Recurring Sport Events and Destination Image Perceptions: Impact on Active Sport Tourist Behavioral Intentions and Place Attachment

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyriaki Kaplanidou ◽  
Jeremy S. Jordan ◽  
Daniel Funk ◽  
Lynn L. Ridinger
Keyword(s):  
Place Attachment ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Sport Event ◽  
Destination Loyalty ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Active Sport

Hosting recurring sport events can be a solution for sustainable tourism development resulting in destination loyalty and higher place attachment levels. This study proposes active event sport tourists may include in their destination perceptions a number of destination and event attributes, given the direct association of the event with the place. The feasibility of the convergence of event and destination image attributes in one scale was explored and that scale’s influence on place attachment and on specific active sport tourists’ behaviors was examined. Data were collected from sport event tourist participants (n= 2,015) at a recurring marathon event via an online survey. Exploratory factor analysis confirmed the factor structure of destination image to include event characteristics. Regression analysis was used to test the impact of destination image factors on behavioral intentions and place attachment and supported the predictive validity of destination image factors. Implications for event and destination marketers are discussed.

Destination Image, Sport Event Quality, and Behavioral Intentions: The Cases of Three World Sambo Championships

2019 ◽  
pp. 109634801988392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Milovanović ◽  
Radenko Matić ◽  
Kostas Alexandris ◽  
Nebojša Maksimović ◽  
Zoran Milošević ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Structural Models ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Sport Event ◽  
Destination Loyalty ◽  
The Core ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
The Relationship

This research tested the interactions among destination image, destination quality, sport event quality, and behavioral intentions in the context of small-scale sport events. The study included elite sambo athletes (N = 350) who participated in the World Sambo Championships, which were organized in Novi Sad (Serbia) in 2017 and 2018. The destination image was measured with the affective and cognitive dimensions, while the event quality was measured with the core, tangible and supporting dimensions. The results supported the measurement and structural models. They further indicated that the core aspect of the event quality directly influences participants’ behavioral intentions, while the destination quality partially mediates the relationship between destination image and participant behavioral intentions. The event quality was shown to have a direct relationship with the development of destination loyalty. The theoretical and applied value of these results are discussed.

Erratum

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 1
Keyword(s):  
Place Attachment ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
Active Sport

In the article by Kyriaki (Kiki) Kaplanidou, Jeremy S. Jordan, Daniel Funk, and Lynn L. Ridinger titled “Recurring Sport Events and Destination Image Perceptions: Impact on Active Sport Tourist Behavioral Intentions and Place Attachment” appearing in JSM 26(3) May 2012, the name Lynn L. Ridinger was misspelled. We regret the error.

INFLUENCING ACTIVE SPORT TOURISTS’ LOYALTY TO EVENT AND DESTINATION

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Jung-Eun Yoo ◽  
Brianna Newland ◽  
Woojin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Sport Event ◽  
Destination Loyalty ◽  
Through Flow ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Active Sport ◽  
Event Organization

The value for an active sport tourist is directly embedded in the co-creation of his/her experience with the event and the destination. This study argues that individual travel resources enable an active sport tourist to create value with the event organization and, through flow-on tourism, the destination provider. The study explores the impact of the active sport tourists’ travel resources on the co-creation of the event experience by testing whether they influence the event and/or the destination loyalty. Understanding these interrelationships is imperative, as the active sport tourists’ loyalty can help achieve a competitive advantage for the event and the destination service providers. A survey of 649 active sport tourists was conducted. The results indicated that sport event attributes played a role in the creation of the active sport tourists’ experiences through sharing and integrating of their travel resources. The findings also showed that the event loyalty of active sport tourists enhances their destination loyalty. The study suggests that destination marketers should exploit the sport event by bundling destination attributes that extend opportunities for co-creation that may lead to lengthened stays and more spending at the event destination.

Outcomes of the sport event volunteer experience: examining demonstration effects on first-time and returning volunteers

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan T. Bakhsh ◽  
Erik L. Lachance ◽  
Ashley Thompson ◽  
Milena M. Parent
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Sport Event ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Future ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
First Time ◽  
Sport Event Volunteers ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine if sport event volunteers were inspired by their event experience to volunteer in the future.Design/methodology/approachA postevent questionnaire was administered to 161 professional golf tournament volunteers, in which 93 respondents were identified as first-time volunteers of the event and 68 as returning volunteers. A moderation analysis was conducted to assess if previous event-specific volunteer experience moderated the relationship between volunteers' inspiration and future volunteer intentions.FindingsFirst-time event-specific volunteers were significantly more inspired to volunteer again than returning event-specific volunteers. Findings indicate volunteers can be inspired from their event experience toward future volunteer intentions.Research limitations/implicationsThis study offers conceptual understandings and new application of inspiration–behavioral intentions by examining sport events' (in)ability to inspire first-time and returning event volunteers to volunteer in the future. Findings are limited to the sport event volunteers' intention discussion.Practical implicationsThis study demonstrates how event stakeholders can create positive future behavioral intentions for community members through hosting sport events. By positioning first-time event-specific volunteers within roles that can elicit inspiration (e.g. interacting with athletes), event managers can foster stronger future volunteer intentions.Originality/valueThis study extends the understanding of demonstration effects by moving beyond the traditional sport event spectators and sport participation intention foci. It demonstrates that sport events can inspire different spectator groups (i.e. event volunteers) toward different future behavioral intentions (i.e. volunteer intentions). Findings address previous sport event volunteer assumptions regarding intention, inspiration and volunteer segments.

Destination loyalty explained through place attachment, destination familiarity and destination image

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 604-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Stylidis ◽  
Kyle M. Woosnam ◽  
Milan Ivkov ◽  
Seongseop S. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Place Attachment ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Destination Loyalty

scholarly journals Growing Cities and Mass Participant Sport Events: Traveling Behaviors and Carbon Dioxide Emissions

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stavros Triantafyllidis ◽  
Harry Davakos
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sustainable Transportation ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Sport Event ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
Active Sport ◽  
Participant Sport

Fast-growing cities are expected to become a key contributor to the global climate crisis. A key characteristic of those urban districts is the accommodation of mass participant sport events. Sport entities, in collaboration with city governments, plan annually active participation sport events to promote their cities as tourism destinations. Mass participant sport events aim to attract more visitors to the cities and to establish a successful social and economically sustainable future to those places. Given the fact that transportation is a critical factor of the residents and the visitors’ behavior, it is crucial to research the quantity of CO2 emissions generated to those places in association with the travel behaviors of the active sport event participants. Data collected from an annual mass participant running event in a highly ranked growing city in the United States. Findings showed that most of the active sport event participants traveled more than 150 miles to participate in the race and they used their vehicles. The largest quantity of CO2 emissions derived from those participants who traveled a round trip of, on average, 500 miles. The long-distance travelers alone generated 338 million kg of CO2 emissions. The conclusions recommend that growing cities and sport events should target long-distance travelers for promotions concerning sustainable transportation. Consequently, mass participant sport events could play a crucial role in the development of growing cities, and, in turn, growing cities that control long-distance traveling behaviors can reduce the global amount of greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on the global environmental destruction.

scholarly journals The Antecedents of Tourists’ Behavioral Intentions at Sporting Events: The Case of South Korea

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunduk Jeong ◽  
Andrew Yu ◽  
Suk-Kyu Kim
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Place Attachment ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Personal Involvement ◽  
Sports Tourism

Mega-sporting events can bring diverse benefits to the hosting areas, such as job creation and image improvement. However, only a handful of studies have explored the antecedents of destination image—which plays a crucial role in eliciting certain tourist behaviors—and personal involvement. To fill this gap, this study evaluates the relationships among personal involvement, destination image, place attachment, and behavioral intentions in the context of sporting event tourism to provide destination managers useful information for sustainable sports tourism development. We gathered information from 374 international tourists at the FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation—International Swimming Federation) World Masters Championships Gwangju 2019 in South Korea. We used structural equation modeling was used along with maximum likelihood estimation to examine the predicted relationships. The findings show the positive impacts of (a) personal involvement on destination image, (b) destination image on place attachment, and (c) place attachment on behavioral intentions. Furthermore, (d) place attachment dictated the relationship between destination image and behavioral intentions. The findings confirm the significant role personal involvement plays in the improvement of a destination’s image. To ensure sustainable sports tourism, destination managers are advised to pay close attention to research findings on destination image in the development of their plans.

The Impact of Memorable Tourism Experiences on Loyalty Behaviors: The Mediating Effects of Destination Image and Satisfaction

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 856-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Hyeong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Visitor Satisfaction ◽  
Tourist Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Relationships ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
The Impact

The current study develops a theoretical model of the effect of memorable tourism experiences (MTEs) on behavioral intentions by examining the structural relationships between destination image (DI), tourist satisfaction, revisit intention, and word-of-mouth (WOM) publicity. The results show that MTEs influence future behavioral intentions both directly and indirectly through DI and tourist satisfaction. Moreover, MTEs are found to be the most influential determinant of behavioral intentions. Thus, the results challenge those practitioners and researchers who perceive visitor satisfaction to be the most important indicator of destination performance. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed based on the study results, and directions for future research are provided.

scholarly journals Examining the Relationships between Destination Image, Place Attachment, and Destination Loyalty in the Context of Night Markets

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Jen Chiang
Keyword(s):  
Place Attachment ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Destination Loyalty ◽  
Place Dependence ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Significant Direct Effect ◽  
Night Markets

<p>This study investigates destination image, place attachment (including place dependence and place identity), and destination loyalty among visitors to night markets. A total of 474 effective questionnaires were collected from visitors to the three well-known Tainan night markets in Taiwan. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were employed using Amos 18 for Windows. The empirical results showed that destination image has a significant direct effect on place dependence, place identity, and destination loyalty. Additionally, place identity is the antecedent that has an effect on destination loyalty. In the indirect effect, destination image mainly influenced destination loyalty through place identity. Practical implications and recommendations for further studies are also provided.</p>

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