ABSTRACT
Music tourism – the phenomenon of people traveling because of a connection with music – is incredibly diverse, taking place in a variety of forms and shapes in many parts and locations across the world. Music tourism is not only varied in the number of places and countries to visit; it has fragmented into a great variety of practices that somehow involve music-related travel. As tourism further developed during the 20th century, the reasons to commemorate places have diversified. Music, although ephemeral by nature, can become a visible part of a place, durably present in statues and other landmarks, and perhaps less continuously anchored to place through festivals. Music produces a sense of place in distinct ways. As music provides metaphors for how places are imagined, lived, and felt, these metaphors become part of shared cultural narratives of the places concerned. The chapter also presents an overview on the key concepts discussed in this book.
