Due to the five-day work week system stepwise implemented from July 1, 2004, as both family tourists and festivals creating brand names regarding something representative specific local areas such as principle products and figures have been increased,...
Due to the five-day work week system stepwise implemented from July 1, 2004, as both family tourists and festivals creating brand names regarding something representative specific local areas such as principle products and figures have been increased, accordingly special events also have been increased. In keeping with the increasing trend in family tourists due to the five day work week system, the increase in these special events have been employed various kinds of promotion and marketing strategies in order to attract visitors, and especially promotion and marketing strategies utilizing famous entertainers who can gather visitors' attention have tended to show steep increase. This study has interest in the effects of promotion and marketing strategies employed in rapidly increasing local festivals on increase in invitation and participation by tourists, and lays its purpose on identifying increase in the number of tourists in festivals with entertainers' participation and providing materials to which one can refer for vitalizing the special events.
In order to do this, the researcher conducted study focusing on events in local festivals for theoretical reviews on research related to special events and entertainers, reviewed the literature, and investigated the correlation between the economic effects of entertainers' participation on local festivals and vitalization of festivals.
Regarding the effects of entertainers' participation on local festivals, as a result of analysis, it is thought that entertainers' participation can cause increase in visitors in local festivals, accordingly demands for tourist products, and create good images and recognition of specific local areas as tourist sites, possibly resulting in more increased visitors and established brand names of specific festivals.
In addition, it is also expected that tourists, traffic, and convenient facilities are expanded and improved, capital investment is increased, and various types of entertainers participate in the festivals due to increase in visitors in the local areas.
However, one should not ignore negative aspects such as excessive competition for making contracts with entertainers with higher levels of popularity and increase in event budgets and the numbers of staffs due to higher contract fees for famous entertainers. Also one should prepare for worse situations where the entertainers fail to fulfill the contracts. In addition, one should try to find strategies for gather every tourist's attention participating in the festivals by taking visitors' age and taste into consideration when selecting entertainers.