Covid-19 Pandemic’s Influence on Popular/Folk Culture and Tourism in Greece: Shaping the Future and Beyond

Charis Tsalpara, Irodion Soulopoulos, Ioannis Sklias and Nikos Grammalidis ()
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Charis Tsalpara: Aptaliko.GR
Irodion Soulopoulos: Aptaliko.GR
Ioannis Sklias: Aptaliko.GR
Nikos Grammalidis: Information Technologies Institute, CERTH

A chapter in Strategic Innovative Marketing and Tourism in the COVID-19 Era, 2021, pp 121-129 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Popular/folk culture, mainly expressed through music and dance performances, was always very important for human societies. In addition to offering entertainment and being a tourist attraction, it can convey different messages according to the context, such as aesthetic/artistic, cultural, religious/spiritual and/or social aspects. Therefore, it is strongly linked to local identity and tourism, thus being an invaluable resource for local communities that needs to be preserved. Pandemics and their consequences pose a huge risk for this community asset, affecting not only the artists practicing it, but the entire associated culture and tourism industry. In this paper, we study how the recent covid-19 pandemic has affected the Greek popular/folk music scene and give insights on new ways and solutions, mainly based on modern information technologies, to mitigate these negative impacts.

Keywords: Covid-19 pandemic; Intangible cultural heritage (ICH); Folk/popular music; Information and communication technologies (ICT) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-66154-0_14

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