Event Tourism, (4 Volume Set)

Edited by two leading scholars in the field, this is the first title in a new Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Tourism. It is a four-volume collection of canonical and cutting-edge research in event tourism.

The origins of event tourism as a topic of serious academic interest are comparatively recent. The subject is largely a postwar development which began especially to unfold in the 1970s, not least in response to a growing interest and recognition of the potential value of events to economies, societies, and their cultures, as well as to environmental regeneration. In part, the continued evolution of the subject has arisen from the development of convention and exhibition management as cognate areas but, through time, policy-makers, planners, and destination managers became aware of the potentially significant and wide role of events in specific localities, ranging in scale from the Olympic Games to community festivals.

Event tourism is now a vibrant and dynamic field of study and research, and the sheer scale of the growth in its output makes this Routledge collection especially timely. A wide range of social-science journals have published material about event tourism and this new Major Work makes available foundational pieces of scholarship - as well as cutting-edge research - from these disparate, and sometimes less accessible sources, as well as from the leading UK, European, and North American tourism journals, and from other hard-to-find publications.

As well as bringing together the key studies and journal articles that have shaped serious thought about event tourism, the collection will be welcomed as the first mapping of an area that to date has lacked an interdisciplinary synthesis. The thematic organization of the collection, together with the editors’ introductions and their commentaries on the collected texts, will make sense of the wide range of approaches, theories, and concepts that have informed event tourism, and will review the history of the subject and the rise of its identity and research agenda. It is an essential collection destined to be valued as a vital research resource by all scholars and students of the subject.

Volume I : The Evolution of Event Tourism : Concepts and Approaches

Part 1 : Defining Event Tourism
Chapter 1 : Event Tourism : Definition, Evolution, and Research’, Tourism Management, 2008
Chapter 2 : Special Events : Defining The Product’, Tourism Management, 1989
Chapter 3 : Sport Tourism : A Critical Analysis of Research’, Sport Management Review, 1998

Part 2 : Historical Studies on Event Tourism
Chapter 4 : The Place of Spectacle’, Cities of Culture : Staging International Festivals and The Urban Agenda
Chapter 5 : The Social Event of The Season : Solar Eclipse Expeditions and Victorian Culture’, Isis, 1993
Chapter 6 : The Geography of Fairs : Illustrated by Old-World Examples’, Geographical Review, 1922
Chapter 7 : Stately Pleasure Domes—Nationhood, Monarchy and Industry : The Celebration Exhibition in Britain’, Leisure Studies, 2004
Chapter 8 : Planning and Rivalry in The San Francisco Bay Area in The 1930s’, Journal of Planning Education and Research, 2000
Chapter 9 : Conventionland USA : The Geography of a Latterday Phenomenon’, Annals of The Association of American Geographers, 1994
Chapter 10 : British Garden Festivals : The First Eight Years’, Landscape and Urban Planning, 1989

Part 3 : Approaches to Understanding Event Tourism
Chapter 11 : Historical Methodology and Sustainability : An 800-Year-Old Festival from China’, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1998
Chapter 12 : Islamic Pilgrimage (Hajj) to Ka’aba in Makkah (Saudi Arabia) : An Important International Tourism Activity’, Journal of Tourism Studies, 1992
Chapter 13 : Mega-Events and Micro-Modernization : On The Sociology of The New Urban Tourism’, British Journal of Sociology, 1992
Chapter 14 : The Four "Knowns" of Sports Mega-Events’, Leisure Studies, 2007
Chapter 15 : Sport and Tourism Research : A Geographic Approach’, Journal of Sport and Tourism, 2006
Chapter 16 : Conventions as Mega-Events : A New Model for Convention-Host City Relationships’, Tourism Management, 1995
Chapter 17 : Hallmark Events : An Evaluation of a Strategic Response to Seasonality in The Travel Market’, Journal of Travel Research, 1974
Chapter 18 : Evaluating The Tourism Impacts of Hallmark Events

Volume II : Effects, Role, and Significance

Part 4 : Social and Cultural Perspectives
Chapter 19 : Festival as Creative Destination’, Annals of Tourism Research, 2003
Chapter 20 : Producing and Consuming Gendered Representations : An Interpretation of The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras’, Consumption, Markets and Culture, 2003
Chapter 21 : Host Community Reactions : A Cluster Analysis’, Annals of Tourism Research, 2000
Chapter 22 : Ships and Fools’, Venice, The Tourist Maze : A Cultural Critique of The World’s Most Touristed City
Chapter 23 : Fiesta Time and Plaza Space : Resistance and Accommodation in a Tourist Town’, Journal of American Folklore, 1998
Chapter 24 : "This is De Test" : Festival and The Cultural Politics of Nation Building in The British Virgin Islands’, American Ethnologist, 1998
Chapter 25 : Towards Social Leverage of Sports Events’, Journal of Sport and Tourism, 2006

Part 5 : Political and Economic Perspectives
Chapter 26 : The Olympic Spirit and Civic Boosterism : The Sydney 2000 Olympics’, Tourism Geographies, 2001
Chapter 27 : Building Diaspora and Nation : The 1991 "Cultural Festival of India"’, Cultural Studies, 1997
Chapter 28 : The Strategic Role of Tourism Trade Fairs in The New Age of Tourism’, Tourism Management, 1994
Chapter 29 : The Economic Impact of Visitors at Major Multi-Sport Events’, European Sport Management Quarterly, 2005
Chapter 30 : Convention Cities : Images and Changing Fortunes’, Journal of Tourism Studies, 1996
Chapter 31 : Urban Regeneration, Arts Programming and Major Events : Glasgow 1990, Sydney 2000 and Barcelona 2004’, International Journal of Cultural Policy, 2004
Chapter 32 : Mega-Sporting Events in Urban and Regional Policy : A History of The Winter Olympics’, Planning Perspectives, 2004
Chapter 33 : Urban Revitalization : The Use of Festive Time Strategies’, Leisure Studies, 1999
Chapter 34 : Olympic Games : Catalyst of Urban Change’, Leisure Studies, 1998
Chapter 35 : Festival Tourism : A Contributor to Sustainable Local Economic Development?’, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2002

Volume III : Event Tourism Destinations : Case Studies and Best Practice

Part 6 : Private Events
Chapter 36 : Tourist Weddings in Hawai’i : Consuming The Destination, Seductions of Place : Geographical Perspectives on Globalization and Touristed Landscapes

Part 7 : Cultural Events
Chapter 37 : Problematising "Festival Tourism" : Arts Festivals and Sustainable Development in Ireland’, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2006
Chapter 38 : The Shakespeare Festival : Stratford, Ontario, 1953–1977
Chapter 39 : Dressing for Success : Lisbon as European Cultural Capital’, Journal of American Folklore, 1998
Chapter 40 : Marketing Mardi Gras : Commodification, Spectacle and The Political Economy of Tourism in New Orleans’, Urban Studies, 2002
Chapter 41 : The Impact of Cultural Events on City Image : Rotterdam, Cultural Capital of Europe 2001’, Urban Studies, 2004

Part 8 : Urban destinations
Chapter 42 : Showcasing Scotland? A Case Study of The MTV Europe Music Awards, Edinburgh 2003’, Leisure Studies, 2007
Chapter 43 : Re-imaging a Post-Industrial City : The Leeds St Valentine’s Fair as a Civic Spectacle’, City, 2000
Chapter 44 : The CAT (Casino Tourism) and The MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions) : Key Development Considerations for The Convention and Exhibition Industry in Macao’, Journal of Convention and Event Tourism, 2008

Part 9 : National Events
Chapter 45 : Urban Mega-Events, Evictions and Housing Rights : The Canadian Case’, Current Issues in Tourism, 1998
Chapter 46 : Sport Mega-Events in Africa : Processes, Impacts and Prospects’, Tourism and Hospitality Planning and Development, 2004
Chapter 47 : Wait For Us—We’re Not Ready Yet : Holy Land Preparations for The New Millennium—The Year 2000’, Current Issues in Tourism, 2003
Chapter 48 : Festival Mania, Tourism and Nation Building in Fiji : The Case of The Hibiscus Festival, 1956–1970’, The Contemporary Pacific, 2000

Part 10 : Sporting Events
Chapter 49 : Residents’ Perceptions on Impact of The America’s Cup’, Annals of Tourism Research, 1993
Chapter 50 : Modeling Tourism Crime : The 2000 America’s Cup’, Annals of Tourism Research, 2002
Chapter 51 : ‘Visitor Safety in Urban Tourism Environments : The Case of Auckland, New Zealand’, Cities, 2002

Volume IV : Managing Event Operations

Part 11 : Event Audiences
Chapter 52 : Festival Attendance and The Development of Social Capital’, Journal of Convention and Event Tourism, 2006
Chapter 53 : Profiling Major Sport Event Visitors : The 2002 Commonwealth Games’, Journal of Sport and Tourism, 2007
Chapter 54 : Motives of Visitors Attending Festival Events’, Annals of Tourism Research, 1997
Chapter 55 : An Examination of Serious Participants at The Australian Wintersun Festival’, Leisure Studies, 2009

Part 12 : Stage and Visitor Management
Chapter 56 : Success in The Dutch Music Festival Market : The Role of Format and Content’, International Journal on Media Management, 2005
Chapter 57 : Reading Rock Festival : A Nursing Perspective’, Accident and Emergency Nursing, 1996
Chapter 58 : On The Free Festivals Phenomenon’, International Journal of Environmental Studies, 1977
Chapter 59 : Stoned Henge : Events and issues at The Summer Solstice, 1985’, World Archaeology, 1986
Chapter 60 : Crowding at an Arts Festival : Extending Crowding Models to The Frontcountry’, Tourism Management, 2003

Part 13 : Planning and Managing Events
Chapter 61 : Strategic Planning Before and After a Mega-Event’, Tourism Management, 1997
Chapter 62 : Distribution Channels for Events : Supply and Demand-Side Perspectives’, Journal of Vacation Marketing, 2007
Chapter 63 : Sport Event Tourism and The Destination Brand : Towards a General Theory’, Sport in Society, 2005
Chapter 64 : Are Short Duration Cultural Festivals Tourist Attractions?’, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2003
Chapter 65 : Native Festivals as Tourism Attractions : A Community Challenge’, Journal of Applied Recreation Research, 1993
Chapter 66 : Stakeholder Management Strategies of Festivals’, Journal of Convention and Event Tourism, 2008

Part 14 : Evaluating Events
Chapter 67 : Assessing The Impact of Hallmark Events : Conceptual and Research Issues’, Journal of Travel Research, 1984
Chapter 68 : The Economic Impact of Rural Festivals and Special Events : Assessing The Spatial Distribution of Expenditures’, Journal of Travel Research, 1990
Chapter 69 : A Guide for Undertaking Economic Impact Studies : The Springfest Example’, Journal of Travel Research, 2001
Chapter 70 : Festival Evaluation : An Exploration of Seven UK Arts Festivals’, Managing Leisure, 2007
Chapter 71 : Olympulse VI : A Post-Event Assessment of Resident Reaction to The XV Olympic Winter Games’, Journal of Travel Research, 1990
Chapter 72 : Evaluating The Economic and Spatial Effects of an Event : The Case of The World Medical and Health Games’, Tourism Geographies : An International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment, 2005
Chapter 73 : Practical Issues in Measuring The Impact of a Cultural Tourist Event in a Major Tourist Destination’, Journal of Travel Research, 2000
Chapter 74 : Economic Impact Studies : Instruments for Political Shenanigans?’, Journal of Travel Research, 2006