Motivation Behind Why Tourists And Visitoirs Attend Festivals

This report also covers the nature and characteristics of a given segment of the leisure or events industry, what economic impact towards society using PESTLE to specify these aspects and also what skills required of managers in the segment mention on this topic.

These days competition is very tough among each kind of business and thus the pressure or the force to satisfy the customer’s needs and expectations are at the peak these days in events or shows like Old Station Fly In. These days the economy that we live in has moved away from what usually used to be known as normal service economy; but rather these days, the economy as well as the global mindset of people who attend events or shows is moving more towards what is known as the experience economy. Customers are happy to pay a better price but only on the leverage of getting a premium service and special memorable experience for the price they are paying. These days customers demand unique experiences and organisers need to provide them so as to have a regular clientele and more marketing and business. E.g. If we take the example of Old station Fly In show, there was a dinner organised for the patrons flying in and driving to the show; although the dinner had a very special speaker ’Matt Hall’; it would have been much more attracting feature of the food was arranged by someone famous such as any master chef celebrity or any famous cooking

The festival was created on the back of the peace and love era, has gone through the most exciting changes in the worlds history from advances in technology and music. From the length of David Bowie career to the introduction of rave music and social media making Glastonbury into a brand. Also not forgetting the big events that shaped Glastonbury’s festival from 1970 to the early 2000s, This assignment will follows events in key years and moments to identify why Glastonbury is the biggest and most successful running festival of all time. Also looking at the development the festival took in marketing from early promotion material to modern day promotion making Glastonbury a

In recent years the growth of the festival’s attendance has created a problem for many visitors in their ability to find lodging. Resulting in many having to stay in motels and/or bed and breakfasts as far as 60 kilometres away. Readings and musical events sell out within hours after tickets go on sale. Additional readings have been added, but the demand still exceeds the supply.

As well as providing opportunities to increase direct expenditure at a destination, they can also contribute substantially to a destination’s range of tourist attractions, facilitate media coverage for the destination, promote awareness of the destination for future visitation and lead to the construction of new facilities and infrastructure. The prominence given to special events by governments and tourism marketing organisations has resulted in some destinations seeking to specialise in the creation and hosting of special events. There is also a trend towards the construction of ‘mega-venues’ catering for conventions, trade shows, art and sporting events.

Normally, attending such a festival can be quite an eye-opening experience. You will have the opportunity to explore alternative, as well as holistic options for boosting spiritual and mental well-being.

Music festivals throughout the years have become one the fastest growing phenomenons known to the young and old. All over the world millions of people gather in one place to enjoy various artists, foods and good company. What most of the world does not realize is the environmental shock these extremely popular festivals are putting on our planet. The most notable ideas concerning waste, traffic and travel, and the status and outcomes of environmental ideas and impacts on our planet in the music festival culture come from agreenerfestival.com, and Judith Mair and Jennifer Laing.

Every year for as long as I can remember, my family has come together one weekend and frequented the Texas Renaissance Festival. Thus, even though I have just about the world’s worst sense of direction, by this point in my existence I can easily navigate the large, open-air park with its winding roads for each “country” and its hundreds of small shops. This year, like most every year, the park held thousands of people, a number that only grew as the day went on, with families and large groups of friends cycling in and out of its crowded gates. With the multitudes of people chatting amongst themselves, the hundreds of individual vendors yelling their catchy chants to sell their wares, and the powerful smells of all the food, the Renaissance Festival can almost be an overwhelming experience.

Stall holders sell products in a popular, vibrant market place that attracts tens of thousands over the course of the event. The bonus to the community is far reaching as these tens of thousands of attendees require accommodation and spend money on food and drinks in the vicinity of the event.

From 1999 to 2009, concert ticket sales in the U.S. tripled from $1.5 billion to $4.6 billion, vastly exceeding the growth of inflation and population growth” (Lee, n.p.). It is obvious that the demand of live performances keeps increasing and as Billboard stated “32 million people go to at least one U.S. music festival every year” (Lynch, n.p.). As an important part of the live performances, music festivals are gaining the popularities world widely and people are willing to enjoy their leisure with friends and families at music festivals. I went to several different kinds of music festivals at both China and United States, and they were all great experiences. According to Timeout.com, among the list they provided for 50 best music festivals around the world, there are 10 of them are music festivals taking place at U.S. (Curle, n.p.). From those statistics, it is not hard to find out that music festivals are popular at U.S. and when you look at those music festivals, they are varies at geographic and genres as well. So I think it is optimistic to say that music festivals open another way for people to enjoy the music and enjoy the social

“Live music events have grown into global events, give five reasons as to what has driven their commercial growth and success”

Scotland is a country which receives many tourists every year from all over the world. Especially Scotland’s business tourism sector is on the rise. There was a huge capital investment, approximately £2 billion, from airlines such as United, Lufthansa, US Airways and Qatar and hotels like Hilton, MotelOne, Marriott in Scotland. Additionally, Scotland hosted many events this year e.g. the Commonwealth Games, Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, Homecoming Scotland 2014 or the MTV European Music Awards at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro. Because of the high amount of conferences and events, the profile among international markets has raised. The Visit Scotland Conference Bid Fund revealed information that 46 international association conferences have been secured until 2021. Among them are all types of conferences such as food/drinks trade shows, science/educational conferences or topics like renewable energies. From this it follows that the year 2014 was only the start for a flourishing business tourism sector in Scotland. In the first quarter this year there were 90.000 trips made by international business travelers. Compared to the same period in 2013, there is an increase of about 4%. The number of domestic overnight business tourism trips is 493.000 which is again higher than in 2013. When comparing the spent per trip and per night, the international business tourists spend roughly £200 more than domestic business travelers per trip and £30 more per night. They also stay on average one night

The festival allows everyone the opportunity to participate, develop and discover new talents, inspirations and experiences.

Traveling is fun, but it’s even more fun when you can enjoy some of the biggest music events of the year. Of course, with so many festivals to choose from it’s easy to understand why many of you are shy about buying tickets. Perhaps the greatest example would be the recent mis-Fyre Festival (one of the founders was arrested on charges of fraud). It was touted as the ultimate destination festival, with social medias biggest influencers promoting it, it seemed as though the Bahamas’ Fyre Festival was the place to be

looking for causes, how listeners make their decisions to attend and how they critique or respond to performances. Secondly, their approach is correlational that to seek qualitative insight on the experiences of the EJBF audiences. Lastly, they focus on attendances’ perceptions and observe behavior by participating in the events and gaining first hand experiences. Broadly speaking, the authors conduct qualitative research although there are still small amounts of quantitative data of showing ages of respondents and previous festival attendance.