Glastonbury Festival 2007: The Socio-Economic Impacts on the Host Community

Event tourism, particularly festival tourism, is increasingly becoming a focus for tourism research. There are numerous impacts of festival tourism to the tourism industry and they often have numerous effects upon the host community. This research investigates the economic and social impacts of Glas...

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Main Author: Rose, Eleanor
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21941/
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description Event tourism, particularly festival tourism, is increasingly becoming a focus for tourism research. There are numerous impacts of festival tourism to the tourism industry and they often have numerous effects upon the host community. This research investigates the economic and social impacts of Glastonbury Festival 2007 on the host community. The research estimates a total economic impact on the immediate and the wider geographical area and gains an insight into the social impacts of the Festival for the local community. The results suggest that the economic impact is extremely significant to the host community and there are numerous extremely positive social benefits. There are few detrimental impacts upon the host community however, more could be done to maximise benefits for the local community.
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spelling nottingham-219412018-02-16T22:30:03Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21941/ Glastonbury Festival 2007: The Socio-Economic Impacts on the Host Community Rose, Eleanor Event tourism, particularly festival tourism, is increasingly becoming a focus for tourism research. There are numerous impacts of festival tourism to the tourism industry and they often have numerous effects upon the host community. This research investigates the economic and social impacts of Glastonbury Festival 2007 on the host community. The research estimates a total economic impact on the immediate and the wider geographical area and gains an insight into the social impacts of the Festival for the local community. The results suggest that the economic impact is extremely significant to the host community and there are numerous extremely positive social benefits. There are few detrimental impacts upon the host community however, more could be done to maximise benefits for the local community. 2008 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21941/1/2008MSclixer3.pdf Rose, Eleanor (2008) Glastonbury Festival 2007: The Socio-Economic Impacts on the Host Community. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished) tourism event tourism festivals
spellingShingle tourism
event tourism
festivals
Rose, Eleanor
Glastonbury Festival 2007: The Socio-Economic Impacts on the Host Community
title Glastonbury Festival 2007: The Socio-Economic Impacts on the Host Community
title_full Glastonbury Festival 2007: The Socio-Economic Impacts on the Host Community
title_fullStr Glastonbury Festival 2007: The Socio-Economic Impacts on the Host Community
title_full_unstemmed Glastonbury Festival 2007: The Socio-Economic Impacts on the Host Community
title_short Glastonbury Festival 2007: The Socio-Economic Impacts on the Host Community
title_sort glastonbury festival 2007: the socio-economic impacts on the host community
topic tourism
event tourism
festivals
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/21941/