In the circles of the Korean performing art industry, there have been some studies on performing arts festivals, visitor satisfaction and recommendation intention, but there have been few studies dealing with visitor satisfaction and recommendation in...
In the circles of the Korean performing art industry, there have been some studies on performing arts festivals, visitor satisfaction and recommendation intention, but there have been few studies dealing with visitor satisfaction and recommendation intention in terms of marketing strategy. Therefore, the author attempted to conduct a study on whether the marketing mix factors at the performing art festivals to revitalize the performing art industry can positively affect visitor satisfaction and recommendation intention.
The marketing mix traditionally consists of such 4Ps as product, price, place and promotion. However, 7Ps, namely the service marketing mix factors, are applied to service businesses, such as performing art, of which standardization and specification are difficult due to its characteristic nature. The marketing mix 7P factors, in which such three factors as people, physical evidence, and process are added to the marketing mix 4P factors, are the service marketing mix, and in this study, the marketing mix 7Ps were applied to the performing art festival as its marketing mix factors.
Study method was divided into two types: literature review and empirical analysis. A questionnaire survey of 300 visitors who had the experience of visiting the Seoul Performing Art Festival and watching its performance was conducted for a period of about three weeks, from October 25 to November 15, 2022. The data of 264 respondents were used as valid samples, excluding those with insincere responses or missing values.
The results of the study on the effect of the marketing mix 7P factors at the performing art festivals on visitor satisfaction and recommendation intention can be summarized as follows:
First, the result of analyzing the demographic feature of visitors to the Seoul Performing Art Festival presented the fact that female visitors were more than male counterparts and main visitors were people in their 20s and 30s.
Second, as for visitor’s characteristics at the Seoul Performing Art Festival, they generally watched the performances 1~2 times or 3~5 times, and their favorite performance genres were ‘dance’ or ‘play’ in general. The ‘Internet’ was the most common place to get related information, and the ‘Internet reservation’ was also the most common way to purchase tickets. As the reason for watching the performance, ‘major and work-related’ were the most, and ‘friends or lovers’ were the most common companions when watching the performance.
Third, as for the effect of marketing mix factors at the Seoul Performing Art Festival on visitor satisfaction, people (performance staff), product (performance), physical evidence, process and price had a significant positive (+) effect on visitor satisfaction. In other words, among marketing mix factors at the Seoul Performing Art Festival, promotion had no significant effect on visitor satisfaction. People (performance staff) had the greatest effect on the satisfaction of visitors watching the performance of the Seoul Performing Art Festival, and it was followed by product (performance), place, physical evidence, process and price.
Fourth, as for the influential factor on recommendation intention for the Seoul Performing Art Festival among marketing mix factors, place, product (performance), process, physical evidence and people (performance staff) had a significant positive (+) effect on recommendation intention. In other words, among marketing mix factors at the Seoul Performing Art Festival, price and promotion had no significant effect on recommendation intention.
Finally, as for the effect of visitor satisfaction on recommendation intention, the higher the satisfaction of visitors, the more positive the recommendation intention was. Therefore, visitor satisfaction at the Seoul Performing Art Festival was an important factor influencing recommendation intention.
The author hopes that this study will be used as meaningful data in terms of marketing for the revitalization of performing art festivals in the future, and many diverse and detailed studies on the revitalization of performing art festivals will be conducted in the future as well.