Tourism Events in Asia Marketing and Development

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.

Introduction Part 1: Tourism Events: Marketing Approaches in Asia1. Event Tourism in Asian ContextSamik Ray2. Tourism Events in South Asia: Brief Profiling with Cultural CelebrationsMuhammad Shoeb-Ur-Rahman, Karabi Kabir and Azizul HassanPart 2: Tourism Festivals and Marketing3. Creating New Event Opportunities and Re-Creating Old Events in an Innovative Way: Case Study of Hadoti RegionAnukrati Sharma4. Role of Ethnic Cultural Events to Build an Authentic Destination Image:A case of ‘Pohela Boishakh’ in BangladeshSaadia Shabnam, Haywantee Ramkissoon and Afreen ChoudhuryPart 3: Tourism Festivals and Socio-economic Development5. Malana Heritage Village: The Gateway for Great Tourism EventsShikha SharmaPart 4: Tourism Festivals and Information TechnologyChapter 6. Role of Information and Communication Technology in Marketing and Promoting Tourism Events of RajasthanShruti Arora and Anukrati SharmaPart 5: Tourism Festivals and Media7. Social Media Impact on Tourism Events: A case study in JordanAlbattat Ahmad, Salam Tadros, Karen Miranda-Fernandez 8. Effectiveness of Social Media Sharing on Tourism Event ChoiceBekir Bora Dedeoglu and Kemal Gürkan Küçükergin9. The Roles of Social Media in the Promotion of Traditional Cultural Tourism Events in IndonesiaDesloehal DjumriantiPart 6: Tourism Festivals and Typologies10. Prominent and Innovative Tourism Events in Peninsular MalaysiaNor Aida Abdul RahmanPart 7: Tourism Festivals and National Identity11. National Identity and Dark Tourism: Symbolising the ‘Omor Ekushey February’Azizul HassanPart 8: Resistance to Tourism and the Prevention of the Commodification of Culture12. Anti-Tourism Against the Commodification of Culture: Varf Chal (Pour Snow in Pit) / Zan Shahi (Kingdom of Women) Ceremonies in the North of IranAmir H. MoghaddamPart 9: Tourism Festivals and Architectural Landscape13. Visitor Routes in Old City of Damascus with Implications and Strategies for ImprovementsDimah AjeebPart 10: Tourism Festivals of Asia from Europe Perspective14. Northern Tourism: A Comparative Analysis of the National Parks of the Northern Territories of Canada and the Arctic regions of Sakha Republic (Yakutia)Elena Egorovna Totonova

Azizul Hassan is a member of the Tourism Consultants Network of the UK Tourism Society and is currently working towards a PhD at Cardiff Metropolitan University. His main areas of research are technology-supported marketing in tourism; innovative marketing dynamics; destination branding in tourism; cultural heritage tourism; heritage interpretation; and sustainable management/marketing alternatives for cultural heritage industries. He is a regular reviewer of Tourism Analysis, the International Journal of Human Resource Management, the International Journal of Ecotourism, the eReview of Tourism Research (eRTR) and the International Interdisciplinary Business-Economics Advancement Journal.Anukrati Sharma is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Commerce and Management, University of Kota, Kota, Rajasthan, India. In 2015, she received Research Award from the UGC, New Delhi, on Analysis of the Status of Tourism in Hadoti and Shekhawati Region/Circuit (Rajasthan): Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects. Her doctorate was on tourism marketing from the University of Rajasthan. Her core research areas are tourism, strategic management, law, general management and international business management. She is member of several professional bodies. She attended and presented papers in many national and international conferences.