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Analyzing the effects of an urban food festival: A place theory approach

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  • Lau, Chammy
  • Li, Yiping

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Existing literature of festival tourism emphasises on heritage festival in rural place and seldom addresses the effect of urban festival as a potent force that contributes to place making. This study examines the missing conceptual link between urban festival and notions of place from a place theory approach. In-depth interviews with urban food-themed festival goers were conducted to understand their perceived meanings of the festival and place connotation. The results disclose three dimensions of meanings: festival as place, festival as locale and festival as imaginary identity. The study confirms that urban festival enriches a unique sense of place, whilst its intrinsic value to manipulate the competing ideologies of a place should not be slighted.

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  • Lau, Chammy & Li, Yiping, 2019. "Analyzing the effects of an urban food festival: A place theory approach," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 43-55.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:anture:v:74:y:2019:i:c:p:43-55
    DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2018.10.004
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