Sport event attributes influencing sport tourists' attendance at Sepak Takraw event

The use of traditional sports events as modern sport tourism products has grown rapidly over recent decades. This article investigated differences in sport attributes that influence sport tourists' behavioral choices for attending a sepak takraw event using the human and nucleus component of Le...

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Main Authors: Holmes, Kirsten, Zarei, A., Bin Yusof, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Cognizant Communication Corporation 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72088
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author Holmes, Kirsten
Zarei, A.
Bin Yusof, A.
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description The use of traditional sports events as modern sport tourism products has grown rapidly over recent decades. This article investigated differences in sport attributes that influence sport tourists' behavioral choices for attending a sepak takraw event using the human and nucleus component of Leiper's tourism attraction system. The study uses a sample of 316 sport tourists including domestic sport tourists (n=224) and foreign sport tourists (n=92) attending ISTAF Super Series. The findings reveal different factors were important to domestic sport tourists compared to foreign sport tourists. Domestic respondents reported that sport event attributes such as convenience and accessibility, game attractiveness, and sport facility were important in their decisions to attend a sepak takraw event while foreign sport tourists perceived cost to be a necessary sport attribute for their attendance. This article provides support for a sepak takraw as an event product that offers new sport marketing opportunities for particular target market segments within small-scale sport tourism.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-720882019-07-15T01:20:40Z Sport event attributes influencing sport tourists' attendance at Sepak Takraw event Holmes, Kirsten Zarei, A. Bin Yusof, A. The use of traditional sports events as modern sport tourism products has grown rapidly over recent decades. This article investigated differences in sport attributes that influence sport tourists' behavioral choices for attending a sepak takraw event using the human and nucleus component of Leiper's tourism attraction system. The study uses a sample of 316 sport tourists including domestic sport tourists (n=224) and foreign sport tourists (n=92) attending ISTAF Super Series. The findings reveal different factors were important to domestic sport tourists compared to foreign sport tourists. Domestic respondents reported that sport event attributes such as convenience and accessibility, game attractiveness, and sport facility were important in their decisions to attend a sepak takraw event while foreign sport tourists perceived cost to be a necessary sport attribute for their attendance. This article provides support for a sepak takraw as an event product that offers new sport marketing opportunities for particular target market segments within small-scale sport tourism. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72088 10.3727/152599518X15299559637626 Cognizant Communication Corporation fulltext
spellingShingle Holmes, Kirsten
Zarei, A.
Bin Yusof, A.
Sport event attributes influencing sport tourists' attendance at Sepak Takraw event
title Sport event attributes influencing sport tourists' attendance at Sepak Takraw event
title_full Sport event attributes influencing sport tourists' attendance at Sepak Takraw event
title_fullStr Sport event attributes influencing sport tourists' attendance at Sepak Takraw event
title_full_unstemmed Sport event attributes influencing sport tourists' attendance at Sepak Takraw event
title_short Sport event attributes influencing sport tourists' attendance at Sepak Takraw event
title_sort sport event attributes influencing sport tourists' attendance at sepak takraw event
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72088