The role of participation in memorable tourism experience: a comparative case of cap go meh festival and linggarjati festival in Indonesia

Agus W Soehadi; Eka Ardianto

doi:10.14414/jebav.v22i1.1657

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2019), Articles

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2019)

The role of participation in memorable tourism experience: a comparative case of cap go meh festival and linggarjati festival in Indonesia

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DOI: 10.14414/jebav.v22i1.1657

Published 31-07-2019

Agus W Soehadi⁺⁻
Eka Ardianto⁺⁻

Agus W Soehadi

Universitas Prasetiya Mulya

Eka Ardianto

Universitas Prasetiya Mulya

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Keywords

Memorable Tourism Experience
Festival
Participation
Immersion
Vivid Memory
Loyalty

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Soehadi, A. W., & Ardianto, E. (2019). The role of participation in memorable tourism experience: a comparative case of cap go meh festival and linggarjati festival in Indonesia. Journal of Economics, Business, and Accountancy Ventura, 22(1), 99-114. https://doi.org/10.14414/jebav.v22i1.1657

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Abstract

The study aimed to analyze the role of participation in creating memorable tourism experience in Cap Go Meh festival and Linggarjati festival to create loyal visitors. This study used a questionnaire of 42 questions on 5-point Likert-scale ranged from one to five range (1 = strongly disagree up to 5= strongly agree) to the festival visitors after the event. The data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and the structural model using regression analysis. It showed that the visitors have different motives to attend and take a part in the festival. The group socializationhas a positive effect on participation, which lead to immersion, then influences vivid memory and loyalty in Cap Go MehÂ while novelty has a positive effect on participation in Lingarjati vestival, which lead to immersion, then influences vivid memory and loyalty. Practicaly, it implied that this study has the benefit for event manager to understand the visitors characteristics. Cap Go Meh festival can be higher in group socialization. Event manager should facilitate visitors to participate as a group on God Statue parade. In Linggarjati, the visitors gain the novelty of historical site and city history merge with the stage of angklung -traditional music instrument- colossal.

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