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This study investigated how residents' participation in local festivals may influence their subjective-well-being and their quality of life. Using data collected from local attendees of a film festival, this study examined the relationship between socio-cultural impacts of a festival and subjective ...

Author(s)
Yolal, M.; Gursoy, D.; Uysal, M.; Kim HyeLin; Karacaoğlu, S.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Annals of Tourism Research, 2016, 61, pp 1-18
Full TextCABI Book Chapter Info
Cover for Flamenco, tourists' experiences and the meaningful life.

This chapter explores tourists' experiences of flamenco in Seville, Spain and seeks to identify the psychological benefits of such experiences for the tourists who engage in them. Tourists' accounts of their experiences in Seville reveal a number of positive states and outcomes which are concordant ...

Author(s)
Matteucci, X.
ISBN
2018 CAB International (H ISBN 9781786390455)
Type
Book chapter
Abstract

The purpose of this study was to understand residents' support for festival development by exploring their perceived social-cultural impacts, satisfaction with the social-cultural life domain, as well as satisfaction with their life as a whole, using the theoretical frameworks of social exchange...

Author(s)
Li XiangPing; Wan YimKing [Wan, Y. K. P.]; Uysal, M.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Current Issues in Tourism, 2020, 23, 8, pp 990-1003
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Cover for Motivation scales.

A number of scales, placed in seven subcategories, developed to measure motivation in hospitality and tourism are presented in this chapter. These subcategories of scales measure (1) travel motivation, (2) festival attendance motivation, (3) casino gambling motivation, (4) sporting events...

Author(s)
Gursoy, D.; Uysal, M.; Sirakaya-Turk, E.; Ekinci, Y.; Baloglu, S.
ISBN
2015 CABI (H ISBN 9781780644530)
Type
Book chapter
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Cover for Residents' perceptions and attitudes scales.

This chapter presents a number of measurement scales, placed in five subcategories, developed to assess residents' perceptions of and attitudes toward tourism. The first subcategory includes measurement scales that were developed to assess residents' perceptions of and attitudes toward general...

Author(s)
Gursoy, D.; Uysal, M.; Sirakaya-Turk, E.; Ekinci, Y.; Baloglu, S.
ISBN
2015 CABI (H ISBN 9781780644530)
Type
Book chapter
CABI Book Chapter Info
Cover for Performance evaluation, quality assessment, loyalty and satisfaction scales.

This chapter presents a number of measurement instruments that can be used to assess lodging quality, e-travel service quality, restaurant quality, festival quality, other hospitality and tourism service quality, and satisfaction and loyalty.

Author(s)
Gursoy, D.; Uysal, M.; Sirakaya-Turk, E.; Ekinci, Y.; Baloglu, S.
ISBN
2015 CABI (H ISBN 9781780644530)
Type
Book chapter
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Cover for Scales related to hospitality and tourism operations.

This chapter presents a number of measurement scales that were developed to examine (1) the performance of hospitality and tourism businesses, (2) organizational relationships within the industry, (3) event and festival organizers' perspectives, (4) ethics and corporate social responsibility, and...

Author(s)
Gursoy, D.; Uysal, M.; Sirakaya-Turk, E.; Ekinci, Y.; Baloglu, S.
ISBN
2015 CABI (H ISBN 9781780644530)
Type
Book chapter
Abstract

Purpose: The focus of this perspective paper is to provide new directions in the ontology of thinking about outcome variables by observational analysis of past and linking it to the present research. Design/methodology/approach: This perspective paper follow a critical review approach that is...

Author(s)
Uysal, M.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing, Bingley, UK
Citation
Tourism Review, 2020, 75, 1, pp 182-186
Abstract

In this paper, the concepts of economic cycles and tourism area life cycle (Butler, 1980, 2004) are combined to study the impact of institutional support for a destination management, development and rejuvenation strategy. Using case-based qualitative methodology and focus group interviews with key ...

Author(s)
Singal, M.; Uysal, M.
Publisher
Institute for Tourism, Zagreb, Croatia
Citation
Tourism (Zagreb), 2009, 57, 3, pp 329-344
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Cover for Experimental research.

This chapter discusses why one needs to conduct experiments in leisure, recreation and tourism research, and presents the basic principles of the design and analysis of experiments. A worked example concerning a museum trying to increase its visitor numbers is presented throughout the chapter.

Author(s)
Oppewal, H.
ISBN
2011 CABI (H ISBN 9781845938918)
Type
Book chapter

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