01742nas a2200229   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260004500043653002200088653002300110653005300133653003900186100001600225700001900241700001400260700001900274245011300293856015300406300001200559520089900571020004201470       2021                            d  bSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.10aCovid-19 pandemic10aFolk/popular music10aInformation and Communication Technologies (ICT)10aIntangible cultural heritage (ICH)1 aC. Tsalpara1 aI. Soulopoulos1 aI. Sklias1 aN. Grammalidis00aCovid-19 Pandemic’s Influence on Popular/Folk Culture and Tourism in Greece: Shaping the Future and Beyond  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85126185893&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-66154-0_14&partnerID=40&md5=ba554751a6706fe182c855e23d7beb6c  a121-1293 aPopular/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.  a21987246 (ISSN); 9783030661533 (ISBN)