Can Events Facilitate Intercultural Understanding?: A Critical Investigation at Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod

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Author(s): Karen Davies (Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK)and Caroline Ritchie (Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 20
Source title: Role and Impact of Tourism in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jorge Tavares da Silva (GOVCOPP, University of Aveiro, Portugal), Zélia Breda (GOVCOPP, University of Aveiro, Portugal)and Fabio Carbone (Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK & GOVCOPP, University of Aveiro, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5053-3.ch013

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Management / Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism Management

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The founding philosophy of many cultural events established after the Second World War was to enhance the dynamics of peace through supporting and developing multicultural understanding. Over 50 years after their establishment, this chapter investigates the potential of such iconic events to achieve this aim and contribute to the concept of peace through tourism, based on a longitudinal ethnographic case study of Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. The results show that this aim can be achieved by such events if they provide enough time and space for participants (performers and audiences) to interact. However, the study also identifies current cultural, political, and fiscal challenges in providing these temporal and physical spaces.

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