Author： Yoo In Young Lee Timothy Jeonglyeol Lee Choong-Ki
Publisher： Routledge Ltd
E-ISSN： 1741-6507|20|2|152-170
ISSN： 1094-1665
Source： Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Vol.20, Iss.2, 2015-02, pp. : 152-170
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Abstract
Understanding the motivation to visit particular tourist destinations and festivals is important for building effective tourism marketing strategies. This paper explores the effect of existing health and wellness values on the motivation to visit a festival using a field survey at the Goomeri Pumpkin Festival, a typical Australian festival which uses the natural environment, traditions and local produce to provide 21 events during the festival. The study focused on establishing the relationship between health and wellness values and festival attendees' motivation. Qualitative research with random sampling was selected to collect the data. The results revealed high levels of health and wellness values among the participants as well as social interaction, family togetherness, cultural exploration, novelty, natural environment, relaxation, previous food festival experience and food as motivations. Findings of this paper can contribute to festival tourism marketing especially to demonstrate that health-related interests can be significant catalysts for attracting festival attendees.
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