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This volume addresses the need to develop event tourism sustainably for effective local community development. The event tourism business has become more and more essential to community development in countries around the world, helping to increase the appeal of specific destinations. Event tourism can generate huge economic benefits for the communities of the destinations, impacting local economies.

This book looks at a wide range of festivals and other events around the world and examines their impact on tourism, sustainability, local culture and community, and community development. It highlights rural as well as urban event tourism, event tourism during and after COVID-19, how event tourism impacts women's empowerment, promoting event tourism and community development, new opportunities and challenges in event tourism education, and more.

With examples from India, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Portugal, Argentina, and Zimbabwe, Event Tourism and Sustainable Community Development: Advances, Effects, and Implications provides a valuable examination of sustainable community development in conjunction with event tourism along with helpful tools for promoting, organizing, and hosting successful events.