The future of volunteer managed festivals : where do we go from here?

Paula Meyer; Deborah Edwards; Ian McDonnell; Simone Grabowski; Roger March

The future of volunteer managed festivals : where do we go from here?

Paula Meyer, Deborah Edwards, Ian McDonnell, Simone Grabowski, Roger March

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper

Abstract

Agricultural shows are community based festivals that represent a majority of festivals staged in rural destinations. These shows are predominantly volunteer managed festivals which are finding it difficult to survive in an increasingly competitive and challenging environment. However little is understood about the volunteer managers of these festivals in terms of their motivation, skills and effectiveness in managing these festivals. To address these issues this paper has three aims. First it will present a review of the literature on volunteer managed festivals. Second the paper presents preliminary findings from a study conducted during 2005/2006 on rural agricultural shows. Third this paper discusses the implications for the management of future rural agricultural shows.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 17th Annual CAUTHE Conference: Tourism: Past Achievements, Future Challenges: 11-14 February 2007 Manly, Sydney, Australia
Publisher	University of Technology
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Print)	9780646469980
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	CAUTHE Conference - Duration: 8 Feb 2016 → …

Conference

Conference	CAUTHE Conference
Period	8/02/16 → …

Keywords

volunteers
festivals
management
agricultural exhibitions
Australia

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The future of volunteer managed festivals : where do we go from here? / Meyer, Paula; Edwards, Deborah; McDonnell, Ian et al.
Proceedings of the 17th Annual CAUTHE Conference: Tourism: Past Achievements, Future Challenges: 11-14 February 2007 Manly, Sydney, Australia. University of Technology, 2007.