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INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF FESTIVALS AND EVENTS
International Perspectives of Festivals and Events
Paradigms of Analysis
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Edited By
Jane Ali-Knight, School of Marketing, Tourism and Language, Napier University
Martin Robertson, School of Hospitality, Tourism and Marketing, Victoria University, Australia
Alan Fyall, Reader in Tourism Management in the International Centre for Tourism & Hospitality Research, and Head of Research for the School of Services Management at Bournemouth University, UK
Adele Ladkin, School of Services Management, Bournemouth University, UK

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Advances in Tourism Research,

Audience
Graduate students and researchers in the field of events

Contents


Part one: Destination, image and development
1. Using major events to promote peripheral urban areas: Deptford and the 2007 Tour de France. 2. Weymouth's once in a lifetime opportunity 3. Tourism and the Hans Christian Andersen bicentenary event in Denmark 4. Establishing Singapore as the events and entertainment capital of Asia: Strategic brand diversification 5. The South Korean Hotel Sector's perspectives on the ?pre' and ?post-event' impacts of the co-hosted 2002 Football World Cup.

Part two: Community and Identity
6. Indigenous Australia and the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games: Mediated messages of respect and reconciliation 7. How festivals nurture resilience in regional communities 8. The Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival, Vietnam: Opportunity for Tourism? 9. Tasting Australia: A celebration of cultural identity or an international event? 10. Festivals and tourism in rural economies

Part three: Audience and Participant Experience
11. Commemorative events: sacrifice, identity and dissonance 12. Running commentary: Participant experiences at international distance running events 13. Elite sports tours: special events with special challenges 14. The British pop music festival phenomenon

Part four: Managing the Event
15. A model for analyzing the development of public events 16. Human resources in the business events industry 17. Measuring the impact of micro-events on local communities: A role for web-based approaches 18. Post-modern heritage, chivalry, park and ride: Le Tour comes to Canterbury 19. Towards safer special events: A structured approach to counter the terrorism threat

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 322 pages, publication date: OCT-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-08-045100-8
ISBN-10: 0-08-045100-4
Imprint: ELSEVIER

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