... significance and international projection, scholarly research on the FIG remains scarce, particularly regarding the factors that shape visitors' motivations and how these influence their evaluation of the festival experience. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative, descriptive, correlational...

... using iterative coding and constant comparison, with theoretical development grounded in participants’ lived experiences and guided by sensitizing concepts. Findings The main findings reveal six contextual factors that do not change the meaning of the activities but positively alter...

... 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/approach The data were collected...

...) and visitors’ experiences (Germain, 2016). Studies of consumer behaviour show the importance of affective components within the model. Affective components are immensely intricate, complex and are a popular phenomenon. Affective components have received a significant amount of attention from researchers...

...Krzysztof Celuch Purpose In search of creating an extraordinary experience for customers, services have gone beyond the means of a transaction between buyers and sellers. In the event industry, where purchasing tickets online is a common procedure, it remains unclear as to how to enhance...

... were found to have the largest impact on intention to return, with negative experiences having a greater impact than positive. Previous attendance was also significant with regard to intention to return. Practical implications This information will allow this festival’s managers to target specific...

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...Maarit Kinnunen; Antti Haahti Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to unfold factors anchored in visitors’ experiences possibly determinant of the success or failure of cultural festivals. Design/methodology/approach – The studied data included 931 experience descriptions, 23 interviews...

...Chrysostomos Giannoulakis; Chien-Hsin Wang; Nathan Felver Purpose – In a currently western-dominated body of literature, the purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the relationship between motivation, experience, and satisfaction through a structural equation model. This empirical...

...Vassilios Ziakas; Nikolaos Boukas Purpose – Although the core phenomenon of events is the experiences and the meanings attached to them, there is limited management research on the experiential, existential and ontological dimensions of events. Phenomenology provides a sound philosophical...