Festivals & Regional Destinations: How Festivals Demonstrate a Sense of Community & Place

摘要: AbstractThe cultural aspects of a way life place and sense community help us to better understand the processes change being experienced in regional Australia. The paper explores how community-based festivals grow over time reflect values, interests aspirations residents. It presents observations nature four destinations northern rivers region NSW. investigation are linked such events. seeks establish develop manage tensions generated by different voices. Community can community’s itself. A appreciation validates substantial interest events shared residents with visitors.