Managing Events, Festivals and the Visitor Economy: Concepts, Collaborations and Cases

By: Barry Ardley and Marie Avellino and Andrea Barber and Lino Briguglio and Ning Chris Chen and Alan Fyall and Simon Gerard and Werner Gilde and Claudia Green and Elizabeth Halpenny and Dr Marcus Hansen and Tadayuki Hara and Miles Hedison and Abigail Hunt and Professor Maximiliano Korstanje and Dr Anna Leask and Anle Li and Leonie Lockstone-Binney and Kim Macmillian and Judith Mair and Anthony May and Yong Rao and Martin Robertson and Mostafa Selima and Hugues Seraphin and Nick Taylor and Gabriel Marin Vendenbroucke and Richard Voase and Kenneth Wardrop and Desmond Wee and Nanxi Yan

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Synopsis: This edited text, intended to support a research-informed approach to learning and teaching, presents an array of concepts, collaborations and in-depth cases related to managing events, festivals and the visitor economy. Authors offer an array of philosophical, political, cultural, and ethical perspectives on how to achieve this across a range of contexts, from Cambodia, China, Egypt to the British cathedral city of Lincoln. Though recognising individual difference, each chapter unites in their common pursuit of supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). This is significant as utilising the UNSDGs as a normative organising framework for how we all think about, plan, and manage a 'good' visitor economy is increasingly ubiquitous. It is with this in mind that each chapter provides explicit links to the UNSDGs and policy and/or practical implications, along with a series of critical self-assessment questions to reflect on the chapter's key arguments. This collection aims to satiate what appears to be an increasing appetite of readers and students alike who seek exposure to rigorous debate in and out of the classroom.