Azizul Hassan is a member of the Tourism Consultants Network of the UK Tourism Society and is currently working towards a PhD at Cardiff Metropolitan University. His main areas of research are technology-supported marketing in tourism; innovative marketing dynamics; destination branding in tourism; cultural heritage tourism; heritage interpretation; and sustainable management/marketing alternatives for cultural heritage industries. He is a regular reviewer of Tourism Analysis, the International Journal of Human Resource Management, the International Journal of Ecotourism, the eReview of Tourism Research (eRTR) and the International Interdisciplinary Business-Economics Advancement Journal.Anukrati Sharma is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Commerce and Management, University of Kota, Kota, Rajasthan, India. In 2015, she received Research Award from the UGC, New Delhi, on Analysis of the Status of Tourism in Hadoti and Shekhawati Region/Circuit (Rajasthan): Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects. Her doctorate was on tourism marketing from the University of Rajasthan. Her core research areas are tourism, strategic management, law, general management and international business management. She is member of several professional bodies. She attended and presented papers in many national and international conferences.

• Introduction Part 1: Tourism Events: Marketing Approaches in Asia 1. Event Tourism in Asian Context 2. Tourism Events in South Asia: Brief Profiling with Cultural Celebrations Part 2: Tourism Festivals and Marketing 3. Creating New Event Opportunities and Re-Creating Old Events in an Innovative Way: Case Study of Hadoti Region Anukrati Sharma 4. Role of Ethnic Cultural Events to Build an Authentic Destination Image: A case of ‘Pohela Boishakh’ in Bangladesh Part 3: Tourism Festivals and Socio-economic Development 5. Malana Heritage Village: The Gateway for Great Tourism Events Part 4: Tourism Festivals and Information Technology Chapter 6. Role of Information and Communication Technology in Marketing and Promoting Tourism Events of Rajasthan Part 5: Tourism Festivals and Media 7. Social Media Impact on Tourism Events: A case study in Jordan 8. Effectiveness of Social Media Sharing on Tourism Event Choice 9. The Roles of Social Media in the Promotion of Traditional Cultural Tourism Events in Indonesia Part 6: Tourism Festivals and Typologies 10. Prominent and Innovative Tourism Events in Peninsular Malaysia Part 7: Tourism Festivals and National Identity 11. National Identity and Dark Tourism: Symbolising the ‘Omor Ekushey February’ Part 8: Resistance to Tourism and the Prevention of the Commodification of Culture 12. Anti-Tourism Against the Commodification of Culture: Varf Chal (Pour Snow in Pit) / Zan Shahi (Kingdom of Women) Ceremonies in the North of Iran Part 9: Tourism Festivals and Architectural Landscape 13. Visitor Routes in Old City of Damascus with Implications and Strategies for Improvements Part 10: Tourism Festivals of Asia from Europe Perspective 14. Northern Tourism: A Comparative Analysis of the National Parks of the Northern Territories of Canada and the Arctic regions of Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

Azizul Hassan is a member of the Tourism Consultants Network of the UK Tourism Society and is currently working towards a PhD at Cardiff Metropolitan University. His main areas of research are technology-supported marketing in tourism; innovative marketing dynamics; destination branding in tourism; cultural heritage tourism; heritage interpretation; and sustainable management/marketing alternatives for cultural heritage industries. He is a regular reviewer of Tourism Analysis, the International Journal of Human Resource Management, the International Journal of Ecotourism, the eReview of Tourism Research (eRTR) and the International Interdisciplinary Business-Economics Advancement Journal.Anukrati Sharma is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Commerce and Management, University of Kota, Kota, Rajasthan, India. In 2015, she received Research Award from the UGC, New Delhi, on Analysis of the Status of Tourism in Hadoti and Shekhawati Region/Circuit (Rajasthan): Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Prospects. Her doctorate was on tourism marketing from the University of Rajasthan. Her core research areas are tourism, strategic management, law, general management and international business management. She is member of several professional bodies. She attended and presented papers in many national and international conferences.

• Introduction Part 1: Tourism Events: Marketing Approaches in Asia 1. Event Tourism in Asian Context 2. Tourism Events in South Asia: Brief Profiling with Cultural Celebrations Part 2: Tourism Festivals and Marketing 3. Creating New Event Opportunities and Re-Creating Old Events in an Innovative Way: Case Study of Hadoti Region Anukrati Sharma 4. Role of Ethnic Cultural Events to Build an Authentic Destination Image: A case of ‘Pohela Boishakh’ in Bangladesh Part 3: Tourism Festivals and Socio-economic Development 5. Malana Heritage Village: The Gateway for Great Tourism Events Part 4: Tourism Festivals and Information Technology Chapter 6. Role of Information and Communication Technology in Marketing and Promoting Tourism Events of Rajasthan Part 5: Tourism Festivals and Media 7. Social Media Impact on Tourism Events: A case study in Jordan 8. Effectiveness of Social Media Sharing on Tourism Event Choice 9. The Roles of Social Media in the Promotion of Traditional Cultural Tourism Events in Indonesia Part 6: Tourism Festivals and Typologies 10. Prominent and Innovative Tourism Events in Peninsular Malaysia Part 7: Tourism Festivals and National Identity 11. National Identity and Dark Tourism: Symbolising the ‘Omor Ekushey February’ Part 8: Resistance to Tourism and the Prevention of the Commodification of Culture 12. Anti-Tourism Against the Commodification of Culture: Varf Chal (Pour Snow in Pit) / Zan Shahi (Kingdom of Women) Ceremonies in the North of Iran Part 9: Tourism Festivals and Architectural Landscape 13. Visitor Routes in Old City of Damascus with Implications and Strategies for Improvements Part 10: Tourism Festivals of Asia from Europe Perspective 14. Northern Tourism: A Comparative Analysis of the National Parks of the Northern Territories of Canada and the Arctic regions of Sakha Republic (Yakutia)