Festivals as agents for behaviour change: A study of food festival engagement and subsequent food choices

Abstract

Festivals as agents for behaviour change: A study of food festival engagement and subsequent food choices. Tourism Management 48, pp.

Role of food neophilia in food market tourists’ motivational construct: The case of La Boqueria in Barcelona, Spain

“…Prestige was measured with three items that were designed based on few researches (Kim et al, 2009;Steptoe et al, 1995;Kim and Eves, 2012). Food-market involvement also consisted of three items (Organ et al, 2015), also adjusted for the purposes of research.…”

“…Interaction with local producers is especially vital in a food-event environment (Kim et al, 2010;Organ et al, 2015).…”

Food markets visitors: a typology proposal

“…The original open-air place or the historic building which houses the food market and the tasting experience of local food are key elements to take the decision to visit these halls. Local food involvement influences tourists to visit specific gastronomic places according to the research results of scholars (Kim et al 2010;Turner and Hope, 2014;Organ et al, 2015). Chang et al (2010) stated that local food experience implies locally produced or grown food and local specialty food that has a local identity.…”

Festival attendees’ perceptions of green hotel practices

“…However, little is known about how the choice to attend a sustainable themed festival relates to consumer behavior outside of the festival (Getz, 2008). One stream of research argues attendance at a festival with an orientation towards sustainability can have a positive effect on festival attendees' future behaviors (Organ et al, 2015). If so, sustainable festival attendees would be expected to have greener travel preferences than attendees at a more traditional festival.…”

“…Further, festival organizers have earned criticism due to negative impacts on the physical environment (Devara et al, 2015;Gibson & Wong, 2011;Laing & Frost, 2010). Festival organizers are encouraged to consider the potential impacts of festival attendee behavior outside the festival but within the host community (Organ et al, 2015). As festival organizers increasingly look to balance the potential economic benefit of out of town visitors who attend local events with the environmental impacts beyond the event footprint (Collins et al, 2012), it may make collaborations with greener hotels desirable, especially if festival attendees perceive value associated with green practices.…”