A Survey of Push and Pull Motivations of Green Event Tourists

Chen, Yu-Fen; Mo, Huai-En

doi:10.7763/ijiet.2014.v4.409

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“…The results indicated that entertainment, easy access and affordability and other attractions positively affected sports tourists' satisfaction with their travel experience. Interestingly, in contrast to the findings of Chen and Mo (2014) that socialization was the most important push motivation factor to attend a green event, the findings of this study argue that socialization was not found to be related to sports tourists' satisfaction with their travel experience. More importantly, the entertainment motivation was most closely linked to sports tourists' satisfaction among all push and pull motivation factors.…”

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“…extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness to experience) adopted from Gretzel et al (2004). The section of push and pull motivations was developed using 18 motivation items adopted from the scale developed by Chen and Mo (2014) and Khuong and Ha (2014) and was found to have a satisfactory level of reliability (Cronbach's α > 0.70) in the literature (Chen and Mo, 2014). The 4-item scale used to measure satisfaction was adopted from Khuong and Ha (2014) as it was found to have a satisfactory reported level of reliability (Cronbach's α 5 0.77) in the literature.…”

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“…These are external forces related to cultural motives, natural attractions, food, people and the marketed image of the destination. Chen and Mo (2014) recently identified six push motives (i.e. escape, self-exploration, prestige, relaxation, socialization and entertainment) and four pull motives (i.e.…”

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Why are college sports tourists traveling long distance? Antecedents of destination and team loyalty

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PurposeOn a home game weekend of collegiate football, thousands of fan visitors spend their weekend participating in college football games, showing significant potential of sports tourism businesses in the USA. Understanding the original personality of sport tourists and their travel motivation factors is imperative to develop appealing tourist attractions at the destinations of sports team fandoms. The purpose of the study is to examine the relationships among tourists' personality characteristics, their push and pulls motivations, satisfaction with travel experience, and loyalty toward destination and team using structural equation modeling.Design/methodology/approachThe author collected information from a total of 301 sports tourists who had traveled to a college football game within the past year, staying at least one night in a hotel or other lodging place. This study employed PASW Statistics 25.0 and structural equation modeling using LISREL 9.30 for data analyses.FindingsPersonality has a significant relationship with push factors, especially for socialization motivation, and pull factors (i.e. access and affordability, other attractions) had more significant effects on sports tourists' satisfaction than push factors. The findings indicate the key roles for the entertainment motivation in generating tourists' satisfaction and destination loyalty and important roles of destination loyalty in building team loyalty.Originality/valueThe present study provides an approach of sports tourists' travel behaviors and experiences in the sporting event tourism. The outcome of this research can help both sports event organizers and destination marketers to understand the motivations for sports game attendance and to develop marketing strategies and products/services for attracting various types of sports tourists to games.

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“…Kaplanidou and Gibson (2010) found that event characteristics as part of destination attributes are of great importance for destinations hosting repeated sports events. Chen and Mo (2014) concluded that 'novelty' and 'self-development' are important motivational pull factors of green event visitors indicating that using famous persons as attractions (actors or artists) and communicating about the green event to foster knowledge are wise. Attentiveness to sports event characteristics can impact behavioural intentions in terms of revisiting the destination, visitorś recommendations and place attachment.…”

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Toward a co-Creation framework for developing a green sports event brand: the case of the 2018 Zürich E Prix

Bjerke

Næss

2021

Journal of Sport & Tourism

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This paper addresses the 2018 Zürich E Prix as a sport event brand and the city of Zürich as a key co-creator. We applied a conceptual and exploratory approach in a service-dominant logic (SDL) and cocreation perspective. Next to analysing the motor sport event and relevant documents related to the world championship, we interviewed a key informant representing the organising committee, which acted as the main co-creator. First, this paper offers a new understanding of the development of green sports event brands where a city plays a significant role. For instance, green city policy making, networking strategy and collaboration with stakeholders, logistical innovation, green event leadership, flexible management, and green social norms are areas, where a city can contribute substantially. The findings, supported by existing theory, are summarised in a conceptual model consisting of the green event support system and the formation of the green sports event brand. Further, based on relevant crossdisciplinary theories, the motor sport event case, information about the FIA Formula E world championship, and findings related to the strategic role of Zürich, we propose a co-creation framework consisting of four steps: (1) the strategy and support system: (2) the sports event experience; (3) the green sports event brand development; and (4) the event evaluation. This suggested framework for a green sports event brand serves as a guideline for developing a green sports event brand in a city new to the sports event tourism literature.

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“…Push and Pull motivation factors apply to all form of tourists including nature-based tourists (Chen and Mo, 2014). In diverse environmental settings, tourists exhibit different origins and impacts of motivations ( (Mehmetoglu and Normann, 2013), thereby making tourism destination managers aware of destination site improvements and inspiring them on effective decisionmaking (Chan and Baum, 2007).…”

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Examining Motivation and Perception of Visitors at Lekki Conservation Centre (LCC) in Nigeria

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Tunde-Ajayi

Ojo

2020

ESJ

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People are driven to take up various actions due to motivation. The study examined the motivation and perception of visitors as well as examining the future behavioural intentions of the visitors at Lekki Conservation Centre (LCC), Lagos state, Nigeria. The study employed self-administered questionnaire to obtain information from the visitors. Random sampling method was used to select a total of 200 visitors involved in the survey. Data obtained were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 21) and results were presented descriptively and inferentially. Results obtained indicated that attractions such as canopy walkway, games served as pullattractions for the visitors to the site while adventure, sightseeing, relaxation and rest were highly ranked as push-motivations for the visitors to the site. The visitors also perceived the site experience as a satisfactory one while affirming they would revisit and recommend the site to other. Chi square analysis revealed a significant relationship between visitors’ motivation and perception (p=0.000). The site posed minimal challenges for visitation and as such is a good place to visit as it affords visitors an entertaining and satisfactory experience. Motivation study is important for tourist sites to improve their competitiveness in the market as it facilitates improvement of visitors’ satisfaction.

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A Survey of Push and Pull Motivations of Green Event Tourists

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Why are college sports tourists traveling long distance? Antecedents of destination and team loyalty

Why are college sports tourists traveling long distance? Antecedents of destination and team loyalty

Toward a co-Creation framework for developing a green sports event brand: the case of the 2018 Zürich E Prix

Examining Motivation and Perception of Visitors at Lekki Conservation Centre (LCC) in Nigeria

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