Territorial Marketing Applied to Cultural Tourism: Assessment of Cultural Event Impacts

Abstract:

Event Marketing and Regional Studies are widely considered discipline with still uncertain and not fully defined contours. In order to highlight the extent and the relevance of developing researches into these fields, it is proposed here a study able to demonstrate the operational validity of marketing in favor territorial development. The research work has addressed the issues of territorial promotion and analysis of touristic attitude of destinations providing an innovative application of the input-output methodology, used in the economic impact analysis.

• Periodical: Advanced Engineering Forum (Volume 11)
• Pages: 585-593
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.11.585
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Claudia Ventura*
• Keywords: Cultural Events, Impacts Evaluation, Marketing, Tourism

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