The role of events in local development: An analysis of residents’ perspectives and visitor satisfaction

Fytopoulou, Eleftheria; Tampakis, Stilianos; Galatsidas, Spyridon; Karasmanaki, Evangelia; Τsantopoulos, Georgios

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.01.018

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“…Urban Areas; The results of the urban questionnaire were analyzed by principal component analysis [ 40 ], where the principal components were extracted using a correlation matrix through the maximum variance method. The maximum number of iterations for convergence was five.…”

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Community Intervention System: COVID-19 Control in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

Zou

Wang

Deng

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The COVID-19 epidemic has caused giant influences on people’s life, and China’s communities play an important role in dealing with these major public health events (MPHEs). Community as the grassroots autonomous organization has various significant functions in intervening in MPHEs. The community intervention follows a system which directly influences the anti-epidemic effectiveness. To explore the mechanism, we devise a theoretical system for community intervention, mainly consisting of “organizational structure”, “functional performance” and “internal and external connections”. Questionnaire surveys, the chi-square test, the independent sample T-test, and principal component analysis are used to identify the characteristics of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region’s (Inner Mongolia) community intervention. Through the empirical research, it is verified that the community intervention in MPHEs is the combination of “the structural response of the organization”, “the performance of the community’s own function”, and “the establishment of internal and external connections”. The central Inner Mongolia delivers the best performance in community intervention compared to eastern Inner Mongolia and western Inner Mongolia. The urban communities commonly perform better than that in the agricultural and pastoral areas. The built system and findings could provide a guidance for future community to improve its intervention capability.

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Community Intervention System: COVID-19 Control in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

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Wang

Deng

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“…Residents who did not participate were more critical of managing authorities’ organizational competencies and local benefits. Lack of difference in perceptions of the “managing awareness” and “local interest and support” factor items was possibly caused by the fact that major-events in general bring significant marketing potential – which should raise interest among local populations (Fytopoulou et al , 2021).…”

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“…Gursoy et al (2017) suggest this could relate to how well residents’ trust decision-makers, which might affect perceived impacts and participation. Given low participation levels (Table 4), higher future participation rates could increase support and acceptance – as a result of perceived benefits (Fytopoulou et al , 2021).…”

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“…Aligning these thoughts back to competitiveness, an all-inclusive focus in contemporary events studies is necessary to explore local benefits associated with destination planning and event hosting (Getz and Page, 2016; Van Niekerk, 2017). The approach presented in this paper shows collecting local insight, while event-oriented regeneration efforts are being realized (just prior to the event) captures real-time perspectives of competitiveness (Fytopoulou et al , 2021). Thus, rethinking competitiveness research (though resident perceptions, data collection timing and areas of measurement) is not solely about recognizing economic strengths or weaknesses.…”

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Pre-event competitiveness: exploring residents’ perceptions of place management and local impacts

Wise

Badurina

Perić

2021

IJCHM

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Purpose There is a need to rethink destination competitiveness research, which tends to overlook local impacts of events and new developments. Conducting pre-event research challenges researchers to move beyond analyzing competitiveness as an end (concerning strategy, tangible outcomes, economic deliverables and value for visitors) to assessing competitiveness as a beginning (through perceptions of place management and local impacts). Design/methodology/approach Survey research with local residents explores competitiveness pertinent to perceptions of place management and local impacts. Participation, enthusiasm and information availability are independent variables to assess whether statistically significant differences exist among residents’ perceptions. In total, 454 surveys were collected; the analysis involved exploratory factor analysis and t-test. Findings Factor analysis revealed two factors for place management (organizational competencies; managing awareness) and local impacts (awareness of social benefits; local interest and support). Enthusiasm and information availability have stronger influences on residents’ perceptions than participation in pre-event activities. Practical implications More emphasis needs put on ensuring information availability promotes enthusiasm, to help encourage participation. These three variables are a necessary basis for exploring residents’ pre-event perceptions – a key starting point to guide decision-making through later stages of an event life-cycle. Originality/value Events and competitiveness studies focusing specifically on information availability and enthusiasm of residents is little-explored. By exploring these variables and extending insight on participation, this paper contributes to the literature by assessing pre-event resident perceptions of place management and local impacts (with data collected as event developments were being realized).

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“…Rural events are in general small, geared towards local and seemingly insignificant. However, many of them are held on a recurring basis and could generate substantive and long-lasting impacts on the host communities in the long run (Alves et al, 2010;Fytopoulou et al, 2021).…”

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Residents’ Perceptions of Small-scale Rural Events: A Dual Theory Approach

2021

ETR

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Previous studies have focused on residents’ perceived impacts on the host communities (perceived impacts at community level), and neglected residents’ perceptions of event impacts on their personal lives (perceived impacts at individual level). Built upon social exchange theory and social representation theory, this study explored how local residents perceived the impacts of small-scale recurring events in a rural area. A total of 208 valid responses were obtained through a self-administrated online survey. Paired sample t-tests and independent samples t-tests were employed to test the hypotheses. The results showed that rural residents perceived greater economic, social and environmental impacts at the community level than the individual level. Residents’ reliance on tourism influenced their perceptions of the event impacts. Finally, implications for local government and event organizers were discussed.

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The role of events in local development: An analysis of residents’ perspectives and visitor satisfaction

Cited by 15 publications

References 29 publications

Community Intervention System: COVID-19 Control in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

Community Intervention System: COVID-19 Control in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

Pre-event competitiveness: exploring residents’ perceptions of place management and local impacts

Residents’ Perceptions of Small-scale Rural Events: A Dual Theory Approach

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