Experiential places or places of experience? Place identity and place attachment as mechanisms for creating festival environment

Davis, Andrew (2016) Experiential places or places of experience? Place identity and place attachment as mechanisms for creating festival environment. Tourism Management, 55. pp. 49-61. ISSN 0261-5177 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2016.01.006)

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Abstract

Tourism theory suggests mechanisms of place are critical in the construction of tourism environments. However, contradictory place theory has created confusion as to exactly what these mechanisms are and how they affect perceived environment. Literature identifies place attachment and place identity as primary mechanisms in the construction of tourist relationships with tourist environments. An interpretive methodology is used to explore these mechanisms during a festival experience, and thematically analyzed unstructured interviews show identity and attachment do influence attendees' place-based perceptions. Within the festival context, environments become either creations of the festival or exist independently of them. The latter allows realistic place identity to form, resulting in consonance between environmental expectations and reality. The former creates abstract identities resulting in unrealistic expectations and weak/no immediate attachment to the festival environment. A Model of Festival Place provides continuity-based festival recommendations allowing for clearer theoretical and practical understanding across tourism events.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:69652
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    31 August 2016
    Published
    9 February 2016
    Published Online
    18 January 2016
    Accepted
    Keywords:place attachment, place identity, tourist environment, music festivals, Marketing. Distribution of products, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Marketing
    Subjects:Social Sciences > Commerce > Marketing. Distribution of products
    Department:Strathclyde Business School > Marketing
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:05 Sep 2019 09:55
    Last modified:02 Mar 2022 08:44
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/69652
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