Why Do People Attend Events: A Comparative Analysis of Visitor Motivations at Four South Island Events

By R. E. Nicholson, D. Pearce. 2001

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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The Effects of Quality and Satisfaction on Awareness and Behavioral Intentions: Exploring the Role of a Wine Festival (2008, background): “Wine festivals have a unique synergy between wine, special events, and travel activities, adding value to the tourism development of a wine region (Salter 1998; Yuan et al. 2005), and they also offer an opportunity for leisure, social, or cultural experiences (Nicholson and Pearce 2001).”
The effect of environmentally friendly perceptions on festival visitors’ decision-making process using an extended model of goal-directed behavior (2012, background): “…much research was initially dedicated to exploring the economic impacts of festivals (e.g., Formica & Murrmann, 1998; Kim, Scott, Thigpen, & Kim, 1998; Thrane, 2002) and the motivations behind festival attendance (e.g., Crompton & McKay, 1997; Lee, Lee, & Wicks, 2004; Nicholson & Pearce, 2001).”
Rethinking Music Festivals as a Staged Event: Gaining Insights from Understanding Visitor Motivations and the Experiences They Seek (2010, methodology): “Nicholson and Pearce (2001) used a more systematic and comprehensive approach in an analysis of event and festival motivations.”
INVESTIGATING DIFFERENCES IN ANTECEDENTS TO VALUE BETWEEN FIRST‐TIME AND REPEAT FESTIVAL‐GOERS (2009, background): “…been focused on examining motivations (e.g., escape, novelty, socialization) to attend festivals (e.g., Crompton & McKay, 1997; Lee, Lee, & Wicks, 2004; Nicholson & Pearce, 2001), as well as on understanding festival visitors’ consumption patterns (e.g., Baker & Crompton, 2000; Lee et al., 2008).”
Exploration Versus Acquisition: A Comparison of First-Time and Repeat Visitors (2004, methodology): “The motivational statements were derived from an examination of past studies on tourist motivation (see Crompton 1979; Crandall 1980; Gitelson and Crompton 1984; Fakeye and Crompton 1991; Uysal and Hagan 1993; Fodness 1994; Ryan and Glendon 1998; Nicholson and Pearce 2001).”
Audience Members’ Motivation, Satisfaction, and Intention to Re-visit an Ethnic Minority Cultural Festival (2012, neutral): “Among the studies in this area, Lee et al. (2004) conducted the first extensive literature review on festival and event motivations and provided a summary which suggested that a core set of motives for festival participation exist regardless of festival themes or geographical locations.”
Examining the Role of Emotional and Functional Values in Festival Evaluation (2011, background): “Considerable research has been dedicated to exploring the economic impacts of festivals (e.g., Kim et al. 1998; Thrane 2002) and the motivations behind festival attendance (e.g., Crompton and McKay 1997; Lee, Lee, and Wicks 2004; Nicholson and Pearce 2001).”
International Sport Event Participation: Prior Sport Involvement; Destination Image; and Travel Motives (2007, background): “The PCM recognizes the importance of understanding the recreational hobby and event contexts for this study, as utilizing a tourism motivation perspective alone does not consider prior sport participation experiences (see Nicholson & Pearce, 2001; Williams et al ., 1992).”
Examining the Differential Impact of Human Crowding Versus Spatial Crowding on Visitor Satisfaction at a Festival (2016, background): “It is important to recognize that people attend festivals for the hedonic experience, namely socializing, entertainment, variety, novelty, arousal, and escape (Gursoy et al., 2006; Nicholson & Pearce, 2001).”
The Hedonic and Utilitarian Dimensions of Attendees' Attitudes Toward Festivals (2006, background): “Previous studies suggest that people are likely to attend festivals for entertainment, escape, variety, novelty and uniqueness, family, and socialization purposes (Crompton & McKay, 1997; Nicholson & Pearce, 2001; Uysal et al., 1993).”
Food tourist segmentation: Attitude, behavioral intentions and travel planning behavior based on food involvement and motivation (2019, background): “This suggests, based on previous literature related to food tourist motivation, that individuals in Cluster 1 have higher desires for entertainment, socialization, novelty, and escape from a daily routine (Nicholson & Pearce, 2001; Park et al., 2008).”
An Examination of Festival Motivation and Perceived Benefits Relationship: Eskişehir International Festival (2009, background): “Nicholson and Pearce (2001) investigated attendee motivations to four different events in New Zealand: an air show; an award ceremony; a wild food festival; and a wine, food, and music festival.”