• Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.199-210
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• 2018

The concept of visitor satisfaction and service quality are notably two important concepts in marketing. Two concepts are important in addressing theoretical as well as practical issue for marketers and consumer researchers. The study aims to identify the factors influencing visitor satisfaction in local folk festival. Data were collected from 432 residents of festival visitors through structured survey questionnaires. Results showed that whereas program contents and staff were more like positively to affect visitor satisfaction, accommodation and amenity affected visitor satisfaction negatively. Therefore, in order to visitors' satisfaction, practitioners and policy makers need to develop program contents and staff ability.

• Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.17-30
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• 2019

Tourism motivation and involvement are important variables influencing visitors satisfaction. The study aims to identify the factors influencing visitors' satisfaction. Particularly, the study examine the moderating effects on tourism involvement between tourism motivation and visitors' satisfaction. Data were collected from 430 usable questionnaires among visitors of Gigisi local festival. Results of a factor analysis yielded three dimensions of tourism motivation which are family and local food, recreation and escape, and social factor. Results show that social factors among three dimensions of sense of community have significance for visitors satisfaction. And tourism involvement has a negative interactional effects as a moderator between recreation and escape motivation and involvement. It means that even though higher recreation and escape motivation, less likely to have visitors satisfaction if visitors have higher involvement in local festival. It was suggested that tourism motivation and involvement should be considered in local festival management and policy.