Journal
JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY & TOURISM RESEARCH
Volume 42, Issue 4, Pages 587-605Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1096348015584440
Keywords
Emotional Solidarity Scale; Festival Social Impact Attitude Scale; confirmatory factor analysis; multiple linear regression; residents; festivals; Texas
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
In an effort to attract tourists, rural communities promote their festivals that are unique to the area and local culture. An examination of impacts beyond those of a monetary nature is rarely undertaken by these communities. Furthermore, the role that the relationship between residents and tourists plays in explaining perceived impacts of these festivals is nonexistent. The current work utilizes the Emotional Solidarity Scale in an effort to predict Caldwell, Texas, residents' perceived impacts of hosting the Kolache Festival through the Festival Social Impact Attitude Scale. Results reveal strong measures of reliability and validity for each scale. Considering the relationship between emotional solidarity and perceived impacts of the festival, results showed that Emotional Solidarity Scale factors explained a considerable degree of variance (i.e., 29% to 36%) in the resulting Festival Social Impact Attitude Scale factors. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed along with limitations and opportunities for future research concerning this line of research.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available