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Does sport event satisfaction remain stable over time?
Author(s) -
Schnitzer Martin,
Barth Michael
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.2304
Subject(s) - tourism , event (particle physics) , event management , advertising , psychology , sports tourism , leisure satisfaction , marketing , applied psychology , business , political science , social psychology , tourism geography , physics , quantum mechanics , critical success factor , law
Very little scholarly research analyzes sports event visitors' satisfaction using longitudinal study designs. Thus, this study investigates whether or not satisfaction with event services and products among sports event visitors is constant over time. Data were collected during the 2017 Crankworx Mountain Bike Festival staged in Innsbruck (Austria) and 6 months later, on an individual level ( n = 161). The analyses showed no significant differences in satisfaction with the majority of event aspects during and after the festival. It is hoped that this research note will fuel the discussion within the sports tourism community with respect to satisfaction gained from sports events.