Short description
Local businesses experience greater patronage as a result of the activity, which may lead to increased staffing. Individuals participating in the event exercise their economic freedom by choosing to spend their money in the local economy.
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Full description
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Theory underpinning this outcome
The arts may be a factor in influencing tourists to visit an area, city or country, thereby enhancing employment prospects in hotels, restaurants and so on (O’Hagan, 2016).
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Evidence that this outcome occurs
There is some evidence to suggest that the existence of adequate cultural institutions has been an important factor in attracting business and tourists to a region (Bille & Schulze, 2006). In this case, the arts may form part of the social infrastructure that some see as a necessary condition for locating/working in an area (O’Hagan, 2016).
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Activities
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Processes
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Bille, T., & Schulze, G. (2006). Culture in urban and regional development. In V. Ginsburgh & D. Throsby (Eds.), Handbook of the economics of art and culture (pp. 1051–1100). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
O’Hagan, J. (2016) Objectives of arts funding agencies often do not map well on to societal benefits, Cultural Trends, 25(4), 249-262, DOI: 10.1080/09548963.2016.1241343.
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