ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors develop a tool based on available research to analyse the interdependencies of sociocultural impacts and thereby enable the development of policy for the sociocultural sustainability of festivals. A short case study, that serves to demonstrate the practical applicability of the model, is presented. For the purpose of the chapter, the authors merely identify key stages of the festival development and develop one area of impact in each stage to illustrate the applicability of the impact cycle model. The impact cycle has proved a useful tool to understand and describe the interconnected sociocultural impacts of a festival. A development of this approach may include additional external factors, and adding examples of preventive and reactive policy and measures, to give a more comprehensive basis for action for practical application.
