Popular culture tourism: Conceptual foundations and state of play

M Lexhagen, V Ziakas… - Journal of Travel …, 2023‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Popular culture tourism encompasses a range of expressive practices that attract fans
traveling to destinations associated with their fandom pursuit. However, scholarship on this …

Integrating popular culture tourism in local communities: A sco** review and ways forward

C Lundberg, M Lexhagen, V Ziakas - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
There is nowadays a growing scholarship examining the intersection of popular culture and
tourism. Most of this literature reveals that much of this work is grounded in an optimistic …

Sha** the event portfolio management field: premises and integration

V Ziakas, D Getz - International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality …, 2020‏ - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to examine how various academic disciplines shape the field of
event portfolio management. Given the complex nature of portfolios comprising different …

Interscopic fan travelscape: Hybridizing tourism through sport and art

V Ziakas, R Tzanelli, C Lundberg - Tourist Studies, 2022‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Contrary to the common compartmentalization of popular culture and events to specialized
forms of fandom-induced tourism (eg film-, music-, sport-tourism), event-tourism spaces may …

Leveraging folklore and fantasy to promote small destinations: the case of Visit Wales

D Yen, J Jang, L Wei, N Morgan… - Journal of policy research …, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
This paper analyses how folklore can be harnessed by destination management
organizations (DMOs) and related agencies through story-telling, screen tourism and …

[ספר][B] Fan sites: Film tourism and contemporary fandom

AS Waysdorf - 2021‏ - books.google.com
Theme parks break attendance numbers with the promise of “step** inside” a film's world.
Pop-up “experiences” are a regular part of promotional cycles. All this is accepted in the …