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Levickaitė, Rasa. "CITY FESTIVAL - A TRADITIONAL CULTURAL EXPRESSION OF THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (THE CASE OF INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY DANCE FESTIVAL “NEW BALTIC DANCE”) / MIESTO FESTIVALIAI – TRADICINĖ KULTŪRINĖ KŪRYBINIŲ INDUSTRIJŲ RAIŠKA (TARPTAUTINIO ŠIUOLAIKINIO ŠOKIO FESTIVALIO ”NAUJASIS BALTIJOS ŠOKIS“ ATVEJIS)." CREATIVITY STUDIES 4, no. 1 (June 28, 2011): 36–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/20290187.2011.577178.
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The article is based on theoretical overview on the subject of festival with its focus on special occasion having some unique aspect which is important to both the organizers and visitors of the festival. Second part of the article represents a case of International Contemporary Dance Festival. City festival is a traditional cultural expression of the creative industries. Creative city more rapidly develops through festival activities – creative cities use their creative potential in various ways: cultural activities, expressions, experiences, involvement of city inhabitants and visitors, presentation of city cultural heritage assets. A case study presented in the article is based on quantitative survey conducted during International Contemporary Dance Festival “New Baltic Dance” which took part in Vilnius 4–9 May 2010. Survey is designed for five key factors: choosing the festival, frequency of festival visits in Vilnius, transportation type visitors have arrived to the festival, channel visitors have found information about the festival, expenses during the festival period (including entrance ticket, overnight if needed, etc.), and each variable correlation between age, gender and education. Survey also includes fact-finding questions as destination festival visitors have arrived from and if festival visitors have used hotel services. While comparing goals of festival organizers and survey results, a conclusion is made that “New Baltic Dance” is a part of Vilnius city creative industries, meeting aims of the capital city and also of other Lithuanian cities and peripheries, attracting university graduates who have high demand for contemporary culture expressions and interest in contemporary dance process. On the other hand, festival visitors almost have no direct demand for better city tourism infrastructure and their economic input to the city development is very low. Santrauka Straipsnyje pristatoma miesto festivalių kaip tradicinės kultūrinės kūrybinių industrijų raiškos koncepcija. Teorinė dalis grindžiama festivalio objekto analize, festivalio kilmės, poveikio, unikalumo ir svarbos bendruomenės nariams, miesto, šalies gyventojams ir svečiams apžvalga. Antroji straipsnio dalis skirta tarptautinio šiuolaikinio šokio festivalio ”Naujasis Baltijos šokis“ atvejo analizei. Kaip manoma, kūrybinis miestas kur kas greičiau plėtojasi per festivalių veiklas – kūrybiniai miestai naudoja savo kūrybinį potencialą įvairiausiais būdais: plėtodamos kultūrines veiklas, ekspresiją, patirtis, įtraukdamos miestelėnus ir miesto svečius, pristatydamos miesto paveldą. Straipsnyje pristatomas atvejis yra kiekybinio tyrimo fragmentas, atliktas tarptautinio šiuolaikinio šokio festivalio ”Naujasis Baltijos šokis“ metu 2010 m. gegužės 4–9 d. Tyrimą grindžia šie pagrindiniai veiksniai: priežastys, lėmusios tiriamojo festivalio pasirinkimą; apsilankymo Vilniuje organizuojamuose festivaliuose dažnis; būdas, kaip žiūrovai pasiekė festivalį; kanalas, per kurį žiūrovai sužinojo apie festivalį; išlaidos, kurias patyrė festivalio žiūrovai (įskaitant bilietus į renginius, nakvynės mokesčius ir kt.). Tirta kiekvieno kintamojo koreliacija su sociodemografiniais rodikliais – amžiumi, lytimi ir išsilavinimu. Į tyrimą taip pat buvo įtraukti klausimai apie miestą, iš kurio atvyko žiūrovai, ir ar buvo pasinaudota viešbučių paslaugomis festivalio metu. Lyginant festivalio ”Naujasis Baltijos šokis“ organizatorių siekius ir tyrimo rezultatus, darytina išvada, kad šis festivalis yra Vilniaus miesto kūrybinių industrijų dalis, jis atitinka sostinės ir šalies periferijos kultūros gyvenimo poreikius, pritraukia aukštą jį išsilavinimą turinčią auditoriją, siekiančią pažinti ir patirti šiuolaikinės kultūros išraiškas, besidominčią šiuolaikinio šokio procesu. Kita vertus, tiriamo festivalio žiūrovai neformuoja poreikio geresnei miesto infrastruktūrai plėtotis ir daro mažą indėlį į miesto ekonomikos augimą.
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Rodin, Ian, and Richard Braithwaite. "Festival psychiatry." BJPsych Advances 24, no. 2 (March 2018): 123–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bja.2017.17.
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SUMMARYThis article is based on our experience of volunteering for the charity Festival Medical Services, to provide mental healthcare at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and the Reading Festival. It describes the history of these annual events and the development of medical and psychiatric services offered. Principles of assessment and management of mental disorder in festival settings are outlined and common psychiatric presentations are described. Legal aspects of care are discussed. The article is intended primarily to inform others of this interesting and unusual form of mental healthcare and we hope that aspects of our experience will prompt reflection on psychiatric practice in other settings.LEARNING OBJECTIVES•Understand how psychiatric care is provided at the Glastonbury and Reading Festivals•Recognise the symptoms and signs of organic and functional conditions likely to present to psychiatrists at festivals•Identify the principles of psychiatric management in festival settingsDECLARATION OF INTERESTI.R. and R.B. gain free entry to the Glastonbury and Reading Festivals through their voluntary work with Festival Medical Services.
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Lee, Seonmi. "A Case Study on the Digital Transformation Festivals due to the Covid-19 Pandemic." Korean Society of Culture and Convergence 44, no. 7 (July 31, 2022): 121–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.33645/cnc.2022.7.44.7.121.
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This study is intended to comparatively study domestic and foreign festival cases that successfully continued festivals through digital transformation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to draw implications. Selected examples are the 2nd of May Festival in Madrid, Spain, the DESECE Children’s Festival in Greece, and the online Gangneung Danoje Festival. As a result of the analysis, the Digital Transformation Festival is first, the most prioritized point in the digital transformation of the festival is the theme of the festival, so it is not the use of digital technology itself. Second, the digital transformation festival established a hybrid festival model in which live and digital coexist. Third, social media became the basis for the success of the digital festival. Fourth, it provided an opportunity to build an archive of existing festivals. Fifth, the COVID-19 crisis improved festival services by introducing a visiting festival program.
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Alvarado, Karla Gabriela. "Accessibility of music festivals: a British perspective." International Journal of Event and Festival Management 13, no. 2 (February 1, 2022): 203–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-12-2020-0082.
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PurposeThis investigation aims to critically assess accessibility for persons with disabilities (PWDs) at music festivals in the UK.Design/methodology/approachA systematic review of the literature was conducted, followed by a case study focused on analysing accessible facilities and services offered at Glastonbury, Creamfields, Latitudes and Bestival Festivals. These two research strategies made use of secondary data only.FindingsBased on the analysis of the needs of PWDs when attending a music festival and the facilities and services currently offered at the four UK music festivals studied in this research, three themes emerged: (1) insufficient attention is given to venue and site design characteristics, (2) current access booking tools appear to be confusing and bureaucratic and (3) staff awareness is of great concern among PWDs because employees do not have sufficient knowledge about the different types of disabilities and their individual needs.Practical implicationsBy identifying current barriers affecting the experience of PWDs while attending music festivals in the UK, this research guides festival managers to deliver a more accessible music festival experience by suggesting the implementation of new approaches in terms of services and physical spaces provided.Originality/valueThis paper provides festival managers and future researchers with an essential foundation for creating more inclusive music festivals since it mentions critical factors that are currently missing and that can ensure success when responding to PWDs' needs and desires. The information in this investigation can be taken as an initial point to develop a theoretical framework through primary research focused on accessible festival design.
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Hutton, Alison, Matthew Brendan Munn, Sydney White, Peter Kara, and Jamie Ranse. "Does the Presence of On-Site Medical Services at Outdoor Music Festivals Affect Attendees’ Planned Alcohol and Recreational Drug Use?" Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 36, no. 4 (June 30, 2021): 403–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x21000613.
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AbstractBackground:Dedicated on-site medical services have long been recommended to improve health outcomes at mass-gathering events (MGEs). In many countries, they are being reviewed as a mandatory requirement. While it is known that perceptions of risk shape substance use plans amongst outdoor music festival (OMF) attendees, it is unclear if attendees perceive the presence of on-site medical services as a part of the safety net. The aim of this paper is to better understand whether attendees’ perceptions of on-site medical services influence high-risk behaviors like alcohol and recreational drug use at OMFs.Method:A questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of attendees entering and attending two separate 20,000-person OMFs; one in Canada (Festival A) and one in New Zealand (Festival B). Responses focused on demographics, planned alcohol and recreational drug use, perceptions of medical services, and whether the absence of medical services would impact attendees’ planned substance use.Results:A total of 851 (587 and 264 attendees for Festival A and Festival B, respectively) attendees consented and participated. Gender distribution was equal and average ages were 23 to 25. At Festival A, 48% and 89% planned to use alcohol and recreational drugs, respectively, whereas at Festival B, it was 92% and 44%. A great majority were aware and supportive of the presence of medical services at both festivals, and a moderate number considered them a factor in attendance and something they would not attend without. There was significant (>10%) agreement (range 11%-46%; or 2,200-9,200 attendees for a 20,000-person festival) at both festivals that the absence of medical services would affect attendees’ planned use of alcohol and recreational drugs.Conclusions:This study found that attendees surveyed at two geographically and musically distinct OMFs had high but differing rates of planned alcohol and recreational drug use, and that the presence of on-site medical services may impact attendees’ perceptions of substance use risk. Future research will aim to address the limitations of this study to clarify these findings and their implications.
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Um, Gi Jun. "A Study on Brand Identification through Poster of International Film Festival." Korea Institute of Design Research Society 8, no. 4 (December 31, 2023): 181–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.46248/kidrs.2023.4.181.
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Brands that were used to identify products or services are gradually expanding their scope. In addition to companies and product brands, interest in brands is also increasing in the country, individuals, and local governments. International film festivals are also establishing their identity over time, and this appears in various forms. One of them, the poster, is appealing for the film festival by implicitly showing the identity of the film festival. In this study, we analyze what patterns are represented for posters of domestic and overseas international film festivals, focusing on sensory elements, and consider the relationship between sensory elements and brand identity. To this end, we analyzed the meaning, shape, and color elements, focusing on the film festival posters produced since 2000, and found out how their patterns express the film festival identity. As a result of the study, it was confirmed that each film festival showed a clear visual pattern, and through this, style, theme, and overall impression were formed.
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Stajić, Jana. "The user's perception of the quality of service in organizing music festivals using the SERVQUAL model." Tehnika 79, no. 2 (2024): 227–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/tehnika2402227s.
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In this paper, the user's perception of the quality of the music festival organizing service was analyzed. The tool for measuring the quality of music festivals is based on the SERVQUAL model. The research was conducted during the months of May and June, 2023. The obtained results can be useful to the organizers of music festivals in order to improve the quality of the services they provide. The EXIT festival, which is organized in July every year in the Petrovaradin Fortress, in Novi Sad, Serbia, was used as the subject of analysis.
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Van Leeuwen, James, Humphrey Nabimanya, Andrew Ward, Ryan Grundy, and Mark Thrun. "Music Festivals Serving as a Catalyst for Collaborative HIV Prevention Education and Expanded HIV Testing in Rural Uganda." International Journal of Community Development 6, no. 1 (June 9, 2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11634/233028791503915.
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From 2014 through 2016, we produced a music festival in rural Kabale, Uganda in order to facilitate HIV testing and reproductive health services offered by NGOs specializing in HIV and sexual health. Our aim was to assess the effectiveness of a music festival to engage persons in sexual health and HIV screening services. Clinical service data was compiled and analyzed. Between 2014 and 2016, over 38,000 persons attended the annual festivals and were exposed to HIV prevention messaging. Over 7,000 persons have been tested for HIV. In 2016, 4,588 HIV tests were performed. In addition, 36 long-acting means of contraception were placed, 33 women were screened for cervical cancer, 2 tubal ligations were performed, and 193 men were referred for circumcision. Music festivals created a novel opportunity to provide sexual health services including prevention education, reproductive healthcare, and HIV testing to persons at risk for HIV in rural Uganda.
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Lin, Yi Hsien, and Tsung Hung Lee. "How the authentic experience of a traditional cultural festival affects the attendee's perception of festival identity and place identity." International Journal of Event and Festival Management 11, no. 3 (June 9, 2020): 357–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-12-2019-0061.
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PurposeThis study examines the relationship between authentic experience and festival identity as well as place identity among tourists visiting the 2018 Lugang Dragon Boat Festival, one of the largest traditional cultural festivals in Taiwan and the festival with the longest history.Design/methodology/approachUsing an on-site survey with convenience sampling, a total of 1,360 valid questionnaires were collected in Lugang Township, a well-known, popular heritage tourism destination in Taiwan. The study also applies structural equation modeling to examine the proposed research model.FindingsThe findings of this study establish that the investigated authentic experience has relationships with image, value, satisfaction and identity, thus filling a research gap. In accordance with the theoretical model, the experience of authenticity affects satisfaction through festival image and festival value and strengthens both the attendee's perception of festival identity and place identity.Originality/valueThis research has both theoretical and managerial values. Regarding its theoretical implications, the study explains the relation between authentic experience and festival and place identity. Thus, it fills a research gap resulting from insufficient academic interest in the relationship between festival satisfaction and the formation of festival and place identity. Regarding its managerial implications, to achieve sustainable festival development, festival information services, programs, souvenirs, food and facilities and the convenience of festival activities should be strengthened.
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Munn, Matthew Brendan, and Stefan Gogaert. "Who Revisits Medical Services at a Music Festival?" Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 34, s1 (May 2019): s178—s179. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x19004102.
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Introduction:Attendees at music festivals rely upon on-site medical services for their emergency and medical care needs. Patients previously cared for can re-present for services at different times over the course of an event.Aim:To identify the proportion of visits that are repeat presentations at music festivals and discuss themes in the medical care needs of these potentially resource-intensive patients.Methods:This study included a review of prospectively enrolled patients presenting for health services over five years at a number of music festivals in Belgium and Canada. Patient data were extracted from existing databases of visits as well as visit documentation, and linked by name and date of birth to identify repeat visits. Data were de-identified and visit times, triage acuity, chief complaints, treatments, and discharge instructions were extracted.Results:Re-presentations constituted approximately 5% of all on-site medical visits. The majority were for minor care (e.g., wounds, dressings, foot care). Repeat visits for major issues included chronic disease (e.g., asthma, seizures, diabetes) and serial intoxications; these were high risk for transport to hospital. Festival duration was positively correlated with the number of patients with multiple visits. Three or more visits or visits in different years were rare occurrences.Discussion:At music festivals, a small but significant proportion of attendees utilize medical services repeatedly. Most are low acuity issues that could potentially be avoided with counseling or supplies at the initial visit. However, higher acuity re-registrations, both within and between event years, are a higher risk for transport and could benefit from early identification. Having a plan to identify and potentially remove the sicker, higher risk patients from the event could be important for safety and liability.
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Saayman, Melville, Martinette Kruger, and Joffrey Erasmus. "Lessons In Managing The Visitor Experience At The Klein Karoo National Arts Festival." Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) 28, no. 1 (December 21, 2011): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v28i1.6686.
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The event industry, in particular arts festivals, is one of South Africas fastest growing tourism sectors in tourism industry. However, only minimal research has been done to identify factors that arts festival visitors view as important for a good festival experience. This study identifies the key success factors (KSFs) in managing visitors experience at one of South Africas most popular Afrikaans arts festival, the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK). A questionnaire survey (n=443) and factor analysis was used to identify seven KSFs: Safety and personnel, Marketing and accessibility, Venues, Accommodation and ablution facilities, Activities and community, Parking and restaurants and Shows and stalls. Factors that KKNK visitors regarded as important to satisfy their needs and provide a special festival experience were: a wide variety of good and affordable shows and stall products, friendly informed staff, visible emergency and security services, and sufficient air-conditioned venues with good technical aspects. Parking and restaurants and Shows and stalls can be regarded as KSFs that are particularly applicable to South African arts festivals. The study also indicated that other stakeholders play an important role in visitors experience.
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Tan, Kim-Lim, Adriel K. S. Sim, Delon Chai, and Louise Beck. "Participant well-being and local festivals: the case of the Miri country music festival, Malaysia." International Journal of Event and Festival Management 11, no. 4 (August 14, 2020): 433–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-02-2020-0007.
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PurposeFestivals are becoming a growing commodity for countries keen to increase their portfolio of tourist attractions. The benefits experienced by the local community and the visitors at festivals are multi-faceted. However, existing tourism research has primarily focussed on the value of the event in terms of customer satisfaction. It has yet to explicitly identify the affect music festivals have on individuals' well-being. This study aims to investigate the effect of music festival unique attributes on visitors' satisfaction levels and how it influences individuals' well-being.Design/methodology/approachA paper-based questionnaire was distributed to participants visiting the Miri Country Music Festival (MCMF) in Malaysia, and partial least squares–structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used for data analysis.FindingsThe results from 288 respondents revealed that the festival programme was the main attribute in influencing one's satisfaction to a festival, which in turn improved one's subjective well-being. The other attributes that influence an individual's satisfaction in a music festival include food, information services and festival value.Originality/valueThis study advances the body of knowledge by integrating the self-determination theory and the environmental psychology theory as the bases that a music festival potentially provides an engaging environment that is conducive for positive well-being among the participants. This is the first study that confirms the influence of the different predictors on the perceived value of MCMF, proposing a model in developing a better understanding of the participants' well-being.
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Troisi, Orlando, Savino Santovito, Luca Carrubbo, and Debora Sarno. "Evaluating festival attributes adopting S-D logic: The mediating role of visitor experience and visitor satisfaction." Marketing Theory 19, no. 1 (April 26, 2018): 85–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1470593118772207.
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To symbolize the importance of contextual factors of provision in the contemporary service era, in festival research, the term festivalscape has been proposed. Despite the large number of works investigating the construct, extant research does not adequately assess the systemic and interactive nature of festivals, which can be viewed as a set of interconnected elements. To bridge this gap, this article evaluates four festival attributes (atmosphere, service quality, people interaction and collateral services) according to service-dominant logic and service-ecosystem view. Current work examines a light festival organized in Salerno during the Christmas holiday using a sequential regression analysis, revealing the mediating role of experience and satisfaction in influencing behavioural intention.
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Kim, Hun, and Byenghee Chang. "A Study on the Effects of Crowdfunding Values on the Intention to Visit Local Festivals: Focusing on Mediating Effects of Perceived Risk and e-WOM." Sustainability 12, no. 8 (April 17, 2020): 3264. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12083264.
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Information technology is recognized as an important means of expanding the sustainability of local festivals, but most research and practices only focus on existing information technologies such as websites and social network services. This study examines the potential of crowdfunding platforms to ensure the success of local festivals and assesses how emerging information technologies impact the sustainability of the tourism industry. This study proposed four values based on the value theory that is frequently applied in consumer research. We also applied inner innovativeness as a personal characteristic and examined the effects of economic, emotional, social, altruistic, and inner innovativeness regarding film festival crowdfunding on the intention to visit the film festival. We applied perceived risk and the intention to use electronic word of mouth (e-WOM) as mediating variables. As a result, emotional, social, and altruistic values were found to significantly affect the intention to visit film festivals by mediating perceived risk. In addition, the social value was found to have positive effects on the dependent variable through the intention to use e-WOM. The results show that crowdfunding platforms are considered an important tool for promoting the festival. It is also important to develop value in favor of the festival by increasing value through marketing strategies.
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Munn, Matthew, and Page Hanrahan. "Benefits of RFID Technology in the Provision of Medical Services at Mass Gathering Events." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 38, S1 (May 2023): s213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x23005459.
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Introduction:Radiofrequency Identification (RFID) is becoming a ubiquitous technology that provides methods of tracking and organizing complex processes, and has had previously described benefits when used in medical and clinical situations such as disaster and mass casualty incidents. However, the potential benefits of this technology have not yet been examined or applied to mass gathering events such as music festivals using the medical lens.Method:RFID at music festivals was observed and characterized at a Canadian multi-day festival through a combination of (1) observation of real world application of the use of RFID-enabled attendee wristbands and (2) the development of a proposed implementation framework using expert input in event medical care, public health, festival safety and event organization. Potential roles for RFID technology in enhancing attendee safety, facilitating event medical care and collaborating with other on-site services, and promoting research agendas for these unique events were explored.Results:Observed and theoretical roles for RFID fell into four main domains: (1) the presence of important encoded personal health data and contacts specific to individuals that would be accessible in case of an emergency, (2) the unique, anonymous identification of attendees who access (and re-access) medical as well as other services, including during handovers between these services, (3) support for any larger public health research projects aimed at understanding the behaviors and flow of attendees, including recreational substance use and related harm reduction efforts, and (4) the storage of festival-tailored data throughout the event on RFID-enabled wristbands (eg previous medical visit details, self-entered substance use history, etc).Conclusion:The use of RFID at music festivals has clear benefits. It allows for the dynamic access and retrieval of important data that can aid safety and support the provision of timely and tailored medical care. Security and privacy issues need consideration where attendee data is concerned.
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Lund, Adam, and Sheila Turris. "The Event Chain of Survival in the Context of Music Festivals: A Framework for Improving Outcomes at Major Planned Events." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 32, no. 4 (March 20, 2017): 437–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x1700022x.
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AbstractDespite the best efforts of event producers and on-site medical teams, there are sometimes serious illnesses, life-threatening injuries, and fatalities related to music festival attendance. Producers, clinicians, and researchers are actively seeking ways to reduce the mortality and morbidity associated with these events. After analyzing the available literature on music festival health and safety, several major themes emerged. Principally, stakeholder groups planning in isolation from one another (ie, in silos) create fragmentation, gaps, and overlap in plans for major planned events (MPEs).The authors hypothesized that one approach to minimizing this fragmentation may be to create a framework to “connect the dots,” or join together the many silos of professionals responsible for safety, security, health, and emergency planning at MPEs. Adapted from the well-established literature regarding the management of cardiac arrests, both in and out of hospital, the “chain of survival” concept is applied to the disparate groups providing services that support event safety in the context of music festivals. The authors propose this framework for describing, understanding, coordinating and planning around the integration of safety, security, health, and emergency service for events. The adapted Event Chain of Survival contains six interdependent links, including: (1) event producers; (2) police and security; (3) festival health; (4) on-site medical services; (5) ambulance services; and (6) off-site medical services.The authors argue that adapting and applying this framework in the context of MPEs in general, and music festivals specifically, has the potential to break down the current disconnected approach to event safety, security, health, and emergency planning. It offers a means of shifting the focus from a purely reactive stance to a more proactive, collaborative, and integrated approach. Improving health outcomes for music festival attendees, reducing gaps in planning, promoting consistency, and improving efficiency by reducing duplication of services will ultimately require coordination and collaboration from the beginning of event production to post-event reporting.LundA, TurrisSA. The Event Chain of Survival in the context of music festivals: a framework for improving outcomes at major planned events. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2017;32(4):437–443.
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ROSSETTI, GIULIA. "Foreign languages education in international literary festival tourism: the case of Festivaletteratura in Italy." International Journal of Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication 4, no. 1 (June 24, 2016): 68. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/ijltic.10342.
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<p><em>Festivals have always represented a good opportunity on the economic front, but most importantly they have been perfect occasions for creating settings for social, cultural and inter-linguistic interaction. Nowadays, thanks to the globalisation process, intercultural and inter-lingual communications are increasingly important in the festivals domain, especially those focused on international literary events. According to the experiential learning theory, international book festivals can be environments for learning activities, and specifically for language development. Thus, these cultural events have provoked such questions as the following: attending international literary festivals can increase participants' language learning? In what ways do international literary festival managers invest in multilingual services in order to encourage language learning? This study aims to investigate if international literary festivals can develop adult visitors’ language learning, taking Festivaletteratura of Mantua (Italy) as a case study. Firstly, I shall present the importance of interlingual communication in festival tourism and the experiential learnign theory. Secondly, I will explore Festivaletteratura supply analysis, considering also its international projects as potential language training tools: Scritture Giovani and Vocabolario Europeo, and Festivaletteratura’s international connection with other partners: the Hay Festival and the Berlin Internationales Literaturfestival. Then, I will investigate the role of foreign languages in the demand analysis of the festival, according to the questionnaire survey among 300 adult attendees during the 2015 Festivaletteratura edition. Finally, I intend to argue that even if the festival might provide a setting for language learning with lots of international guests, due to its target, who is not familiar with foreign languages, it cannot be described as an example of language learning environment.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p>
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Munn, Matthew, Page Hanrahan, and Silvina Mema. "Foot Injuries at Music Festivals–One of the Most Common Presentations to On-site Medical Services." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 38, S1 (May 2023): s130—s131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x2300345x.
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Introduction:Foot injuries are a common patient presentation at music festivals, and are resource-intensive patient encounters by virtue of their comparative volume. There are no published accounts devoted to these ubiquitous, typical, predictable festival injuries leading to presentation to on-site medical services for treatment.Method:A retrospective chart review was performed of visits to medical services for first aid or medical care involving feet at a multi-day music festival in Canada. Data extracted included demographics, injury characteristics, and type of footwear. Encounters were classified as initial or repeat visits, and repeat visits were assessed for having had previous dressings applied.Results:Over the five day festival period, foot care visits accounted for 416 of 1129 (37%) patient presentations for minor care. Most common injuries were blisters (51%), ankle sprains (10%), lacerations (8%), abrasions (6%), and bug bites (6%). Footwear was reported as shoes (28%), shoes and socks (28%), flip-flops (19%), sandals (28%) and bare feet only (5%). The most common blister sites were toes (48%) and the posterior heel (17%). 12% of cases were repeat visits, and 50% of repeat visits were for dressings failure.Conclusion:Foot injuries make up a significant portion of presentations, and often re-presentations, to medical services at music festivals. Preparation for these common injuries should include (1) a dedicated and purposeful bandage selection and supply, (2) provider training in best foot care practices, including bombproof, danceable dressings, and (3) educational resources to inform attendees of risks and provide preventative upstream measures that might allow them to avoid injury.
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Kang, Shinyoung, and Kyoung-Bae Kim. "Sustainability for the festival policy: Focused on community and v isitors." GLOBAL BUSINESS FINANCE REVIEW 28, no. 1 (February 28, 2023): 72–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.17549/gbfr.2023.28.1.72.
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Purpose: To explore the evaluation between tourists’ and residents’ satisfaction with the tool of Importance-Satisfaction Analysis originally introduced by Importance-Performance Analysis.
Design/methodology/approach: A survey was conducted at Anseong Matchum Land, the venue of the festival, and respondents were selected by the convenience sampling method. Also, rest areas at the festival site were used for data collection and 309 out of 400 were judged to be valid. Included in the questionnaires was a series of Likert-type questions about the respondent’s satisfaction with 18 attributes of the festival and the importance of these attributes to overall satisfaction with the festival.
Findings: The results of this research show that the average degree of importance for the 18 attributes is 3.89, and the degree of satisfaction is 3.02. The result identified that parking lot, rest area, and washroom were found included in “Concentrate Here” quadrant of the ISA matrix as needed to prior management in this festival.
Research limitations/implications: This study tried to look into local heritage festival regarding comparative perception between festival goers and local residents with ISA to provide that actual problems and potential solutions to the decision-makers of the city to make a sustainable festival. However, it is difficult to extend the results of this festival to other festivals and further research is needed in the future.
Originality/value: This research tried to find out the gap between perceived Importance and Satisfaction and to identify actual management problems regarding facilities and services of the festival by ISA analysis originally introduced by Importance-Performance Analysis. This study suggested what festival organizers should prepare for the festival that will be activated after the Covid 19 pandemic.
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Kinnunen, Maarit, and Antti Haahti. "Visitor discourses on experiences: reasons for festival success and failure." International Journal of Event and Festival Management 6, no. 3 (October 19, 2015): 251–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-01-2015-0003.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to unfold factors anchored in visitors’ experiences possibly determinant of the success or failure of cultural festivals. Design/methodology/approach – The studied data included 931 experience descriptions, 23 interviews and 51 empathy-based stories collected from 17 cultural festivals around Finland during the summers of 2012 and 2013. The nature of the study was exploratory, the theoretical framework was social constructionism, and the analysis was done using Foucauldian discourse analysis. The Method of Empathy Based Stories, a non-active role-playing technique, was used in the data collection. Findings – The identified success factors were the programme, good quality food, sense of community, chill-out opportunities and building blocks of one’s identity. The factors that might cause failures were commercialised and low-quality programme, the low quality of services, commercialism demonstrated by elevated ticket and service pricing, VIP services confronting egalitarianism, crowd control and queueing and anti-social behaviour. Practical implications – Three areas of particular interest were: how to nurture identity construction and personal well-being, how to enhance egalitarianism within the festival community, and how to promote the desired code of conduct without applying unnecessary rules and restrictions. If successful in these, the festival could boast of features that are not easy to replicate and that could create a competitive edge. Originality/value – Empathy-based stories combined with discourse analysis contributed new insights on the issues of the success and failure of festivals. The empathy-based stories were particularly useful in retrieving informants’ perceptions of the future and for identifying factors that might cause failures.
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Cudny, Waldemar, and Patrycja Ogórek. "Segmentation and motivations of the attendees’ of the Mediaschool Festival in Łódź, Poland." Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series 24, no. 24 (June 1, 2014): 41–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bog-2014-0013.
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Abstract The article presents the case study of the Mediaschool Film Festival held in Łódź, a large Polish post-industrial and post-socialist city. The authors’ main goals were to establish the number of the festival visitors, as well as investigate their structure, main motivations to attend the festival, and the level of satisfaction with the festival services. As a result, the authors draw conclusions concerning the role of the festival as a place of the film culture consumption, as well as its role in the development of social capital. The basic method of study was the survey, conducted among the festival visitors in 2011. It contained questions concerning the structure of the festival audience, the evaluation of the event, and the main motivations to attend it. The method was adapted from the event studies, which was a tactical move in order to place the research on the borderline between cultural geography and event studies. Other methods typical of cultural geography and used in the present study included participant observation and semi-structured interview with the festival organisers. The event is one of the urban festivals created after the fall of communism. It is visited mainly by young people, often connected with the Łódź film school. First of all, the festival satisfies the need for contact with culture and film art, thus contributing to the creation of social capital and the development of the film school in Łódź (a part of the cluster of film institutions in the city). The event is a meeting point for film people from Łódź, Poland and abroad. Thus it could be also described as an obligatory point of passage in film-related network of connections.
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Campoverde-Aguirre, Ronald, Mauricio Carvache-Franco, Wilmer Carvache-Franco, and María Almeida-Cabrera. "Analysis of the Quality of Service in Gastronomic Festivals." Sustainability 14, no. 21 (November 7, 2022): 14605. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142114605.
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Gastronomic festivals have become a pathway to promoting the gastronomy and culture of a tourist destination. However, there is no taxonomy for evaluating the quality of services in these types of festivals. For this reason, the present study aimed to propose a service quality evaluation model applicable to gastronomic festivals based on a review of commonly used models. The research was carried out at the Raíces Gastronomic Festival held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 2018. Six hundred valid questionnaires were obtained, and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was applied to identify the dimensions of the items. In addition, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to validate the proposed model. As a result, we obtained a questionnaire to evaluate the quality of services in gastronomic festivals based on tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, and adequacy dimensions. These findings contribute to expanding the academic literature on food festivals and provide a questionnaire to measure the service quality of this type of event.
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Murphy, Shane M. "The On-Site Provision of Sport Psychology Services at the 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival." Sport Psychologist 2, no. 4 (December 1988): 337–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2.4.337.
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The U.S. Olympic Committee’s Sports Medicine Council decided in 1987, for the first time, to assign a sport psychologist to the medical team of the 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival. This article describes the outcome of providing sport psychology services at the Festival. A brief history is given of the relationship between sport psychology and the U.S. Olympic movement, and the current status of sport psychologists within the Olympic movement is described. An analysis is provided of the types of services requested at the Festival, the referral sources, the major sports served, and several illustrative case examples describing athletes. Two models influenced the delivery of sport psychology services at the Olympic Festival, the medical model and the consultation model, and the advantages and disadvantages of each are discussed. Based upon the Olympic Festival experience, a consultation model may be appropriate for sport psychologists working in such a setting. The paper concludes with some suggestions regarding the training of students in the theory of effective consultation, drawing upon the knowledge base of industrial-organizational and medical psychology.
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Abdelazim, Tarek Sayed, and Abdallah Ali Alajloni. "Towards developing a model to assess the experience of visitors of the Janadriyah festival, Saudi Arabia." International Journal of Tourism Cities 2, no. 1 (February 8, 2016): 45–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijtc-09-2015-0025.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the experience of visitors with the Janadriyah festival. Design/methodology/approach – An on-site intercept survey was conducted among a random sample of visitors of the festival. The survey was conducted by two field researchers between February 10 and February 25, 2014. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed only to those who agreed to respond to the survey. Out of 200 questionnaires distributed, 28 were incomplete and thus eliminated from the study. As a result, 172 questionnaires were accepted for the purpose of final analysis, representing a response rate of 86 percent. Findings – There is a statistically significant contribution for both the first motivation (I participate in the Janadriyah festival to increase my cultural knowledge) and the fifth one (I participate in the Janadriyah festival to see new and different things and to enjoy a unique atmosphere). There is a statistically significant relationship between the most of services provided and the level of satisfaction. As well as, there is a statistically significant relationship between the perception and the level of satisfaction, also with the word of mouth communication. Finally, the results shown that behavioral intention had a positive influence on word of mouth communication. Research limitations/implications – There were time limits to this study as the research was conducted during the organization of the Janadriyah festival during its 26th session (February-March 2014).The research was also limited by place as it was conducted at the capital of Saudi Arabia, Janadriyah province. Practical implications – The model of the study could be applied in similar studies for different festivals all over the world. Social implications – Increasing the promotional efforts to attract more visitors from different regions in the world. As it is observed that the vast majority of participants in the Janadriyah festival are local residents. In addition, there is a need to organize training programs to all staff participating in the organization of the festival supervised by academics and professionals. Organizing seminars during the festival in order to increase the awareness of local residents with importance of the cultural heritage and how to keep it. And at the end, the program of the festival has to be updated from one session to another in order to attract more attendees. Originality/value – The integrated model of the study represent an added value to the research in the field of tourism festivals.
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Rahman, Farah Naz, A. K. M. Fazlur Rahman, Anthony Obinna Iwuagwu, and Koustuv Dalal. "COVID-19 Transmission due to Mass Mobility Before and After the Largest Festival in Bangladesh: An Epidemiologic Study." INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing 58 (January 2021): 004695802110234. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00469580211023464.
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Festivals traditionally result in mass public mobility from large cities to rural or semi-urban areas in low- and middle-Income Countries (LMIC), which are inadequately prepared for tackling the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to explore the trend of COVID-19 infection in a peripheral region of Bangladesh during one of the largest festivals to develop an evidence-based hypothesis for its influence on the transmission rate of COVID-19. This study conducted a quantitative analysis of secondary data on COVID-19 collected from the Directorate General of Health Services Bangladesh (DGHS) and divisional director’s office in the Mymensingh division. To explore the influence of one of the biggest festivals (Eid-ul-Adha) on the trend of COVID-19 infection, we analyzed data from a week before the festival to 2 weeks following the festival. The infection rate (positive cases per million of the population) and the test positivity rate (positive cases among the total number of conducted diagnostic tests) of each day during this period were calculated both for the Mymensingh region and national level. Both the test positivity rate (TPR) and infection rates in the Mymensingh region demonstrated an increasing trend. The mean test positivity rate of the Mymensingh region on the week before the festival was 9.5%. It increased to a mean test positivity rate of 13% in the following week and further rose to a rate of 17% in the next week. The infection rate of Mymensingh also increased more than 2 folds from the day of the festival (2.0-5.3 cases per million) within the next 2 weeks. The TPR and infection rate on the national level remained similar throughout the study period. Mass mobility during Eid-ul-Adha influences the increased transmission of COVID-19 among the peripheral regions of Bangladesh from the central capital city Dhaka. The findings will help policymakers plan and implement travel restrictions during festivals during the pandemic in LMICs.
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Kamour, A., R. Yardley, J. Stuart, and M. Longshaw. "The Experience of a District General Hospital with a Large Outdoor Music Festival in England." Acute Medicine Journal 16, no. 2 (April 1, 2017): 65–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.52964/amja.0657.
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Objectives: To assess the impact of the Parklife annual music festival on the local hospital, North Manchester General. Methods: Data was obtained retrospectively by analysis of emergency department records during the weekend of Parklife 2015. Results: 32 patients were identified, 56% reported taking drugs. 34% were admitted for overnight observation. 4 patients presented with methaemoglobinaemia following oral ingestion of amyl nitrate. One patient had a methaemoglobin fraction of 90.6%, which is amongst the most extreme recorded in literature. Conclusion: Music festivals can impose a burden on local health services. Organisers should operate an efficient surveillance system in order to prevent the sale and use of recreational drugs, providing adequate on-site health services and working in collaboration with local emergency services.
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Munn, Matthew Brendan, Melissa Sydney White, Alison Hutton, Sheila Turris, Haddon Tabb, Adam Lund, and Jamie Ranse. "Does Medical Presence Decrease the Perceived Risk of Substance-Related Harm at Music Festivals?" Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 34, s1 (May 2019): s123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x19002656.
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Introduction:The use of recreational substances is a contributor to the risk of morbidity and mortality at music festivals. One of the aims of onsite medical services is to mitigate substance-related harms. It is known that attendees’ perceptions of risk can shape their planned substance use; however, it is unclear how attendees perceive the presence of onsite medical services in evaluating the risk associated with substance use at music festivals.Methods:A questionnaire was administered to a random sample of attendees entering a multi-day electronic dance music festival.Results:There were 630 attendees approached and 587 attendees completed the 19 item questionnaire. Many confirmed their intent to use alcohol (48%, n=280), cannabis (78%, n=453), and recreational substances other than alcohol and cannabis (93%, n=541) while attending the festival. The majority (60%, n=343) stated they would still have attended the event if there were no onsite medical services available. Some attendees agreed that the absence of medical services would have reduced their intended use of alcohol (30%, n=174) and recreational substances other than alcohol and cannabis (46%, n=266).Discussion:In the context of a music festival, plans for recreational substance use appear to be substantially altered by attendees’ knowledge about the presence or absence of onsite medical services. This contradicts our initial hypothesis that medical services are independent of planned substance use and serve solely to reduce any associated harms. Additional exploration and characterization of this phenomenon at various events would further clarify the understanding of perceived risks surrounding substance use and the presence of onsite medical services.
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Ponomarenko, Olena. "Functions of Music Festivals in Modern Italy: “Rossini Opera Festival”." Scientific herald of Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, no. 135 (December 26, 2022): 137–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.31318/2522-4190.2022.135.271014.
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The relevance of the study. Considering the music festivals of modern Italy, it is important to identify their functionality and influence on the development of the cultural life of the country as a whole. This issue has been little studied, although, in our opinion, it is important and relevant for characterizing the festival movement in Italy.
Main objectives of the study is to describe the International Opera Festival “Rossini Opera Festival: ROF”, its main functions.
The methodology is based on the use of the inductive method, which, to characterize the festival process in the cultural life of Italy, involves the study of individual festival projects and provides for the use of a set of complementary research methods — historical-analytical, empirical and sociocultural. The historical-analytical method contributed to the understanding of the logic of the formation and development of the festival, the appeal to empirical and sociocultural methods made it possible to consider the features of the organization of the festival in the context of social relations in the system of music life in modern Italy.
Results and conclusions. As an instrument of dialogue between civilizations, music is still today a fundamental lever of economic growth, able to interact with all other values: artistic heritage, cultural and tourism industry, environment and landscape. Through an integrated plan of structural interventions, services for citizens and businesses of the city, music in Pesaro becomes an engine of development, creative enrichment of cultural heritage and synergy between culture, tourism, society and education. The "Rossini Opera Festival: ROF" is a truly local indie phenomenon that draws a prepared and interested audience to Pesaro. Music as a means of dialogue between civilizations today contributes to economic growth, interaction with all other values of the region: historical and artistic heritage, cultural, tourism industry, landscape. Impressive is not only the scale of the project, but also the effectiveness of cooperation between cultural, financial, state institutions participating in its organization. Together they have developed a formula for holding Italian festivals, which provides a high result — the revival of the cultural and economic development of the region thanks to tourist flows, changing the image of cities (creating new infrastructure), interaction between public and private institutions, local authorities, professionals and art lovers. As an inseparable component of human culture, music always, in all its manifestations, acts as its memory, as a memory of history, a reminder of past events and their participants.
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Knight, Anna, and Michael Hughes. "Psychiatry at Glastonbury Festival." Psychiatric Bulletin 19, no. 2 (February 1995): 111–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.19.2.111.
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Having viewed the Glastonbury Festival for many years as local residents, it seemed time for us to venture inside and see how 100,000 people can converge onto a dairy farm in rural Somerset for three days of music and assorted entertainments. We were interested in reactions to such intensely communal living and also the organisational aspects of psychiatric services in this extreme version of community care.
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Gładysz, Elżbieta, and Ewa Wszendybył-Skulska. "The Jan Kiepura Festival in Krynica Zdrój as a Tourism Product and Its Meaning for the Development of The City." Folia Turistica 48 (September 30, 2018): 241–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0012.7703.
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Purpose. The aim of the article is to present the annual Jan Kiepura Festival in Krynica Zdrój as a tourism product as well as to draw attention to the importance of taking care of the jointly valued creation by all stakeholders for the development and long-term success of all events of that kind. Method. The study is the result of using the critical method of analysing literature on the subject, the press, media industry reports, the case study method in the form of in-depth analysis of data and secondary materials by institutions dealing with: organization/co-organization, documentation of history and services of visitors to the Krynica Zdrój Festival and also qualitative, partly, structured interview methods with representatives of the Krynica Tourist Organization, Prezydent, Stefania, Czarny Groń hotel owners, President of the Krynica Board– Żegiestów SPA, Żegiestów Spa, employees of the Board Office of Krynica – Żegiestów SPA, The main Pump Room, Public Library and the mayor of the city of Krynica-Zdrój. Results. The analysis of data showed that the Jan Kiepura Festival meets all the conditions to be described as a tourism product. In addition, it was proved that the success of the oldest festival in Poland is conditioned by the care for joint-value creation by all stakeholders. Research and conclusions limitations. The author’s research presented in the study focuses on the value which the town of Krynica Zdrój gains from the organization of this festival. However, this does not include a wider group of stakeholders (i.e. artists, music-lovers and tourists). Practical implications. The results of research provide information on how the festival can become a valuable tourism product for all its stakeholders, while, at the same time, being the basis for formulating recommendations for the organizers of festivals of any kind, including opera-related ones. Originality. The article concerns an opera festival which has never before been described as a tourism product. In addition, it shows what value the Jan Kiepura Festival generates for the town of Krynica Zdrój. Type of work: Review article.
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HAI, Nguyen Chi, and Nguyen Thi Kim NGAN. "FACTORS AFFECTING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN KHMER FESTIVAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM." GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites 44, no. 4 (December 30, 2022): 1482–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.30892/gtg.44436-968.
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Abstract: The Mekong Delta has rich and diverse tourism resources, it is also a long-standing residence of the Khmer community with a specific culture. Exploiting community-based tourism from festivals will contribute to preserving ethnic and cultural identities, eradicating poverty, and improving people's living standards in the region. The objective of this study was to examine the factors affecting the community's participation in the development of Khmer festival tourism in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. The research methods used include descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, and regression analysis. The data was collected from the results of a survey of 1258 travelers to the Mekong Delta. SPSS 20, and AMOS 24 software are used to analyze and evaluate the scale and test hypotheses. The research results show that the factors affecting the community's participation in the development of Khmer festival tourism in the Mekong Delta include (1) Economic benefits; (2) Cultural and community; (3) Resources of tourism; (4) Policies for the development of community tourism; (5) Community environment; (6) Tourism products and services. Some contents were discussed, proposed solutions with governance implications to attract community participation in the development of Khmer festival tourism in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.
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DR. AHAM IKWUMEZIE, PROF. COSMAS C. ALUGBUO, DR. (MRS.) CHIGOZIE UGOCHUKWU OKORO, and DR. POLYCAP IGBOJIEKWE. "Measuring the contribution of specific cultural festival to growth of Nigeria’s GDP through average tourists spending." International Journal on Integrated Education 3, no. 12 (December 3, 2020): 7–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.31149/ijie.v3i12.905.
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Tourists spending behaviours play major role in the potential of cultural festival to create forward linkage with other indicators of the gross domestic product (GDP). This study focused on evaluating tourists spending behaviour on the different types of cultural festivals in Nigeria to determine their direct, indirect and induced effect on each naira of direct sales and number of jobs supported. A total of 9,984 respondents were surveyed across six states (1,664 in each state). We employed Stynes fairly complete micro-computer-based system for estimating economic impacts of recreation and tourism; and the money generating model (MGM) in the data analysis, to estimate the direct and total sales, marginal earning on each naira (income) and employment effects of tourists’ spending on state and local government revenues. At α = 0.79 we found that earning on each naira of tourist spending at the Igue cultural festival Benin city, the Riye musical festival Abeokuta, the Ofala cultural festival Onitsha, Calabar carnival, Calabar, the Kwagh hir Masquerade festival Makurdi and the Arugungun fishing festival Gusau in that order added 61 kobo, 61 kobo, 62 kobo, 89 kobo, 30 kobo and 30kobo respectively in secondary effect or induced effect. In the same order, the multiplier effect of the spending supported 2 local jobs; 2,700 local jobs; 400 local jobs; 27,000 local jobs; 15 local jobs and 21,850 local jobs respectively in the respective states. The study recommends the need to measure tourists spending within well defined categories to identify not only the kinds of products and services being purchased and the types of businesses directly receiving these funds but to also identify the sectors receiving the spending. This is important as it ties changes in tourists spending to a regional economic model.
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Munn, Matthew Brendan, Adam Lund, Riley Golby, and Sheila A. Turris. "Observed Benefits to On-site Medical Services during an Annual 5-day Electronic Dance Music Event with Harm Reduction Services." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 31, no. 2 (February 2, 2016): 228–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x16000054.
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AbstractBackgroundWith increasing attendance and media attention, large-scale electronic dance music events (EDMEs) are a subset of mass gatherings that have a unique risk profile for attendees and promoters. Shambhala Music Festival (Canada) is a multi-day event in a rural setting with a recognized history of providing harm reduction (HR) services alongside medical care.Study/ObjectiveThis manuscript describes the medical response at a multi-day electronic music festival where on-site HR interventions and dedicated medical care are delivered as parallel public health measures.MethodsThis study was a descriptive case report. Medical encounters and event-related data were documented prospectively using an established event registry database.ResultsIn 2014, Shambhala Music Festival had 67,120 cumulative attendees over a 7-day period, with a peak daily attendance of 15,380 people. There were 1,393 patient encounters and the patient presentation rate (PPR) was 20.8 per one thousand. The majority of these (90.9%) were for non-urgent complaints. The ambulance transfer rate (ATR) was 0.194 per one thousand and 0.93% of patient encounters were transferred by ambulance. No patients required intubation and there were no fatalities.Harm reduction services included mobile outreach teams, distribution of educational materials, pill checking facilities, a dedicated women’s space, and a “Sanctuary” area that provided non-medical peer support for overwhelmed guests. More than 10,000 encounters were recorded by mobile and booth-based preventive and educational services, and 2,786 pills were checked on-site with a seven percent discard rate.ConclusionDedicated medical and HR services represent two complementary public health strategies to minimize risk at a multi-day electronic music festival. The specific extent to which HR strategies reduce the need for medical care is not well understood. Incorporation of HR practices when planning on-site medical care has the potential to inform patient management, reduce presentation rates and acuity, and decrease utilization and cost for local, community-based health services.MunnMB, LundA, GolbyR, TurrisSA. Observed benefits to on-site medical services during an annual 5-day electronic dance music event with harm reduction services. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(2):228–234.
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Barrera-Fernández, Daniel, and Marco Hernández-Escampa. "Events and placemaking: the case of the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Guanajuato, Mexico." International Journal of Event and Festival Management 8, no. 1 (March 6, 2017): 24–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-05-2016-0041.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the Festival Internacional Cervantino, which represents one of the major cultural events in Latin America. Based on theoretical propositions regarding tourism as an experience, perception of visitors was studied focussing on emotional factors. Urban perception was also addressed, especially where public service failure affected the experience and therefore, the placemaking. Design/methodology/approach A mixed methodology was applied. First, the event experience scale (EES) methodology for visitors’ perception was performed in order to collect data directly from tourists. The relationship between the festival and the visit to heritage resources and attractions was especially highlighted and analysed. Urban field work focussed on expressing the location of the most visited areas during festival days. Public services were also assessed where perception was affected negatively. Interviews were applied to public administration officials and public policy-related documents were collected in order to understand the expectation of visitors, previous to the experience itself. Local perception was also contrasted with the rest of the data. Findings Attracted by information about the historic and colonial nature of the city, tourists gather massively in Guanajuato during the festival. This event in particular yields in some aspects to a transient placemaking, mainly related to inner perception and the event as such is highly appreciated. It was also found that the foreign figure of Cervantes was incorporated into the intangible heritage discourse of the city and linked to the event itself. However, some urban spaces and services need improvement to consolidate a positive experience of visitors who complain about specific factors such as traffic, accessibility, waste disposal and environmental noise. Social implications The fact that the event has caused some problems in a number of urban aspects suggests that new policies might be proposed in order to fill these gaps, especially by the corresponding government agencies. Another issue relates to the concentration of the economic profits and its lack of distribution, which right now does not contribute to social sustainability, yet the event demands high actions and costs to the city and local people. Originality/value The research has been useful to give another point of view to existing surveys and conclusions of the impact of the festival. The application of EES has yielded some improvements that could be made in further applications of the same methodology. Application of EES to assess the impact of events in urban spaces and services can be applied to many other cities that host festivals in their city centres.
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KRUPITSA, Iryna, Oleksii ZHIGAYLO, Oksana BAIRACHNA, and Maryna BІRYUKOVA. "PREREQUISITES AND PROSPECTS OF FESTIVAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN ODESSA REGION." Ukrainian Journal of Applied Economics 5, no. 1 (March 1, 2020): 133–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.36887/2415-8453-2020-1-16.
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Introduction. This article is devoted to the analysis of festival tourism development in Ukraine and in Odessa region, in general. One of the main trends in modern tourism is the orientation to meet the diverse needs of tourists. Festival tourism has ancient roots, but its research has begun relatively recently. The main purpose of this type of tourism is timed to a specific event. The main feature of festival tourism is its orientation on a wide range of consumers. Festival tourism as a kind of cultural and cognitive, event and entertainment one creates a significant contribution to the employment of professionals in many specialties, which are currently in our country are not on the list of highly paid and wealthy. Festival tourism is a resource of rising of the world image of Ukraine and a source of rising of economic well-being of separate regions and cities. It creates a basis for significant growth and diversification of employment, creation of the ground for material well-being and cultural level of population of these territories. The purpose of the article is to analyse festival tourism in the Odessa region, its current state and prospects of use for the tourism needs. Results. The article examines the weak sides of Odessa region that can prevent the development of festival tourism: lack of high quality infrastructure, unwillingness of investors to invest, lack of sufficient tourist information about the possibility of making festivals in certain areas, no knowledge of foreign languages and sometimes etiquette, not very attractive image of Ukraine in the eyes of foreigners, almost absent indication of tourist routes, etc. Conclusions. Odessa region has great opportunities for further development of festival tourism and there are great prospects for achieving of positive results. A large number of tourists is guaranteed by the fact that the region is close to the Moldova border, has access to the sea, as well as good rail and road connections. Also, in the region itself there is a relatively well-developed transport network of roads, which is a favourable factor for the arrival of tourists not only from Ukraine and Europe, but also from the United States and Asia or Africa. Keywords: festival tourism, tourist product, tourist services, travel agency, event tourism, new tourist product, tourist market.
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Kunin, Alexander I. "Popularization of Graphic Novels in Russia and the Role of the Russian State Library for Young Adults in Formation of Loyal Library Environment." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science] 69, no. 6 (February 8, 2021): 610–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2020-69-6-610-619.
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The article presents the attempt to generalize the experience of working with graphic novels (comics, manga, etc.) available in the domestic book sector. The author considers the main stages of development in the historical perspective of forms and methods of popularization and distribution of graphic novels in Russia. At the first stage, formation of the segment of graphic novels in Russia was associated with the development of the festival movement. At the second stage — with the publishing boom and distribution of publications. Later — with work with a reader of graphic novels in libraries. Development of the festival movement was carried out due to the interest, first, in Japanese cartoons (anime) and Japnese graphic novels (manga), and secondly, in American comics and European graphic novels.The author presents the festival movement in the context of the main directions: anime festivals and comics festivals (with special emphasis on the work of the ‘KomMissia’ [ComMission] festival). The article gives general characteristics of these types of festivals and reveals the degree of their involvement in the processes of forming the readership and professional environment at a certain evolutionary stage.Bookstores and public libraries are the traditional operators of book dissemination and popularization of knowledge. The author explains why the integration of graphic novels into these spaces was delayed. The article notes the importance of reader communities in social networks in creating alternative channels for selling the products of publishers of graphic novels. In 2010, the Russian State Library for Young Adults (RSLYA) established the Centre for comics and visual culture, collecting graphic novels and providing methodological assistance to libraries that use graphic novels in their work. At present, it is the Centre for graphic novels and images that provides comprehensive support to libraries. The author highlights the role of the RSLYA as a methodological centre for library services to young people in the formation of loyalty to the new phenomenon among Russian library professionals. Based on the studied processes, the article gives characteristics of graphic novels as a new segment of the Russian book market with its inherent features of positioning in the reader’s environment.
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Sousa, Poliana Macedo de, and Jose Rogério Lopes. "Turismo, desenvolvimento local e as festas religiosas de Natividade, Tocantins – Brasil." PASOS. Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural 20, no. 1 (2022): 181–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.25145/j.pasos.2022.20.012.
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This article presents the Festival of Divino Espírito Santo and the Pilgrimage of Senhor do Bonfim, the main religious festivals in Natividade, a city located in the state of Tocantins, Brazil as motivators of religious tourism in the region. The research also reports the current scenario of tourism policies implemented in the state of Tocantins for the region of Natividade, where presently there is no focus on religious tourism but only on ecotourism. It is understood that religious festivals move the local economy, tourism and a whole chain of services that end up bringing together many people in the region and that there is still time to outline a model of local development as an alternative for tourism in the region.
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Zhang, Yi-Na, Yun Chen, Ying Wang, Fan Li, Michelle Pender, Na Wang, Fei Yan, Xiao-Hua Ying, Sheng-Lan Tang, and Chao-Wei Fu. "Reduction in healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic in China." BMJ Global Health 5, no. 11 (November 2020): e003421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003421.
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IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic caused a healthcare crisis in China and continues to wreak havoc across the world. This paper evaluated COVID-19’s impact on national and regional healthcare service utilisation and expenditure in China.MethodsUsing a big data approach, we collected data from 300 million bank card transactions to measure individual healthcare expenditure and utilisation in mainland China. Since the outbreak coincided with the 2020 Chinese Spring Festival holiday, a difference-in-difference (DID) method was employed to compare changes in healthcare utilisation before, during and after the Spring Festival in 2020 and 2019. We also tracked healthcare utilisation before, during and after the outbreak.ResultsHealthcare utilisation declined overall, especially during the post-festival period in 2020. Total healthcare expenditure and utilisation declined by 37.8% and 40.8%, respectively, while per capita expenditure increased by 3.3%. In a subgroup analysis, we found that the outbreak had a greater impact on healthcare utilisation in cities at higher risk of COVID-19, with stricter lockdown measures and those located in the western region. The DID results suggest that, compared with low-risk cities, the pandemic induced a 14.8%, 26.4% and 27.5% reduction in total healthcare expenditure in medium-risk and high-risk cities, and in cities located in Hubei province during the post-festival period in 2020 relative to 2019, an 8.6%, 15.9% and 24.4% reduction in utilisation services; and a 7.3% and 18.4% reduction in per capita expenditure in medium-risk and high-risk cities, respectively. By the last week of April 2020, as the outbreak came under control, healthcare utilisation gradually recovered, but only to 79.9%–89.3% of its pre-outbreak levels.ConclusionThe COVID-19 pandemic had a significantly negative effect on healthcare utilisation in China, evident by a dramatic decline in healthcare expenditure. While the utilisation level has gradually increased post-outbreak, it has yet to return to normal levels.
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Manthiou, Aikaterini, Seonjeong (Ally) Lee, Liang (Rebecca) Tang, and Lanlung Chiang. "The experience economy approach to festival marketing: vivid memory and attendee loyalty." Journal of Services Marketing 28, no. 1 (February 4, 2014): 22–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsm-06-2012-0105.
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Purpose – A desirable experiential environment is an essential source of competitive advantage in the festival industry. Understanding festival attendees' experience is imperative for festival organizers because attendees' experience is a predictor of their future behavior. With the experience economy concept of Pine and Gilmore (1998), the study identified four underlying dimensions of festival attendees' experience (education, entertainment, esthetics, and escapism) and examined the impacts of these experience dimensions on festival attendees' vividity of memory and loyalty. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from online surveys completed by 338 attendees of VEISHEA festival. This study employed confirmatory factor analysis, regression analysis, and structural equation modeling to achieve its goals. Findings – Experience has a positive effect on vivid memory, which consequently influences loyalty. Each dimension of experience economy significantly influences vividity of memory. However loyalty is affected only by the entertainment and esthetics dimensions. Practical implications – Festival marketers are advised to design activities that provide memorable experiential products and services for attendees based on the four dimensions of the experience economy. Originality/value – The study is a pioneer in the evaluation of vividity of memory to the festival context.
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Zhou, Yunjiao. "Spatial-temporal Dynamics of Population Aggregation during the Spring Festival based on Baidu Heat Map in Central Area of Chengdu City, China." Modern Applied Science 14, no. 4 (March 20, 2020): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/mas.v14n4p44.
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The application of location-aware devices and location-based services enables big data to provide a convenient and efficient way to study the dynamics of urban population distribution. Based on the Baidu heat map data, the spatial-temporal population aggregation in the main urban areas of Chengdu City was explored in the context of the Spring Festival. The results suggested that population aggregation showed regular fluctuation within a day, consistent with the commuting activities. Also, population mobility showed difference before, during and after the festival; population density during the holiday was significantly lower than that on the other two working days, meanwhile the heat value on the working day before the festival was slightly higher than that after the festival. The conclusion showed that the Spring Festival affected the population distribution density. Chinese government’s emergent measures taken to suppress the nationwide spread of COVID_19 at early 2020 also had great influence on the low population aggregation during and after the Spring Festival, indicating the effectiveness of emergency control of human interactions. Better understanding of Spatial-temporal dynamics of population aggregation during the Spring Festival is of great value for optimizing the city expansion and structure planning.
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Hwang, I. M. "Festival and Travel Planning Network." International Journal of Tourism & Hospitality Reviews 2, no. 1 (November 1, 2015): 67–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.18510/ijthr.2015.213.
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Travelers who interested in often use the internet (World Wide Web) as research medium because many websites post festival and traveling information such as festival, scenic spots, resorts, and local restaurants. However, without an organized research medium, many people who interested in culture discover the difficulty of focusing on research or making a choice from the massive festival and travel-related categories and sites. This paper describes and integrates a website with many festival and travel-related functions into one platform called Festival and Travel Planning Network. This platform allows easy access for users to obtain various festival information, city travel, restaurant, and hotel guidelines in Taiwan. This network automatically helps travelers to plan their tours and find accommodations by simply selecting by their interests of festival visits and hotel types on the website.The Festival and Travel Planning Network also provides online traveling suitcases allowing members to bookmark their favorite travel spots. The Festival and Travel Planning Network website is http://140.131.84.199/holiday/index/index_e.htm. For maximum quality, display resolution should be set at 1024×768. As for technical support, the website uses Internet Information Services as the web server and ASP.NET 3.5 as the web application framework. The database server is performed by SQL Server 2008 to organize and manage data. The webpage graphic and animation designer used Ulead PhotoImpact X3 and Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Flash CS5 as design tools
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Moisescu, Ovidiu Ioan, Oana Adriana Gică, Monica Maria Coroș, and Anca C. Yallop. "The UNTOLD story." Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 11, no. 5 (October 14, 2019): 492–505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/whatt-06-2019-0036.
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Purpose This paper aims to examine the negative effects of events on residents’ quality of life. Particularly, the paper analyses the specific negative effects generated via “overtourism” for the duration of large-scale music festivals. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses a case study method approach to examine the negative effects that UNTOLD, the largest music festival in Romania, has on residents’ quality of life. The case is analysed via a comprehensive desk research of secondary data from industry and academic sources. Findings Despite its success and the positive economic impact UNTOLD festival had on the host city, several issues have a negative impact on residents’ quality of life and well-being. The negative impacts are noise pollution, vandalism and crime, traffic and parking issues, waste and damages to the natural environment, pressure on and over usage of local services and infrastructure and the increased cost of living. Social implications Whilst organisers, local businesses and local authorities are the main parties benefiting from events, residents mainly feel the negative impact. Organisers, local authorities and businesses need to minimise the negative effects residents’ experience during the event by building sustainable partnerships and taking a more hands-on approach to sustainable and socially responsible practices. Current and potential initiatives are discussed in the paper. Originality/value This paper examines the negative impacts events may have on residents’ quality of life and discusses the case of a large-scale music festival, an under-researched context. The analysis and discussion may assist scholars and industry experts alike in generating new debates in sustainable event management practices, as well as festival organisers and public authorities in developing strategies for avoiding, containing or minimising the negative effects of events.
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Sava, Diana, and Alina Badulescu. "FESTIVALS AS CULTURAL ACTIVITIES – COMBINATIONS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BENEFITS." Oradea Journal of Business and Economics 3, Special (May 2018): 27–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.47535/1991ojbe041.
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In the latest years, academics have talked more and more about the creative economy, as a cause of a different classification and division of the economic activities, including in its area all those activities which are based on the human resource, its talent and intellectual capital. The creativity seems to be a too special feature, having its own ways to flourish and to be exploited, so it has to be treated separately from the sectors of manufacture, industry or services. The Romanian culture is transmitted and exploited in various ways, starting with the commercialisation of handicrafts and ending with the organisation of events with artistic or symbolic expression. We will focus on the performing arts, organized as events for different communities. These events appear as leisure activities and have an important social feature because they have the attribute to develop the sense of identity, belonging to the group and social cohesion. These aspects are crucial for the development of a creative habitat or cultural center. The festivals attract people for different reasons; some of them are looking for an environment where to socialise, others come being interested exactly in enjoying the event or the specific goods and services which are offered there. Another type of the festival consumers is represented by the ones who only look for something new to experiment, exploring the unknown, this segment not representing loyal customers, but whatever the reason are, each participant comes for the emotional stimulation offered by the enjoyment of the festival.
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Andreeva, M. V., I. V. Kryukova, and E. N. Yakovleva. "Project approach to the development of rural tourism." Vestnik Universiteta 1, no. 12 (February 15, 2023): 63–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.26425/1816-4277-2022-12-63-71.
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The authors of the article provide an overview of scientific approaches to the definition of the essence and role of event and gastronomic tourism against the backdrop of the rural tourism promotion currently carried out. The interrelation between all the aforementioned types of tourism and the expediency of their joint development are substantiated. The necessity of holding events in order to smooth out the seasonality of rural tourism and attract tourists interested not only in standard services of rural guest houses but also in entertainment events is proved. Special emphasis is placed on the application of the project approach to the process of creating events. A description of the festivals held in the Vologda region is provided. The main problems of the implementation of project management at the municipal level are identified. The possibility of holding gastronomic festivals within the clusters operating in the region is considered. The example of the «SyrFest» gastronomic festival is used to demonstrate a possible project structure designed for such event.
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Staples, John A., Ketki Merchant, Shannon Erdelyi, Adam Lund, and Jeffrey R. Brubacher. "Emergency department visits during the 4/20 cannabis celebration." Emergency Medicine Journal 37, no. 4 (December 12, 2019): 187–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2019-208947.
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BackgroundAnnual ‘4/20’ cannabis festivals occur around the world on April 20 and often feature synchronised consumption of cannabis at 4:20 pm. The relationship between these events and demand for emergency medical services has not been systematically studied.MethodsWe conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study in Vancouver, Canada, using 10 consecutive years of data (2009–2018) from six regional hospitals. The number of emergency department (ED) visits between 4:20 pm and 11:59 pm on April 20 were compared with the number of visits during identical time intervals on control days 1 week earlier and 1 week later (ie, April 13 and April 27) using negative binomial regression.ResultsA total of 3468 ED visits occurred on April 20 and 6524 ED visits occurred on control days. A non-significant increase in all-cause ED visits was observed on April 20 (adjusted relative risk: 1.06; 95% CI 1.00 to 1.12). April 20 was associated with a significant increase in ED visits among prespecified subgroups including a 5-fold increase in visits for substance misuse and a 10-fold increase in visits for intoxication. The hospital closest to the festival site experienced a clinically and statistically significant 17% (95% CI 5.1% to 29.6%) relative increase in ED visits on April 20 compared with control days.InterpretationSubstance use at annual ‘4/20’ festivals may be associated with an increase in ED visits among key subgroups and at nearby hospitals. These findings may inform harm reduction initiatives and festival medical care service planning.
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Johnson, Bret. "London, St Pancras Parish Church: Philip Moore at 70." Tempo 67, no. 266 (October 2013): 84–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040298213000983.
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Philip Moore, Organist Emeritus of York Minster was one of the main featured composers at this year's London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, now in its twelfth consecutive year. A week of concerts and services at St Pancras Church in London showcases a number of new works, and this year saw new choral pieces by Gordon Crosse, Diana Burrell and Ed Hughes (whose Chaconne for organ was composed in memory of Jonathan Harvey, who died on 4 December 2012 at the age of 73). The Festival also marked Robin Holloway's 70th birthday, with a concert of his choral works on 17 May.
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Jeon, Chang-Young, Woon-Gang Song, and Hee-Won Yang. "A Study on the Influence of Human Services of Festival on Visitors’ Attitudes and Behavioral Intention : Focused on Festival Volunteers." Journal of Tourism Enhancement 8, no. 1 (February 28, 2020): 227–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.35498/kotes.2020.8.1.227.
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Nata Utami, Fawarti Gendra, and Santosa Soewarlan. "Temu Ageng: knitting the wisdom of sedulur sikep in Cerita dari Blora festival." International Journal of Visual and Performing Arts 4, no. 2 (December 26, 2022): 150–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.31763/viperarts.v4i2.866.
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Cerita dari Blora; Knitting the Wisdom of Sedulur Sikep was the festival title of its second year (2019) in Blora Regency, which was part of the Indonesiana Platform. The name of the festival is taken from the title of a short stories collection with the same title by a Blora-born author, namely Pramoedya Ananta Toer. This study aims to determine the festival format with the mutual cooperation (gotong royong) concept, which was carried out together by the Tourism and Culture Office of Blora Regency, the community and the Director General of Culture. This research is a qualitative research conducted during the preparation stage and during the festival in order to gain knowledge on how to strengthen the capacity of festival governance through the Indonesiana Platform. Cerita dari Blora Festival was part of the mutual cooperation platform to strengthen the management capacity of cultural activities, as a forum for strengthening cultural ecosystems, as well as to know the concept of tradition and local wisdom at the Temu Ageng Sedulur Sikep event. The results of the study show that through the Temu Ageng event, there is synergy between local governments, where the cultural services synergize and work together with communities, artists and the development of cultural ecosystems in the area, and also work together with the UPT (Technical Implementation Unit) of the Ministry of Education and Culture in the area such as Archaeological Halls, Museums, Cultural Heritage Preservation Centers, as well as various institutions, companies, and CSR in each region
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Khoreva, L. V., and A. V. Pavina. "INNOVATIONS IN THE SYSTEM OF MUSIC FESTIVAL SERVICES: TECHNOLOGICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS." Vestnik of Samara State University of Economics 10, no. 180 (2019): 40–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.46554/1993-0453-2019-10-180-40-48.
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Kirschenbaum, Daniel S., William D. Parham, and Shane M. Murphy. "Provision of Sport Psychology Services at Olympic Events: The 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival and Beyond." Sport Psychologist 7, no. 4 (December 1993): 419–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/tsp.7.4.419.
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Sport psychology services were provided at the 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival. A consultation model was employed that included aspects of the traditional medical model and a more proactive preventive approach. Consultations were delivered using a “professional/clinical” style (i.e., emphasis on expertness, empathy, warmth, and congruence). Two sport psychologists provided 85 formal consultations to more than 300 athletes, coaches, staff members, and others from 16 different sports. Process and outcome evaluations suggested that these services were very well received. Eleven recommendations are provided for delivery of sport psychology services at future Olympic events.