Impact of Cambridge Folk Festival on Local Tourism and Environment

Running Head:SPORT AND EVENT TOURISM
SPORT AND EVENT TOURISM
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Executive summary
Cambridge Folk Festivalis a popular folk music event in UK that started its journey since 1965.
However, there is a major impact of the event on the local community as the local groups are
highly moved by the festival. Besides the cultural implication economic development is also
considered to be an important aspect for the discussion. In response to this, the purpose of this
report is to identify the relation between tourism and festivals. In addition to this, the role of the
non sport events and its impact on the local community is also discussed into the report so that it
will cover up all the aspects of tourism and events.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Discussion........................................................................................................................................4
Tourism activities............................................................................................................................4
Development of tourism..................................................................................................................5
Cultural ethos...............................................................................................................................6
Advanced broadcasting................................................................................................................6
Sustainability framework.............................................................................................................6
Organisational plan to develop the event.........................................................................................7
Operational planning...................................................................................................................7
Capacity management..................................................................................................................7
Location.......................................................................................................................................8
Impact on the local tourism.............................................................................................................8
Positive........................................................................................................................................8
Short term impact....................................................................................................................8
Long term impact.....................................................................................................................9
Negative.......................................................................................................................................9
Short term impact..................................................................................................................10
Long term impact...................................................................................................................10
Recommendation.......................................................................................................................11

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Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12
Reference.......................................................................................................................................13