Events Tourism: Critical Insights and Contemporary Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780367361679 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 268 str.

Violet V. Cuffy; Fiona Bakas; Willem J. L. Coetzee

Opis

This book presents critical insights and contemporary perspectives for exploring current trends, concerns and prospects of events tourism. It examines modern-day global issues facing the events and tourism industry, policymakers, researchers and academics to advance understanding of practice and development of theory.　

Spis treści

PART I Fundamental concepts 1. Events tourism: an overview PART II Contemporary perspectives  2. Events as Visitor Attractions in Destination Shopping Centres 3. Managing the event workforce: analysing the heterogeneity of job experiences 4. User-generated events in tourism: a new must-not-miss phenomenon 5. Undocumented! Small events of rural hinterlands, South Africa 6. Entrepreneurship development and Slow Food events 7. Riding wanderlust: the case of motorcycle events PART III Regeneration, displacement and planning frameworks 8. Quake aftermath and conference industry transformation, Christchurch 9. A critical view on mega-events economic impacts studies: Milan 2015 and beyond 10. Destination Israel and Malawi wanderlusts 11. City rebranding, social discontent and bidding for cultural events 12. MICE tourism development in Ethiopia PART IV The future of events tourism 13. Reshaping metropolitan cities and creative tourism through artists’ vision 14. Counterculture and the future of music festivals and events 15. Events tourism: a critical debate for the 21st century