Exploring “Sense of Community” in the Festival Tourism Experience: Review of the Relative Literature

Skoultsos, Sofoklis; Georgoula, Vasiliki; Temponera, Eleni

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-36342-0_5

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“…The feeling of belonging to a community is the feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members’ needs will be met through their commitment to being together (McMillan and Chavis, 1986). The sense of community is directly linked to building resilient social ties (Skoultsos et al, 2020). Hence, the sense of belonging to a community is interpreted as a social bond with emotional connotations (Hamn et al, 2016), that is, the individuals of a group maintain ties and interact with other members of the same group (Ramos-Vidal, 2019).…”

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Motivational factors to participate in conferences and gender differences

López-Bonilla

Monroy-Rodríguez

López-Bonilla

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Tourism and Hospitality Research

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Conference tourism is of growing importance for destinations, although has been severely impacted by the travel and venue capacity restrictions caused by COVID-19. The main aim of this study is to analyse the motivation of conference tourism demand from a gender-based perspective. Data were gathered using an online survey instrument developed on the basis of a literature review. A total of 265 responses received were subjected to exploratory factor, ANOVA and logistic regression analyses. The sample was composed of 52.5% men and 47.5% women and the average age of respondents was 44.25 (SD = 9.87). The results indicated five motivating factors for attending conferences: Destination and leisure, academic and professional development, networking, travelability and cost. Significant gender differences were found in the first four factors. Female attendees at conferences considered these factors more important than male attendees did. The implications of these findings for conference organisers are discussed.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Motivational factors to participate in conferences and gender differences

López-Bonilla

Monroy-Rodríguez

López-Bonilla

et al. 2022

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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Constructing the festival tourist attraction from the perspective of Peircean semiotics: The case of Guangzhou, China

Gou-xiong

2023

PLoS ONE

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Based on the Peircean semiotic theory, this study aims to explore the semiotic construction of a festival tourist attraction using the Guangfu Temple Fair in China as a case. A qualitative research method of grounded theory was used to analyze the organizers’ planning scheme, conference materials, 7 interviews, and 45 tourists’ interviews. We found that festival organizers produce festivalscape based on social values and tourists’ expectations, including safety assurance, cultural activity, personnel service, facilities, creative interaction, food, a trade show, and the festival atmosphere. Tourists in the festivalscape, through cultural, novel, social, and emotional experience and collateral observations, assign meaning to the festival’s attractiveness in terms of cultural diversity, vibrant activities, distinctive features, and a sense of ceremony. These findings indicate that organizers’ sign production and tourists’ sign interpretation constitute the conceptual model of the semiotic construction of festivals as tourist attractions. Furthermore, the study extends the understanding of tourist attractions and will help organizers to create successful festival attractions.

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Exploring “Sense of Community” in the Festival Tourism Experience: Review of the Relative Literature

Cited by 2 publications

References 37 publications

Motivational factors to participate in conferences and gender differences

Motivational factors to participate in conferences and gender differences

Constructing the festival tourist attraction from the perspective of Peircean semiotics: The case of Guangzhou, China

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