International Journal of Event and Festival Management: Volume 10 Issue 1

Seeking and escaping in a Saudi Arabian festival

Faten Alshammari, Youn-Kyung Kim

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether visitors’ seeking and escaping motivations influence the cognitive evaluation of a non-traditional festival in Saudi Arabia, which…

Festival attachment: antecedents and effects on place attachment and place loyalty

Sheng-Hshiung Tsaur, Yao-Chin Wang, Chyong-Ru Liu, Wen-Shiung Huang

The purpose of this paper is to propose the mechanism of festival attachment and examine how it serves as a significant predictor of place attachment and place loyalty.

Happiness as a value of event organizers in Abu Dhabi

Natasa Slak Valek, Anestis Fotiadis

The purpose of this paper is to consider the self-determination theory (SDT) to examine the perceived impact of events on happiness based on event organizers’ opinions. Moreover…

The relationship between runner environmental paradigm and their motives to participate in an urban or rural marathon

Melissa Davies, Eric Hungenberg, Thomas Aicher

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of runner’s concern for the environment plays as a source of differentiation in the type of race they choose to participate. The…

A review and synthesis of environmentalism within the Olympic Movement

Anthony Gino Del Fiacco, Madeleine Orr

The purpose of this paper is to delineate shifts in environmental sustainability leadership in the Olympic Movement through a historical narrative.