Feasibility Study of Cultural Event Tourism Development and Its impact on Seasonal Demand Adjustment of tourist destinations Case study: Hamadan City

Abstract

Tourist destinations, as the main focus of tourists’ attraction, play the fundamental role in the development of the tourism industry. A tourism destination appears distinctive and successful when new and unique experiences are provided to tourists. This task is responsible for tourism events.The event, combined with the development of tourism, creates attractions among tourists. This research aids to measure the impact of events tourism on moderating tourist destinations seasonality. For the analysis of research data, 60 questionnaires were totally collected and analyzed with Smart-PLS software Single sample t-test is used to verify the status of each of the dimensions of the tourism, synthetic, and supportive resources and situational factors. The results show that tourism, synthetic and situational factors for event tourism development in Hamedan, lie in favorable conditions, excluding supportive resources.

Keywords

• tourism destination
• tourism marketing
• event tourism
• cultural event
• 7ps
• tourism seasonal adjustment