...Erika Lourdes González-Rosas; Ramón Navarrete-Reynoso; Rafael Guerrero-Rodríguez Purpose This study examines visitor motivation and event evaluation at the International Balloon Festival ( FIG ) in León, Guanajuato, one of Mexico's most prominent cultural and tourism events. Despite its economic...

... in campus-based events (CBEs). Using the Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) theory, the study specifically assessed the effect of motivation on emotional attachment and experiential value and how these affect the satisfaction and subjective well-being of students. Design/methodology/approach An online...

...Julie Cencula Olberding; Douglas J. Olberding Purpose This study examined the characteristics, motivations and satisfaction of volunteers for the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon Weekend across a 10-year period. The purpose was to enhance our understanding of sport event volunteers, especially...

...Sita Mishra; Gunjan Malhotra; Maria Johann; Shalini Rahul Tiwari Purpose Sports tourism has gained much attention in recent decades due to its socio-economic and environmental impact on destinations. This study at first examines travel motives that might trigger participation in active sports...

...Caroline Westwood; Peter Schofield; Graham Berridge Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the theory concerning visitor motivations, consumer experience and behavioural intentions at rural events; more specifically, it focusses on agricultural shows, which have hitherto been...

... originality factor and innovation is analysing how the spectators of a music festival that has been held for many years attend with different motivations with respect to their musical preferences. Knowledge of the segmentation of the spectators attending an event is essential for its organisers...

...Danielle Robyn Pilcher; Nick Eade Purpose – Despite the ongoing research into visitor motivation in the live events and tourism industries, only a limited amount of research has examined the motivational factors exhibited in individual segments of society. The purpose of this paper...

...Thomas J. Aicher; Kostas Karadakis; Melfy M Eddosary Purpose – The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, the authors compared tourists with local participants to determine if motivations to participate in a mid-scale marathon event varied based on participant type, and if they perceived...

...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...

...Jennifer L. VanSickle; David A. Pierce; Michael Diacin Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine mega-event volunteers’ motivations and their impact on volunteer satisfaction. Additionally, this study investigated motivational differences between volunteers based upon four demographic...

...Andrea Báez; María Devesa Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse film festival spectators on the basis of their motives for attending as well as other variables linked to cultural consumption, the evaluation of the event and certain sociodemographic characteristics of attendees...

...Erol Duran; Bahattin Hamarat Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate underlying motivational dimensions of visitors attending the International Troia Festival (ITF), Çanakkale, Turkey. Design/methodology/approach – Surveys with 26 items on six motivational dimensions were...

...Sjanett de Geus; Greg Richards; Vera Toepoel Purpose The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between subjective experience of an event, motivational style for participating and satisfaction afterwards. It proposes that subjective experience of positive affect acts as a mediator...

...Richard Shipway; Naomi Kirkup; Kirstin Hallmann; Gesine Harms Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of volunteer's motivation at major sporting events, how those affect future voluntary engagement, and whether there are differences in motivation based on the type...