Tourism is acknowledged as a contributor to destination economies in many countries.
However, COVID-19 has devastated the tourism industry in numerous national economies …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to identify and examine emerging trends in event and
festival research and also in the themes and topics being studied in this area …

The nature and scope of festival studies is examined by compiling and analyzing a large-
scale literature review of 423 research articles published in the English-language scholarly …

Festivals are an important sub‐field within event studies which, until recently, have not been
studied as separate experiences. A systematic review of the emerging literature on festivals …

Cultural attractions play an important role in tourism at all levels, and attract huge numbers
of tourists interested in heritage and the arts. Cultural Heritage Tourism has positive …

This study analyzes the relationship between perceived risk, evaluation, satisfaction, and
behavioral intention of tourists attending a local festival. Based on a survey with a sample of …

Resistance to sustainability practices often stems from the industry's view that sustainable
tourism requires a profitability tradeoff where the additional costs associated with …

Throughout the world, the number of festivals has grown exponentially in the last two
decades, as people celebrate local and regional cultures, but perhaps more importantly as …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the total economic impact of tourism at the
regional level in Central Finland. This paper aims to clarify the extent to which tourism …

There has been a great deal of research devoted to estimating visitor expenditures in
countries, regions, cities, and other areas as related to specific events. Such estimates are …