Tourism Impacts of International Arts Festivals in Greece. The Cases of the Kalamata Dance Festival and Drama Short Film Festival

Georgoula, Vasiliki; Terkenli, Theano S.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-67603-6_7

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“…Urban buildings of cultural heritage, in particular, are an integral and valuable part of cultural and local history [76][77][78]. After all, cultural heritage tourism stands as one of the fastest-growing sectors drawing millions of tourists from all over the world [79][80][81]. The demand for heritage-based tourist accommodation establishments not only increases spending by tourists looking to engage with history and culture but also provides an ideal backdrop for leisure activities [82][83][84].…”

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Urban buildings sustainable adaptive reuse into tourism accommodation establishments: a SOAR analysis

Vardopoulos,

Giannopoulos,

Papaefthymiou

et al. 2023

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This study, conducted as part of the ‘RETOU’ research project, aims to provide a holistic understanding of adaptive reuse in the context of transforming heritage buildings into creative tourist accommodation units. To achieve the objective set for the current research, the methodology involved an in-depth exploration of the conceptual and theoretical evidence within the scholarly literature, followed by a SOAR analysis. The results have identified current strengths, and opportunities, as well as future aspirations and results specifically associated with adaptive reuse initiatives leading to tourist lodgings. The findings of this research endeavor contribute to the expanding body of literature on the adaptive reuse phenomenon. They provide valuable insights into the prevalent notion and understanding, particularly in the context of a tourist-centric urban destination. Furthermore, this research lays a solid foundation for sustainable policy measures planning, and practical implementation strategies development towards a circular economy transitioning action plan, well-serving objectives promoted by the agenda for sustainable urban development.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban buildings sustainable adaptive reuse into tourism accommodation establishments: a SOAR analysis

Vardopoulos,

Giannopoulos,

Papaefthymiou

et al. 2023

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“…This bibliography is very oriented to the study of cultural tourism; a high proportion analyzes the tourist dynamics in historic centers and how they contribute to the construction of destinations and to urban regeneration. Less frequent but of great interest are publications oriented to analysis of tourism segmentation and the creation of specialized cultural products, such as museums (Gómez, 2012) or cultural festivals (Barrera-Fernández et al, 2017;Georgoula & Terkenli, 2018;Gómez & Guzmán, 2017;Snowball & Antrobus, 2020), along with works related to language tourism (Pardo-Abad, 2011). Also noteworthy are studies like those by Vázquez-Varela and Martínez-Navarro (2016) that analyze the impact that high-speed rail development has had on tourism in medium and small cities, or those that delve into aspects related to sustainability (Del Espino Hidalgo et al, 2016).…”

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Tourist intensity in medium and small Spanish cities. Urban tourism research using a quantitative indicator: Tourism Intensity Index (TII)

Giralt

Palacios²,

Barrado–Timón³

et al. 2023

invest. tur

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Urban tourism has experienced significant growth in recent decades, generating situations of overtourism and tourismophobia. In Spain, cities such as Barcelona, Sevilla, Valencia, and Madrid face the effects of excess tourism on a daily basis, even in times of the pandemic. The objective of this study is to determine whether an increase in tourism intensity has also occurred in small and medium-sized Spanish cities and, if so, to develop an assessment of the phenomenon. To this end, a Tourism Intensity Index (TII) has been designed and applied to international tourist flows and statistically tested (through cluster analysis and Student’s ‘t’ test), permitting not only a confirmation of the phenomenon but its characterization during the period 2003-2020 and its interpretation from a geographical perspective. This research shows that tourist intensity is a phenomenon that extends also to medium and small Spanish cities.

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“…Finally, a recent study of Georgoula and Terkenli (2018) shows an analysis of two wellknown international arts festivals visitors' motives and profile characteristics, in two medium-sized Greek cities: the Kalamata International Dance Festival (KIDF) and the Drama International Short Film Festival (DISFF). Even though the two festivals were similar in terms of the organization and the aims, the focus of the analysis was the differentiation of attendance motives along with the visitors' characteristics for each of these events.…”

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“…Furthermore, they may encourage festival organizers to assess audience needs and improve the future organization and promotion of such events, towards a wider audience reach. This study may be considered as a first step towards understanding such target market characteristics and could also be undertaken at a larger scale, with the inclusion of a wider variety of socio-demographic groups (Georgoula & Terkenli, 2018).…”

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Investigation of similarities and differences between Dance Tourism markets: the case of Patras, Greece

Zouni

Karlis

Georgaki³

2019

THJ

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In every corner of the world, we observe that tourism destinations, having understood the importance of dance events, try to increase the presentation of such dance events, with the aim to attract and entertain tourists. Dance tourism constitutes a part of cultural tourism since, through that, opportunities for cultural experience are provided to tourists. The main aim of the present research is the investigation of the similarities and differences between Greek and Russian dance tourists towards dance tourism in a tourism destination (Patras, Greece), regarding: (a) the Demographic characteristics, (b) attitude towards dance tourism, and (c) attitude towards Patras as a dance tourism destination. Results show that younger individuals, mainly women, that are single, of high educational level, private-sector employees mainly, and of medium income are interested in dance tourism. Moreover, several interesting results found regarding attitude towards dance tourism, and attitude towards dance tourism destinations. The contribution of this study is twofold. For both For academia, this research might deepen the understanding of dance tourism travellers and its impact on destinations products formulation. For practitioners, this kind of approach might provide new and strategically important knowledge about attracting dance tourists.

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Tourism Impacts of International Arts Festivals in Greece. The Cases of the Kalamata Dance Festival and Drama Short Film Festival

Cited by 5 publications

References 24 publications

Urban buildings sustainable adaptive reuse into tourism accommodation establishments: a SOAR analysis

Urban buildings sustainable adaptive reuse into tourism accommodation establishments: a SOAR analysis

Tourist intensity in medium and small Spanish cities. Urban tourism research using a quantitative indicator: Tourism Intensity Index (TII)

Investigation of similarities and differences between Dance Tourism markets: the case of Patras, Greece

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