Landman, Chelvan (2021) Place Attachment Disruptions on Terschelling: the Case of Eilân Festival. Master thesis.
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Abstract
In research, tourism is often regarded as positive. However, sometimes tourism may lead to people feeling worse about their region. These negative feelings can be explained through place attachment disruptions. While overtourism is often addressed in scientific literature, less research is done on broader, unquantifiable effects of tourist events and festivals. With the case of Eilân festival I analyse how tourism can lead to disruptions within communities, places themselves and the feelings people have towards a place. The festival was cancelled due to a combination of discrepancies between local communities, bureaucracy, and miscommunications. I combined literature on social impact assessment with place attachment disruption theory to understand why members of local communities decicded to file a lawsuit. According to my research, place attachment disruptions due to both the process of Eilân festival planning and the contents of the festival were observed. Reported problems include the time of involvement of local stakeholders, the size of Eilân festival, possible environmental damage and noise. Unfortunately, it is unclear what the general feelings of local stakeholders towards the festival was. This means that further quantitative research is necessary. To counter the issues reported by respondents, local communities need to be involved with festivals in an early stage of planning. The ideal moment is after local stakeholders have an idea about the contents of the festival and before they formed their opinion on the festival. This means that they have enough information about the festival to provide in-depth suggestions, while they are still open to negotiate.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Cultural Geography: Tourism Geography & Planning (track) |
| Supervisor: | Hartman, S. |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Oct 2021 08:37 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Oct 2021 08:37 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3676 |
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