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dc.contributor.authorMackellar, Joanne
dc.contributor.editorJ. Horne, B. Watson, S. Flemming
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:06:54Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:06:54Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2012-02-10T02:02:59Z
dc.identifier.issn02614367
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02614360802613879
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/41769
dc.description.abstractEvents, such as festivals, have been identified as places in which activities are provided for participants to develop skills and build their leisure careers. This study aimed to explore the leisure and tourist behaviours of serious, and at times fanatical, participants at the Wintersun Festival in Queensland, Australia. The weeklong nostalgic celebration of music, dancing, cars and lifestyles attracts participants from distant communities to travel and participate in the activities that are integral to achieving their leisure goals. This study utilised participant observation to identify nine domains which describe and explain the behaviours of participants including specialised travel, lifestyle, identity reinforcement, pride, fanaticism, social interaction, fixated consumption, competition and skill development. The results highlight the specialised travel experience undertaken by participants and the important role of events in fulfilling their personal and social goals.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom85
dc.relation.ispartofpageto104
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLeisure Studies
dc.relation.ispartofvolume28
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSport and Leisure Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommercial Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode150603
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode150404
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1504
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1506
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1608
dc.titleAn examination of serious participants at the Australian Wintersun Festival
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2009 Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in Leisure Studies, Vol.28(1), 2009, pp.85-104. Leisure Studiese is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com with the open URL of your article.
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorMackellar, Joanne


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