PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating effect of perceived festival value on the relationship between satisfaction and experiences in the context of a music festival. The study presented herein also examined festival experiences based on the experience economy model.Design/methodology/approachA face-to-face survey was performed at the rock music festival Kuzey Fest in Sinop/Turkey, where 336 questionnaires were completed. The statistical analyses conducted to establish the relationship between experiences, perceived value and satisfaction comprised explanatory factor analyses and multiple regression analysis.FindingsThis study showed that the experience economy in the context of music festivals consists of four experience dimensions. According to the findings, the participants had predominantly entertainment and aesthetics experiences through passive participation. The study concluded that there were partial and full mediating roles of perceived festival value in the relationship between some experience dimensions and satisfaction; however, it was also found that escape experiences did not significantly affect satisfaction. Finally, the aesthetics, education, entertainment and festival value variables were important pioneer variables for satisfaction.Practical implicationsThis study provides industry practitioners with meaningful insight on how to build rich festival experiences and satisfaction.Originality/valuePerceived value is a critical factor for developing satisfaction and gaining a competitive edge. While much is known about the effect of festival experiences on satisfaction, there is little research examining festival value within the framework of experiences and satisfaction. This research also provides valuable insights for applying the experience economy within the context of events management.

With the development of communication technologies, cyberloafing, which means the use of tools such as telephone, tablet, or Internet for business or individual purposes, has become a subject of debate. From this point of view, the cyberloafing behavior of employees in tourism enterprises was examined. It was aimed to investigate the effects of cyberloafing on business motivations and organizational identification in tourism businesses. For this purpose, field research was conducted on hotel management employees in the cities of Sinop and Samsun in Turkey. The data collected through questionnaires were analyzed by factor analysis and Partial Least Squares Structural Modeling (PLS). Findings indicate that cyberloafing has partially and relatively low impact on job motivation and organizational identification. The results of the study contribute to the literature of organizational behavior in the context of cyberloafing, and offer suggestions for hotel managers.

PurposeCultural festivals have started to be held face-to-face with masks and distance measures after the gradual lifting of restrictions following the COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, the risk of COVID-19 transmission continues. This study aimed to test the relationship between participants' experience quality and life satisfaction and the moderator role of the COVID-19 risk perception in this relationship within the scope of the Festival on Wheels (Gezici Festival) as a cultural festival.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected by face-to-face and online survey techniques in Ankara, Sinop and Kastamonu cities in the context of the 26th Festival on Wheels. A total of 130 questionnaires were collected, and structural equation modelling was applied to the data analysis.FindingsAccording to the findings, the experience quality with the dimensions of entertainment and escape has a significant effect on life satisfaction. On the other hand, the perceived risk of COVID-19 does not have a statistically significant effect on this relationship.Originality/valueThe results indicate that experience quality directly affects subjective life satisfaction, while the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on event experiences and outcomes has begun to disappear.

In this study, the developments such as hotel managements that licensed by Turkish Republic of Ministry of Tourism, occupancy rates and number of travel agencies in Sinop have been studied. The statistics that noted different variables and official enterprises between 1995-2015 and have been evaluated. These have been determined the situation of different kinds of variables. At the end of this study it's found that Sinop's tourism activities have given little support to the Turkish tourism and keeping consistent and systematic tourism-tourist statistics is very important to influence tourism activities in Sinop.

This research was carried out to determine the microbiological quality of meat and chicken doner samples which were put on sale in 8 enterprises operating in Sinop center, and to determine the methods that can be developed. Due to the high amount of consumption and at the same time it's a touristic food product which called doner improved and selected for the sustainable hygiene and managerial understanding that can be important. The results reveals that the highest number of TAMB (Total Aerobic Mesophilic Bacteria) in meat doner was found to be 3.022 log cfu/g in plant B and the number of yeasts and molds in plant F was 1.87 log cfu/g and also the number of coliform bacteria was determined in plant B with 1.16 log cfu/g. The highest total number of TAMB in chicken doner was 2.89 log cfu/g in plant B, the number of yeasts and molds was 2.29 log cfu/g in plant D and coliform bacteria in 1.07 log cfu/g in plant C was detected. None of the meat/chicken doner samples were found in S. Aureus. As a result, it can be thought that enterprises which sell meat and chicken doner in Sinop province generally do not obey the rules of hygiene and nevertheless, doner kebabs do not have enough amount of bacteria to affect human health, therefore it stays critical to provide related food hygiene trainings for these operators.