ABSTRACT

The roles and impacts of planned events within tourism are of increasing importance for destination competitiveness. Tourism Events in Asia is a unique contribution to the understanding of the impacts of events in the development planning, promotion and marketing of destinations in the rapidly growing tourism market of Asia.

Balancing theory and practical examples, the book analyses the tools and techniques of branding, marketing and media involvement as well as visitor motivations for successful tourism events in Asia. It reviews a range of different event types from dark tourism festivals, film tourism festivals, cultural heritage tourism festivals, food tourism festivals, business events, sports events; and meeting, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) and much more.

Written by an international team of authors, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the Asian tourism events market and will be a valuable resource for students and researchers of events, tourism, marketing and branding.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|16 pages

Event tourism in Asian context

chapter 2|16 pages

Tourism events in South Asia

Brief profiling with cultural celebrations

chapter 4|17 pages

Role of ethnic cultural events to build an authentic destination image

A case of ‘Pohela Boishakh’ in Bangladesh

chapter 5|7 pages

Malana heritage village

The gateway for great tourism events

chapter 7|16 pages

Social media impact on tourism events

A case study in Jordan

chapter 11|8 pages

National identity and dark tourism

Symbolising the ‘Omor Ekushey February’

chapter 12|12 pages

Anti-tourism against the commodification of culture

Varf Chal (pour snow in pit)/Zan Shahi (Kingdom of Women) ceremonies in the North of Iran

chapter 14|19 pages

Northern tourism

A comparative analysis of the national parks of the northern territories of Canada and the Arctic regions of Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia