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CASE STUDY 1.1 Glastonbury Festival: A hallmark event
‘Alex Clarke, Production Co-ordinator Glastonbury Festivals Limited, 2014 to 2016,
Glastonbury is a market town situated in the heart of Somerset, inthe south-west of
England, with a population of almost 1,000 tis often described as a new age town with
many people visitng for its spiritual connections, myths and legends. However, the
attraction tothe area is undoubtedly the Glastonbury FestivalEBD ever: panning and Management
| we look briefly at s+
ondoes. Over 40 years later the Glastonbury Festiva Bow
500-0 nearly Frequency
Christmas and New Year
‘town of Glastonbury famous, itis worth sah Bs
and prize
rized by their frequency
that although the hallmark Festival is
Decovee ot euth te town of Glastonbury its physical comectons are tentatve Seca Geography
because although the people of the town of Glastonbury are affected by the Festiva, Sporting competitions are
itaffects those in the two closer towns to a much greater extent, The impact on local geography. In the sport 0
People and bad behaviour all eich each event occurtin}
host both regional and n:
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‘al, expleins: The impact of traffic { sector
When asked ‘what do you
events in a particular sects
tion, somebody specializ
a specific sub-sector. For
might work predominant
‘fumbers increase dramatically’
However the lacaleconamy does benefit rom spendin
Molletis home to a large super
before the Festival for drinks,
in surrounding towns. Shepton
ore and local shops, which are often the last port of ca
{00d and other forgotten items. Funding is put back into the
Internal or external
nal ev
Examples of intern
re usually
These events are v
[for local residents only, atthe endo the summer season The Festival also ties to help sreanization and are oft
al tesidents canyon with ite by encouraging Festival stendoce use rains and shuttle ee
buses and al
other hand, are used by
‘ompany. These include
stalin theory making their journeys more manageable.
i: ind struct
and the organizers are all given a year off to recover. Size al
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ryihistory-1970/ Accessed: 11 January 2018)
lastonbury: the pop-up city that plays home to 200,000 for es for the worl
the wookend, the countries
¢; iieerane i Fhe Guardian (Online| 23.june,avalabie from www.theguardian.com/ ‘one of the most global
4 Mlalostonbury-city-popup-wokend festival (Accessed: 11 January 2018) events are truly global
With events taking plac
the size of the industry
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