Cultural and tourism impacts of international arts festivals in the city: a comparative approach
Abstract
The objective of the thesis is to explore the role and the impacts of international arts festivals in tourism and cultural development of the host cities. More specifically, empirical research is based on two established international arts festivals held in two medium sized Greek cities: The International Dance Festival of Kalamata and the International Short Film Festival of Drama. In times of serious economic cutbacks, the two festivals represent two publicly funded events which have managed to maintain their popularity and high status, on the European festival map, as well as to raise their host cities’ cultural and tourism standards.Primary data were collected by both qualitative and quantitative methods such as participant observation, interviews and structured online questionnaires during 2012 and 2016. In total, 12 interviews were conducted with key informants and 512 questionnaires were answered by residents and visitors of the two cities. Results suggest that, after 24 years o ...
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