• Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.165-175
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• 2023

Boryeong Mud Festival has become a representative local festival that both domestic and foreign tourists can enjoy together. In addition, it is one of the usual hands-on marine festivals in Korea that can be enjoyed with one mind at the Boryeong Mud Festival, regardless of race, age, and language. This study explored the overall perception and trends of the Boryeong Mud Festival using big data extracted online from the Boryeong Mud Festival. First, keywords such as Chungnam, hosting, summer, reporter, experience, opening ceremony, performance, operation, news, tourist, opening, event, and festival were frequently exposed online. Second, due to centrality analysis, the centrality of festival experience programs and performances, opening ceremonies, and Boryeong mayor was high. Third, due to the CONCOR analysis, five clusters of meaningful keywords related to the Boryeong Mud Festival were formed.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.724-737
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to examine festival visit motivation, satisfaction, loyalty the differences between festival local residents and visitors. Data were collected with a structures questionnaire at the Jun Nam Yeosu-city of Geobuksun of festival during 10$\sim$15 apr. 2007, 430 sample were used for statistical analysis SPSS. Data analysis method were used to Crombach's $\alpha$, reliability, kaiser measurement sample adequacy, factor analysis, t-test, regression analysis. As the results of this research, first, festival visitor's motivation were composed of five factors: a new & escape, exciting & enjoy, socialization, family togetherness, local culture understand and satisfaction were composed of three factors: event program & service, convenience facilities, enjoy, shopping & food, transportation. And second, local residents were found satisfied with the interesting & enjoy. Otherwise, Visitors were satisfied with new & escape. And third, local residents of satisfaction factor were affected interesting & enjoy, Otherwise, visitors of satisfaction factor were affected interesting & enjoy, family togetherness. And fourth, local residents of event program & service factor were affected re-visit, Otherwise, visitors of satisfaction factor were affected event program, enjoy, transportation. The final local residents of event & service factor were affected recommend intension, Otherwise, visitors of event program & service, transportation were affected recommend intension. The result of this paper may help local festival planner and marketers for festival marketing strategy.

• Korea Science and Art Forum
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• v.30
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• pp.427-440
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• 2017

The objective of this study is to explore differential effects of the sustainability perceived by domestic and international participants in the MICE (Meetings, Incentive Travel, Convention, and Exhibition) held in the Republic of Korea and to examine the relationship between customer loyalty and perception of the sustainable MICE. In this study, 30 sustainability variables for the MICE were extracted and tested by the factor analysis, representing four underlying dimensions: economic sustainability, social sustainability, environmental sustainability and event sustainability. The results revealed that significant differences in these four dimensions of the sustainable MICE were perceived by domestic and international participants. The largest difference were perceived by domestic and international participants with respect to the environmental sustainability factor. The mean scores indicated that international participants tended to give higher evaluations than domestic participants. Second, there were statistically significant relationships among economic, environmental, and event sustainability factors and customer loyalty from the perspective of international participants. For domestic participants, only event sustainability had a vital relationship with customer loyalty. The study implied how policy makers and the MICE managers should adopt four dimensions of sustainability to establish a harmonious and sustainable MICE practices.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Traditional Landscape Architecture
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.144-164
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to analyze the tourism motivation of Chinese tourists visiting Daming Palace and Terra Cotta Warriors and to study market segmentation according to the motivation. As well as to research the difference of satisfaction toward cultural heritage utilization between Daming Palace and Terra Cotta Warriors. According to the results of the analysis, it was found that cultural heritage tourists preferred cultural experience of tourist sites. Therefore, it is necessary to put effort into cultural experience of cultural heritage sightseeing spots. What's more, it was showed that the preservation and recovery state of cultural heritage, the reality, the value of tangible cultural heritage, the experience programs related to cultural heritage, interpretation service, travel guides, rest facilities, symbolism of souvenirs, admission tickets, nearby restaurants and accommodation facilities could be influence factors of satisfaction toward cultural heritage utilization. The Managers of cultural heritage sightseeing spots are expected to preserve the cultural heritage well and to enhance the facilities and staff professionalism, to make visitors more easily understand cultural heritage, to put more emphasis on interpretation service, to make visitors feel that they got educational effect from visit experience, which will increase the satisfaction of cultural heritages.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.154-166
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• 2010

This research examines the effect on how the recognizing and emotional image influence on the visitors satisfaction and revisit intention. For this study, actual proofs analysis was conducted on the O-World visitors in Daejeon. The analysis results are as following. First, according to the analysis results about the influence on the whole image of recognizing image factor of event program, three factors have an effect on the whole image of the theme park: 'Atmosphere-service' factor, 'convenience facility - circumstance' factor, and 'event content' factor. Second, three of emotional image factors of event program have an impact on the whole image of the theme park: 'Interest' factor, 'experience' factor, and 'psychology' factor. In conclusion, the whole image of the theme park has an influence on the whole satisfaction and the whole satisfaction affects the revisit intention positively.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.32-45
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• 2004

This study is about choice attribution of customers make in food and beverage events. The researcher provided practical plans to uplift food-related enterprises and activate management through surveys and positive analyses, targeting customers who use food services. First of all, all event plans must include customer demands, social changes, special qualities of the business, and market research. Second, low demand season must be customers will be induced to the events. Third, prediction for market variable and solutions must be thoroughly examined and plans should look into the future to maintain a long period of time. Fourth, sufficient communication between planners and employees should be made before the event starts, so that food and beverage businesses can gain trust and quality of event services.Fifth, immaterial service and visible goods/menus in business of food and beverage events must be closely matched. Sixth, menus introducing a variety of merchandise, quality of nutrition and health of the business should be developed. Also, events from countries(regions) should be hold to create a market of cultural exchange. Seventh, for hereafter event plans, feedbacks are needed concerning customers needs and demands through customer care, after the food and beverage events. Eight, faculty management for convenience, kindness, safety, and life preserver accommodations in parking areas must be made, as automobiles are necessaries for people in Mycar era. The ninth, off-line and on-line care through on-line business construction and production of homepage must be done, due to the fact that even the well-made events are bound to fail if they are not delivered to the customers.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.7
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• pp.328-339
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• 2021

In the age of global competition, city brand is a significant element for establishing a city's competitiveness. City branding is the process of building a storytelling about cities' content. Among the various contents that differentiate cities, this study seeks to discuss the role of an event and a city brand in the process of city branding based on the city marketing and event tourism literatures. This research uses grounded theory and a case study to examine Seoul exploring the changes in the Hi Seoul Festival and the Hi Seoul city brand over the last two decades. The qualitative research includes a secondary data analysis based on case studies from domestic and foreign regions and their festivals. The analytical results indicted three limitations: inconsistency, a lack of identity, and political leverage. Based on the limitations, this study discusses the importance of the connection between city identity and event content, suggesting implications for moving forward toward a stable Seoul city branding strategy for the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.197-210
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• 2006

This study focuses on the establishment and development process of Hampyeong Butterfly Festival as a cultural tourism event. Among several cultural tourism festivals helded in Korea, Hampyeong Butterfly Festival of Hampyeong county of Jeollanamdo, is recognized as one of famous events all over the country. Since the first festival of 1999, over 1 million tourists have been visited to Hampyeong county. The programs and contents of festival, the degree of preference and satisfaction of festival were developed since 1999. The number of tourists participated in festival also were increased from six hundred thousand of 1999 to 1.6 million of 2005. The total budget of festival were increased 2.5 hundred million of 1999 to 6.9 hundred million of 2005. The economic effects were increased 63 hundred million of 1999 to 105 hundred million of 2005. With these evolution process, Hampyeong Butterfly Festival was positioned and evaluated as a of succeed festivals.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.7 no.9
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• pp.176-182
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• 2007

The natural treasure is not only a product of nature and but also a heritage we need to protect. Among natural treasures, because an animal and a plant have lives, one of them are sure to be disappeared. The natural treasure, Sok-ri mountain's Jungyeepoomsong is unique. It is the only alive tree which secure a government position. Currently the Jungyeepoomsong gets into difficulty because of natural disasters and insect attacks. In addition, it is in a critical condition of dying old since the age of the tree is over 600 years. The purpose of this paper is to investigate plans for tourism resources of the Jungyeepoomsong. Because the Jungyeepoomsong is a rare variety, it can be commercialized as a plant resource. Also, it can be used as the method of creating income for local residents. To achieve research objective, this paper proposes the plans of a lineage certification using a genetic analysis technology, a genealogical table control system utilizing purebred preservation and storytelling, a database construction between producers, sellers, and owners, a tourism event, a method of building Jungyeepoomsong's brand and preserving its value.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.12 no.8
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• pp.399-410
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• 2012

This study is to investigate the expenditure patterns that was generated by visitors who attended The Korean Music Wave Festival and analyze economic impact derived from that event. The target is the foreign visitors who attended '2011 Incheon Korean Music Wave'. Total of 407 questionnaires were collected. The collected data were analyzed to produce spending patterns using Tobit models. Also, tourism multipliers were employed to identify the economic impact. This results show that expenditure determinants such as demographic variables and satisfaction as independent variables are significant in estimating visitors' expenditures. Also, In addition economic impact derived from direct spending was substantially over committed cost. Accordingly, this result can contribute to providing basic information for marketing strategy that generates the economic effect on the destination. Moreover, the result can be utilized when establishing the strategy that can maximize the economic impact based on the spending patterns.