• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.135-142
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• 2017

The purpose of current study was to identify the influence of event quality on brand value, satisfaction, and recommend intention as perceived by a local food festival participants. Survey was distributed to the Changwon Miderdok festival participants, 350 questionnaire surveys were distributed and 330 participants were employed for statistical analysis with erasing invalid responses. Based on the process of hypothesis verification on the formulated model, it suggested that motivation factors have significantly impact on evolvement element. Specifically, humanic and physical elements were significant predictors of both brand value and satisfaction, and all factors of event quality except convenience were critical antecedents of visitors' satisfaction. In current study, in addition, brand value has positive influence on satisfaction and satisfied visitors tried to recommend the destination to others. This study will help to develop meaningful marketing strategy for local food festival industry. Furthermore, this study will contribute to improve an attractive business model to increase profit for both local society and academic study related to local food festival.

• Archives of design research
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• v.18 no.2 s.60
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• pp.91-100
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• 2005

There is few cultural tourism festival study which investigated snow related sculptures satisfaction from festival visitors and residents. The purposes of this study were to investigate the satisfaction of snow related sculptures based on festival visitors' and residents' evaluation and give directions for festival planners The important results of this study are as following: First, visitors from out of Taebak city satisfied with National Snow Sculpture Contest, International Snow Sculpture Exhibition, and Mysterious International Snow Culture Exhibition. They did not satisfied with Making Snowmen for Genius, Our Family Snow Sculptures, and Winter Riding Experiences. Secondly, residents satisfied with International Snow Sculpture Exhibition, Mysterious International Culture Snow Exhibition, and National Snow Sculpture Contest. Their satisfaction was low about Our Families' Snow Sculptures, and Winter Riding Experiences. Thirdly, introducing experience-oriented programs and facilities are recommended to festival planners for better festival than this year.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.294-308
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to look into the service quality of websites and the attributes of review information thereon as perceived by visitors thereto and to analyze the effect that the service quality of festival websites and informative usefulness of testimonials would have on the satisfaction with use, along with the effect that the satisfaction with use would have on behavioral intention. Based on the results of this study, we intended to present measures that could help strengthen the intention to spread positive word-of-mouth for festivals and to visit a festival through satisfaction with a festival's website. The festival selected to achieve the objectives of this study was the Yeongdeok Snow Crab Festival, which is one of the most renowned local food festivals in the Gyeongbuk region, having been held for 17 consecutive years, and has been selected as the top festival of Gyeongsangbuk-do for 4 consecutive years. We surveyed visitors to Yeongdeok Snow Crab Festival who had searched for information on the Yeongdeok Snow Crab Festival prior to its opening, as well as those who had participated in Yeongdeok Snow Crab Festival before. The results of this study showed that review information on a food festival website, service quality design, adequacy of substance, responsiveness to customers, and system capability were found to have a positive effect on behavioral intention through satisfaction with use. The findings suggest that it is crucial to manage the service quality of websites in order to stimulate interest in, and induce visits to, food festivals.

• Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.125-142
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to Baekje Cultural Festival development & reform measure by using tourist behavior characteristic of using a correspondence analysis. This study searches choice attributes factors to compare and analyzes satisfaction with importance of each regional culture festival based on choice attributes factor to grasp main tourists' behavioral character about visitors of Buyeo baekje cultural festival that can be called representative regional cultural festival in Korea. Also, execute confrontation agreement test that is kind of multidimensional scaling, wish to examine preference by age and by companion of Buyeo baekje cultural festivals that is regional unique festival, and contribute attract foreign tourist to korea enlargement. And analyze through multiple regression analysis whether festival choice attributes factor exerts effect that is some in revisiting intention, I wish to consider desirable development and improvement plan that can analyze problem by this strength and weakness, raise more attractive foreign tourist to korea and incomes in Buyeo baekje cultural festival hereafter.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.90-96
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• 2012

This study was investigated for the local festival's educational impact. And take advantage of local festivals and educational effectiveness of the educational factors that affects, local festivals, depending on the type, application factors and intention to revisit whether there are differences in educational projects have identified the effect. So take advantage of the educational needs of local festivals for the purpose is to recognize that. To this end, 2010 Cheongdo persimmon festival's visitors were surveyed. How to analyze the descriptive statistics and factor analysis, reliability analysis, multiple regression analysis, ANOVA was used. The results of multiple regression analysis, community education of local festivals, discretionary activities, and agricultural education in educational projects in local festivals factor effects showed positive effects. The results of ANOVA, type programs and performances of the factors exhibition programs, experiential programs were no significant differences between groups. Of intention to revisit, "will revisit" and "I do not know", "will not visit" and "I do not know" and "will not visit" was no significant difference between the groups. These results, focusing on the needs of local festivals take advantage of the educational implications for the proposed recognition.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.565-573
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• 2015

The study interviewed 102 North Korean defectors residing in South Korea after completing the Hanawon program through face-to-face interviews. The most celebrated holiday in South Korea was found to be Seollal at 65.7%, followed by Chuseok at 23.2%, Christmas at 7.8%, and Hansik at 1%. With respect to the question of wheather or not North Korea creates a more festive mood compared to South Korea, 33.3% of respondents answered that they felt similar in both countries 2.6% said "yes", they were in a more festive mood in North Korea, whereas 21.6% said "no", and 18.6% said they felt "very different". The most representative traditional food was ranked in the order of rice dishes with kimchi (19.6%), rice cake (11.8%) and boiled rice (8.9%) on National Liberation Day of Korea; rice dishes (17.6%), rice cake (7.8%) and boiled rice (4.9%) on North Korea Constitution Day; and rice cake (57.8%), noodles (9.8%), dumplings (9.8%) and boiled rice (8.8%) on Lunar New Year's Day. In regard to positive recognition about festival foods, "festival food of South Korea has diverse recipes" showed the highest positively in South Korea. The respondents positively recognized that festival foods of North Korea are not sweet, have a unique taste are traditional and have a table setting.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.147-168
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• 2002

This research made an alternative plan about tour experience program development utilizable cooking peculiar of an Andong locality. First currently Andong region have an Andong bass fishing great meeting, an Andong international mask dance, an Andong apple expo, an Andong Korean beef miss choice meeting, an Andong Hahoe folk village dabbling in water festival, but Andong didn't have about food festival. This region will mask a planning about food festival after this. Second, an Andong have a rich tradition of confucianism and buddhism. For example, there are Bongieong temple and Dosan private school. Therefore it is necessary tour experience program development can join of food and culture. Third, in term original locality of mask dance, we can tour experience development program out of the traditional food festival and mask dance performance. Fourth, Andong have a traditional food (a bluff memorial service rice, Andong fermenting rice, Gunjin noodle) and a traditional Korean-style house(sueding, chirye artists). It is necessary the development of board and loading experience program.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.373-377
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• 2005

The purposes of this study were to investigate ecotourism goals which are providing educational tourism, generating environmental conservation, and residents' economic benefits based on the 7th Muju Firefly festival. The sample was 243 visitors from August 23rd to 30th, 2003. The results were as follows: First, visitors showed high satisfaction for the educational tourism program. Experiencing educational 'Mysterious Firefly Field Trips' contributed to the tourists' educational satisfaction. It was found that these experience programs were very popular. Second, residents' and domestic visitors' satisfaction was high with 5.50 on Likert 7 points concerning environmental conservation. Third, foreigners showed high satisfaction for visiting tourism sites and understanding regional culture in terms of understanding region and economic benefits. The average economic effect was decreased compared to 2002. So there should be more diverse strategy to increase economic effect. Also more festival related products, diverse and unique foods and beverages based on regional products should be developed.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.188-204
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• 2009

The important factors of a food festival are divided into hardware and software programs. In this respect, this research aims to study the relationships among the composites of the food festival and its relationship with the visitors' revisit intention. Since the visitors' evaluation is a presumption of their satisfaction, it lies in a constant relationship with satisfaction and the reason why they revisited the festival. Thus, this research examined the influence of the composite factors on visitors' evaluation (operation, experience) and the relationship between operation evaluation and experience evaluation. In addition, it examined the relationship between evaluation factors and the intent of revisits. In conclusion, visitors' evaluation showed a positive effect on the survey about whether they would consider revisiting the food festival. In this context of continuative relationship, the research suggests that it would be necessary to examine the relationship between composite factors, visitors' evaluation, satisfaction and intent of revisits in future research.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.326-335
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• 2012

The purpose of this study id to identify service quality of national stone culture festival, to find relationship service quality to festival satisfaction and after behavioral intention of festival participants. To achieve the purpose of this study, 13 elements of service quality was chosen through previous literature study. And 3 factors were extracted by 1st factor analysis, these are hardware, software, and humanware factor. And second factor analysis was performed to identify validity and reliability these factors. And 5th hypothesis was established and adopted in three hypothesis. That is Hardware service quality factor have a influence to festival satisfaction of participants, festival satisfaction of participants have a influence to revisitation and recommendation intention. This paper indicates that results of this study is useful to regional festival planning to settle down as a sustainable events, necessary to retain service quality and satisfaction as a precedent condition.