The effect of sport tourists' travel style, destination and event choices, and motivation on their involvement in small-scale sports events
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Priporas, C., Vassiliadis, C., Stylos, N. and Fotiadis, A. 2018. The effect of sport tourists' travel style, destination and event choices, and motivation on their involvement in small-scale sports events. Event Management. 22 (5), pp. 745-765. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599518x15299559637707
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Title | The effect of sport tourists' travel style, destination and event choices, and motivation on their involvement in small-scale sports events |
Authors | Priporas, C., Vassiliadis, C., Stylos, N. and Fotiadis, A. |
Abstract | This exploratory study investigates whether and in which way motivation and destination, travel and event selection criteria influence sport tourists ’ involvement in small-scale events. Thus, a model was developed and tested at a small scale sport event in Sfendami, Greece. To test the six hypotheses of the proposed model a primary research study was conducted, which received responses from 181 participants. Implementation of the partial least square technique showed that changes in sport tourists’ travel style exert a direct and positive effect on involvement, as well as an indirect effect with motivation acting as a mediator; however, perception of destination and events characteristics does not exert a significant influence on participants’ involvement. Additionally, the model's ability to predict the motivational aspects of sport tourists’ participation was demonstrated. Multidimensional scaling was employed to assist with event service design and improve organizers’ capabilities to develop effective promotional strategies. |
Publisher | Cognizant Communication Corporation |
Journal | Event Management |
ISSN | 1525-9951 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 28 Aug 2018 |
26 Oct 2018 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 12 Sep 2017 |
Accepted | 06 Jul 2017 |
Output status | Published |
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Copyright Statement | Copyright © 2018 Cognizant, LLC. This published article: Priporas, Constantinos-Vasilios; Vassiliadis, Chris A.; Stylos, Nikolaos; Fotiadis, Anestis K. (2018). The effect of sport tourists’ travel style, destination and event choices, and motivation on their involvement in small-scale sports events. Event Management, 22(5), 745–765. doi: 10.3727/152599518X15299559637707, is included in the Middlesex University Research Repository with permission. The article(s) and/or figure(s) cannot be used for resale. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3727/152599518x15299559637707 |
Language | English |
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