Defining 'sincerity' in a memorable and authentic cultural consumption experience

Gannon, Martin; Lochrie, Sean; Taheri, Babak

Abstract

Situated in the northwest corner of Iran in the East-Azerbaijan province, Kandovan is a troglodyte village thought to be over 850 years old (Yahyavi & Shaghaghi, 2012). Despite the village’s secluded nature, its distinctiveness has made it a popular tourist site attracting over 600,000 visitors annually (Ashrafi, 2013). With this in mind, and within troglodyte heritage context, we aim to develop, for the first time, a ‘sincerity’ scale within the consumer-based model of authenticity (CBA) presented by Kolar and Zabkar (2010) and Bryce et al. (2015). This model explores the relationships surrounding cultural motivation, heritage-based behavior, perceptions of authenticity, and behavioral consequences. However, our study further develops this by adding a sincerity variable and replacing loyalty with memorable tourism experience, before amending the relationships between various variables in the CBA model

Citation

Gannon, M., Lochrie, S., & Taheri, B. (2016, September). Defining 'sincerity' in a memorable and authentic cultural consumption experience. Paper presented at 15th International Colloquium on Arts, Heritage, Nonprofit and Social Marketing

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: 15th International Colloquium on Arts, Heritage, Nonprofit and Social Marketing
• Start Date: Sep 16, 2016
• End Date: Sep 16, 2016
• Publication Date: Sep 16, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jan 17, 2019
• Keywords: Iran, East-Azerbaijan, cultural heritage assets, tourism
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1496533