Categories: Economy | Global Health | Sustainability | Tourism Popular locations such as Nashville, Austin, Memphis, and New Orleans or anywhere the Olympics are held are no stranger to mass amounts of people. Unfortunately, its the impact of the temporary and mobile entertainment industry that is leading us in a harmful and unsustainable direction. Reviewing events such as the Fyre festival, Woodstock, and the 2016 Brazil Olympics, we can see how badly we need to take action to find cleaner, reliable, and more sustainable alternatives. Concerts, festivals, and other events with large viewership are good for bringing in lots of people and money. These events unfortunately also bring in lots of trash, drugs, disease, and harm to the surrounding community with the inconsistency of scheduling. The surrounding businesses, such as hotels, may gain certain expectations for the quantity of business they assume they will get because of the event. If these attendees don't meet their expectations, these businesses are out lots of money. Trouble Making Large Scale Events Sustainable
From these events, we can see how unsustainable the entertainment industry of hospitality is and how it needs to be fixed. Festivals and concert goers can work to be more sustainable by:
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Sources Used:Drehs, Wayne, and Mariana Lajolo. After The Flame, ESPN, 10 Aug. 2017, www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/20292414/the-reality-post-olympic-rio.
Ecosia. Can a music festival be green?, Youtube, 17 June 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkBoFrKUzdk. Gray, Richard. The people fighting the war on waste at music festivals, BBC, 27 June 2019, www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190627-the-people-fighting-the-war-on-waste-at-music-festivals. Joshi, Nicholas. 10 ways to party sustainably this festival season, Ecosia, 17 June 2019, blog.ecosia.org/we-love-green-sustainable-festival/.
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Sydney BrzezinskiSenior undergraduate student at Grand Valley State University studying Business Management, Hospitality & Tourism, and Meeting & Events Management. Through my enrollment in HTM 202 International Tourism, I have maintained this blog as a portion of my required class work from September to December 2021. - Sydney Brzezinski
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