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Festival Studies

Festival Studies is a subfield of folklore studies that systematically examines festivals as cultural performances and ritualized social practices through which communities construct, express, and transmit collective identities and shared meanings.

2.1K

Publications

95.8K

Citations

3.1K

Authors

1.1K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

482

Variants

Festivals

Parents

Children

Publications

2.1K

Event tourism: Definition, evolution, and research

Donald Getz · Tourism Management · 2007 · 2.2K citations

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Motives of visitors attending festival events

John L. Crompton, Stacey L. McKay · Annals of Tourism Research · 1997 · 1.2K citations

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Towards Social Leverage of Sport Events

Laurence Chalip · Journal of Sport & Tourism · 2006 · 783 citations

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Segmentation of festival motivation by nationality and satisfaction

Choong‐Ki Lee, Yong‐Ki Lee, Bruce E. Wicks · Tourism Management · 2003 · 650 citations

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Festivalscapes and patrons' emotions, satisfaction, and loyalty

Yong‐Ki Lee, Choong‐Ki Lee, Seung‐Kon Lee et al. · Journal of Business Research · 2007 · 644 citations

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Authors

3.1K

  1. DG
    Donald Getz

    University of Calgary, Canada

    25 publications · 4.2K citations

    21

    h-index

  2. MS
    Melville Saayman

    North-West University, South Africa

    29 publications · 779 citations

    19

    h-index

  3. TD
    Tommy D. Andersson

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    16 publications · 1.1K citations

    14

    h-index

  4. MK
    Martinette Kruger

    North-West University, South Africa

    13 publications · 356 citations

    13

    h-index

  5. CL
    Choong‐Ki Lee

    Kyung Hee University, South Korea

    13 publications · 2.9K citations

    13

    h-index

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Institutions

1.1K

  1. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    24 h-index

    54 publications

    4.9K citations

  2. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    21 h-index

    39 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. Leeds Beckett University

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    32 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    18 h-index

    31 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. North-West University

    Potchefstroom, South Africa

    18 h-index

    73 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. Griffith University

    Brisbane, Australia

    17 h-index

    29 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Edinburgh Napier University

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    34 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    16 h-index

    23 publications

    4.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Event Management

    127 publications · 5.4K citations

    39

    h-index

  2. Tourism Management

    37 publications · 7.1K citations

    34

    h-index

  3. International Journal of Event and Festival Management

    IJEFM · 69 publications · 2.9K citations

    32

    h-index

  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 50 publications · 2.8K citations

    32

    h-index

  5. Journal of Travel Research

    JTR · 28 publications · 4.8K citations

    26

    h-index

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See also

Festival Studies

Core Methods

Theoretical Frameworks

Festival Functions

Contemporary Issues

Comparative Variants