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“Partying with a Purpose” at Malawi’s Lake of Stars Festival

Journal of Festive Studies, 2023
Founded in 2003, the Lake of Stars Festival (LOS) has grown to become the largest annual beach party in Malawi, and one of the largest on the African continent.
Sitingawawo Kachipande
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Production of African identity: An explorative study of The Roots Festival. [PDF]

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2019
The Roots Festival has been organized in The Gambia since 1996 in an effort to attract diaspora Africans who are interested in their own identity and Afro-American history. The festival is inspired by the story “Roots” by Alex Haley (1976) which has been
Foday Yahya Drammeh -Licentiate , Prof. Tommy D. Andersson   +1 more
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Explaining the Effects of the Rose Festival from the Perspective of Local Residents A Case Study of Kashan [PDF]

Muṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Gardishgarī, 2016
Traditionally, the impacts of tourism can be studied as the social, cultural, economic and environmental impacts. The aim of this study is to provide a model to explain the effects of Rose festival in the county of Kashan.
Sedighe Kiani Salmi, Mohammad Reza Boshagh   +1 more
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Theoretical foundations of festival tourism research

Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна: Серія Міжнародні відносини, економіка, країнознавство, туризм
Contemporary trends in tourism highlight the increasing significance of event-based formats, with festival tourism emerging as a particularly dynamic and promising direction.
Mykola Pysarevskiy, Iryna Panova, Mykhailo Sidorov, Alina Derkach   +3 more
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Food System Through the Lens of a Circular Society: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Integrating Literature and Practice

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular society (CS) conceptualises circularity as a multi‐level governance transformation involving the redistribution of authority, responsibility and coordination across socio‐institutional systems. Yet the concept remains insufficiently operationalised in empirical research.
Mohina Gandhi, Alice Pizzo, Anna Schmid, Isabel Froes, Melanie Jaeger‐Erben, Efthymios Altsitsiadis, Lucia A. Reisch   +6 more
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WHAT AFFECTS REVISIT INTENTION AND WORD OF MOUTH AT INTERNATIONAL ETHNO-FEST? AN EXPERIENCE APPROACH IN KYRGYZSTAN [PDF]

Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites
This study examines the key factors influencing revisit intentions (IR) and word-of-mouth (WOM) behaviors among tourism professionals attending international ethno-festivals in Kyrgyzstan, with a specific focus on the 2023 Bishkek Ethno Festival ...
Ümit SORMAZ, Turan OKUL*, Tolkun MUSAEVA, Aykut Göktuğ SOYLU   +3 more
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The development of cultural event strategy: Swot analysis and QSPM approach

Jurnal Inovasi Ilmu Sosial dan Politik, 2023
n order to support the Banyuwangi Rebound Movement, Pondoknongko Village Government has launched an Economic and Tourism Improvement Program in 2022 through the Pondoknongko Festival Event.
Muhamad Ari Perdana, Putu Ngurah Rusmawan, Inno Cahyaning Tyas, Ayu Wanda Febrian   +3 more
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Visualizing ESG Signaling Through User‐Generated Content: A Strategic Foresight Framework for Symbolic Legitimacy in Hospitality Branding

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social media platforms today have become essential for consumer‐brand interactions, with visual content playing a pivotal role in shaping engagement and brand perception. Although text‐based user‐generated content (UGC) has been widely studied, the potential of visual UGC, particularly in the travel, tourism and hospitality (TTH) sector ...
Chinchu Abraham, Pabitra Mitra, Sujoy Bhattacharya   +2 more
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The Art of Reception: Field Visits as Microcosms for Development Interventions of Non‐Governmental Organisations in Uganda

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
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Intangible drivers of tolerance shape human–elephant coexistence in Southwest China

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Southwest China is home to a small but rapidly expanding population of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), whose growth has intensified conflicts with people living in shared landscapes. These conflicts result in substantial economic losses and occasional human casualties. This coexistence paradox—where conservation success leads to significant
Xiaoyu Yu, Bin Wang, Liping Wang, Fei Chen, Ahimsa Campos‐Arceiz   +4 more
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