Elsevier

Tourism Management

Volume 52, February 2016, Pages 593-631
Tourism Management

Progress in Tourism Management
Progress and prospects for event tourism research

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Highlights

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    Event tourism as a growth area has expanded exponentially since 2008.

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    The review documents the main changes in the event tourism literature.

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    Event tourism as a response to planned events is evaluated from a social science perspective.

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    Event tourism is categorised and the literature critically evaluated.

Abstract

This paper examines event tourism as a field of study and area of professional practice updating the previous review article published in 2008. In this substantially extended review, a deeper analysis of the field's evolution and development is presented, charting the growth of the literature, focussing both chronologically and thematically A framework for understanding and creating knowledge about events and tourism is presented, forming the basis which signposts established research themes and concepts and outlines future directions for research. In addition, the review article focuses on constraining and propelling forces, ontological advances, contributions from key journals, and emerging themes and issues. It also presents a roadmap for research activity in event tourism.

Keywords

Event tourism
Trends
Research
Theory
Ontology

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Professor Don Getz Is Professor at the University of Queensland School of Business and Emeritus Professor, Haskayane School of Business, University of Calgary, Canada. He is the most pre-eminent academic in the field of event studies and has written many of the leading books in the field. His current research is exploring the nexus between food and events.

Professor Stephen Page is Professor in the Faculty of Management, Bournemouth University and is Associate Editor (Europe) and Reviews Editor for Tourism Management. His current research cross cuts the tourism, leisure and events field and he is involved in several research projects associated with creating dementia friendly communities. He is also co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Events.

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