“…Therefore, it is not surprising to see that the number of conceptual and empirical studies on festivals and special events has been increasing rapidly (Backman, Backman, Uysal, & Sunshine, 1995;Crompton & Mckay, 1997;Formica & Murrmann, 1998;Formica & Uysal, 1998;Gartner & Holecek, 1983;C. kim, Scott, Thigpen, & kim, 1998;Mohr, Backman, Gahan, & Backman, 1993;Nicholson & Pearce, 2001;Schneider & Backman, 1996;Scott, 1996;Thrane, 2002;Uysal, Backman, Backman, & Potts, 1991;Uysal, Gahan, & Martin, 1993;Uysal & Gitelson, 1994;Walo, Bull, & Green, 1996).…”