Event Tourism and Sustainable Community Development

<p>The event tourism business has become more and more essential to community development in countries around the world helping to increase the appeal of specific destinations and generating huge economic benefits for the communities of the destinations impacting local economies. With examples from India Sri Lanka Turkey Malaysia United Arab Emirates Bangladesh Cambodia Portugal Argentina and Zimbabwe this volume provides a valuable examination of sustainable community development in conjunction with event tourism along with helpful tools for promoting organizing and hosting successful events.</p><p>This book looks at a wide range of festivals and other events around the world and examines their impact on tourism sustainability local culture and community and community development. It highlights rural as well as urban event tourism event tourism during and after COVID–19 how event tourism impacts women’s empowerment promoting event tourism and community development new opportunities and challenges in event tourism education and more.</p>