International Journal of Event and Festival Management: Volume 13 Issue 3

Making or remaking people and places through festivals: an island tourism perspective

Yiping Li, Chammy Lau

This study aims to investigate two festivals that are held annually in Hong Kong, to explore the essence of festival meanings – the extent to which the perceived sociocultural…

Familiarity, involvement, satisfaction and behavioral intentions: the case of an African-American cultural festival

Manuel Antonio Rivera, Valeriya Shapoval, Kelly Semrad, Marcos Medeiros

The study investigates how cultural festival attendees’ familiarity and involvement may influence their overall satisfaction and future behavioral intentions towards the festival.

Predicting the determinants of academic conference participation decision-making in the post-pandemic situation: the case of Indonesia

Kunthi Afrilinda Kusumawardani, Farida Komalasari, Felix Goenadhi

This study aims to determine offline academic conference participation decision-making factors in the post-pandemic situation incorporating the safety measure as one of the…

Gatekeeper perceptions on adopting environmentally sound information and communication technology-enhanced live performances to improve the sustainability of music festivals

Adrian Bossey

The purpose of this paper is to consider perceptions of sustainability, information communication technologies (ICTs)-enhanced performances, authenticity, COVID-19 and performance…

Paragliding festival: understanding stakeholder perception of environmental attitudes and tourism performance

Theophilus Francis Gyepi-Garbrah, Alexander Preko

Paragliding festivals have become significant events in the global tourism space, attracting tourists to local and international destinations. The purpose of this study was to…

Employing multiple delivery partners: demonstrating success through an event case study

Trish Bradbury, Sam Bhattacharya

This study aims to explore the efficacy of using sport-specific specialist multiple delivery partners (MDPs) contracted by the World Masters Games 2017 Limited (WMG2017) local…