지역축제 방문동기의 만족영향 요인 - 관여도 조절효과 -

Motivational Factors Influencing Visitors’ Satisfaction － Moderating Effects on Tourism Involvement －

Tourism motivation and involvement are important variables influencing visitors satisfaction. The study aims to identify the factors influencing visitors’ satisfaction. Particularly, the study examine the moderating effects on tourism involvement between tourism motivation and visitors’ satisfaction. Data were collected from 430 usable questionnaires among visitors of Gigisi local festival. Results of a factor analysis yielded three dimensions of tourism motivation which are family and local food, recreation and escape, and social factor. Results show that social factors among three dimensions of sense of community have significance for visitors satisfaction. And tourism involvement has a negative interactional effects as a moderator between recreation and escape motivation and involvement. It means that even though higher recreation and escape motivation, less likely to have visitors satisfaction if visitors have higher involvement in local festival. It was suggested that tourism motivation and involvement should be considered in local festival management and policy.