TY - JOUR KW - Cantonese opera KW - Macao KW - Collaboration KW - Cultural tourism KW - government KW - intangible heritage KW - Music KW - performers KW - stakeholders AU - Man-U Io AB - This study attempts to explore the nature of collaborative relationship between the local government and performers of Cantonese opera in Macao by using in-depth interviews and field trips. Based on the results, a framework has been developed to demonstrate how the local government and performers joint forces to preserve and promote Cantonese opera through tourism. The framework also suggested an approach to balance the power relationship between key players by revealing how the local government and performers interchanged their roles in different areas of the project. The study empirically confirmed the importance of sharing common goals and having sufficient communication and coordination between key players for effective collaboration. BT - Journal of Heritage Tourism DA - jan DO - 10.1080/1743873X.2018.1452248 LA - English M1 - 1 N1 - Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd. N2 - This study attempts to explore the nature of collaborative relationship between the local government and performers of Cantonese opera in Macao by using in-depth interviews and field trips. Based on the results, a framework has been developed to demonstrate how the local government and performers joint forces to preserve and promote Cantonese opera through tourism. The framework also suggested an approach to balance the power relationship between key players by revealing how the local government and performers interchanged their roles in different areas of the project. The study empirically confirmed the importance of sharing common goals and having sufficient communication and coordination between key players for effective collaboration. PY - 2019 SP - 19 EP - 32 T2 - Journal of Heritage Tourism TI - Collaboration between practitioners and public agencies in preserving and promoting musical heritage in Macao UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85044318283&doi=10.1080%2f1743873X.2018.1452248&partnerID=40&md5=d5e46f5fcf98b151ae87b293edb75579 VL - 14 SN - 1743873X (ISSN) ER -