinematographic and television operators on the attractiveness of tourist destinations. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology developed is two-fold: first, long-haul observation of the sector, and second, a state of the literature...

This article illustrates the operationalization of an analytical framework that draws on Pamphilon's Zoom Model and on an arts-informed life history research approach in the analysis of event travel career narratives. Nineteen Singaporean artists and producers in the performing arts world...

Purpose: The authors provide a personal insight into how they see the potential of urban culture as a vehicle for creative placemaking. The purpose of this study is to highlight the opportunities for the tourism industry to embrace this global youth culture now that one of its pillars, breakdance,...

This conceptual paper uses a scenario planning process to facilitate possible futures for literary festivals, a form of festival tourism that has grown rapidly in the developed and developing countries of the world in the early decades of the 21st Century and which continues to grow towards 2050....

Many music festivals fail because the experiences offered do not ensure relevance and meaning to the attendee. Engagement with new and virtual landscapes and with the enhanced sensory feelings and imaginations that technologies can offer may alleviate this. Utilizing a futures frame, this...

The purpose of this special issue is to provide a range of alternative tourism futures and directions in order to challenge present perspectives in an informed, thoughtful and considered way. Eight papers look at the future of sustainable tourism, literary festival tourism, family tourism, the...

In parallel with the growth and popularity of food tourism, the increase in food-specific events and festivals has been significant. Events have become an important element of the experience economy; often their economic and social benefits have been related to improvements in the quality of life...

This book offers practical applications, models and illustrations of the event management operation in the cultural tourism and arts industries. It consists of 25 chapters organized into 5 parts under the following headings: (a) festivals, events and the cultural experience; (b) managing the arts,...

This chapter explains the process of revenue management (RM) and explores its potential application within festival and event venues. It is concluded that for RM to work in festival and event venues, the focus must be on a ticket and reservation system, in order that the right decisions can be made ...