Events and festivals: fit for the future?

Jones, Calvin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4980-2330 2012. Events and festivals: fit for the future? Event Management 16 (2) , pp. 107-118. 10.3727/152599512X13343565268258

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Abstract

Over recent decades, the events and festivals sector has enjoyed a period of sustained growth in terms of both commercial scale and media attention. now, however, a number of factors suggest that a retrenchment may be imminent, bringing with it significant threats to the viability of much current activity. environmental factors, particularly fossil-fuel depletion and climate change regulation, will work to make travel (and hence event attendance) more costly. At the same time, the necessary unwinding of public and private debt, in the West at least, may put further pressure on events' and festivals' revenues. This article examines these pressures in more detail and makes tentative suggestions as to how the sector might respond to ensure that it can continue to provide important social and cultural benefits in straitened times.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Climate change ; Peak oil ; Risk ; Economics ; Demand ; Recession/credit crunch
Publisher:	Cognizant Communication Corporation
ISSN:	1525-9951
Related URLs:	http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/co...
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2022 10:04
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/33982

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