... to large events must be accompanied by studies assessing their economic and social impacts, as well as their effects at local, regional and national levels (Custódio et al., 2018). This requires evaluating the actual social value of tourism events. Ritchie (1984) classified event impacts...

... other events and what impacts they have on these destinations. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-method approach is used to analyse data from a questionnaire provided to 364 participants from these events and seven semi-structured interviews with event organizers or their representatives from...

...Dev Jani; John R. Philemon Mwakyusa Purpose The purpose of the paper is to test the perceived economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts on the satisfaction of local residents with the Zanzibar International Film Festival. Design/methodology/approach Structured questionnaires were...

...Seungwon “Shawn” Lee; Joe Goldblatt Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze and understand the impact of the global financial crisis during 2007‐2009. Furthermore, the paper seeks to identiy critical impacts upon the festival and event industry as a result of this crisis and to identify...