The research project reported in this paper set out to advance the knowledge base of socio‐
cultural festival evaluation and, through industry and academic liaison, produce a robust …

The role of sustainability in events and festivals is becoming increasingly important and now
features as part of the bid process for many mega-events, such as the Olympic Games …

Purpose–The research focusing on the social impacts of events on communities has
reached a level of critical mass and this paper aims to synthesise the literature, including the …

The increasing popularity of festivals and events, coupled with their positive and negative
impacts on host communities, has led to a growing body of research on the impacts of …

There is growing interest among academics in examining the impacts of festivals on host
communities. This paper constitutes novel research in that it applies the Festival Social …

The increasing popularity of festivals and events, coupled with their positive and negative
impacts on host communities, has led to a growing body of research on the social impacts of …

Destructive entrepreneurship is an important research topic because it challenges the
frequent implicit assumption that all entrepreneurship is “good.” Recent scholarly interest …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the relation between psychological sense
of community (SOC) and perceived social impacts of festival events. Design/methodology …

The purpose of this study is to examine the validity of the instrument proposed by Delamere,
TA, Wankel, LM, & Hinch, TD [(2001). Development of a scale to measure resident attitudes …

Purpose Interactions between local people and guests/visitors are the main elements of
tourism experience. And local festivals, considered as a significant part of festival tourism …