Light festivals, policy mobilities and urban tourism

Tourism Geographies, Tourist Studies and the Turn towards Mobilities

Tourism is frequently acclaimed as one of the world’s largest and most pervasive industries. Research into tourism has grown rapidly in recent years with many new books and journals appearing. In particular, this article notes that perhaps three new journals have marked the coming of age of tourism-related research, namely, Tourism Geographies, Tourist Studies and finally Mobilities. While a gr...

Mobilities and sustainable tourism : path creating or path dependent relationships ?

This paper advances understanding of tourism mobility trajectories and outcomes by discussing if the trajectory of tourism mobility is path dependent or path creating and, therefore, whether tourism is locked into existing sub optimal pathways, or is there scope for creating significantly more sustainable future pathways. Tourism mobilities are understood in the context of overall shifts in cor...

City Talk: Urban Identities, Mobilities and Textualities

WALDEMAR CUDNY University Of Łódź, POland FILM FESTIVALS IN ŁÓDŹ AS A MAIN COMPONENT OF URBAN CULTURAL TOURISM

In the early 19th century Łódź became a huge centre of textile production. However, the transformations in Poland after 1989 led to the decline of this industry. At present the city is looking for new forms of development, such as services, including tourism and culture. One of the most important elements of the cultural function in Łódź are film festivals, based on over 50 year long tradition ...

City Festivals: Creativity and control in staged urban experiences

On a global market, cities aim to develop a distinct proile to attract mobile consumers. One increasingly used means to attain distinction is to brand the city as experience space. Particularly, the urban festival has become a popular organizational form for creating experience spaces, and for marketing cities. Festivals are often strategically conceived with the purpose of promoting a ‘distinc...