As openings of local expositions increase and the importance of opening enlarges, studies on local expositions are desperate. Thus, this study observed the influence of environment cues and placeness of local exposition places on value recognition, an...
As openings of local expositions increase and the importance of opening enlarges, studies on local expositions are desperate. Thus, this study observed the influence of environment cues and placeness of local exposition places on value recognition, and examined if environment cues and placeness of exposition places are influencing formation of regional images.
Through theoretical studies, a study problem was decided to establish related study hypothesis. By constructing surveys, significantly used in social science studies, a survey was performed to prove the study hypothesis using analysis.
The study result is summarized as follows.
First, environment cues and placeness were analyzed to influence the value. However, not all environment cues and placeness influence the value. They have partial influences. Particularly, the description of corrected R value was shown to be more than 40%. This value means the influence of environment cues and placeness on the value recognition variables, the excellence of services and aesthetic values.
Second, environment cues and placeness were analyzed to partially influence sustainability. Particularly, the description of corrected R value was shown to be more than 30%. This value means the influence of environment cues and placeness on educational sustainability.
Third, environment cues and placeness were analyzed to partially influence regional images. The noticeable analysis shows the corrected R value of 5 regional image cues to be more than 20%. Particularly, environment cues showed high description on physical environments and natural environmental regional image, and placeness on physical environments, natural environment, symbolic images and cultural images. Thus, large influences of environment cues and placeness to regional images were found.
Fourth, the verification result of value recognition on sustainability and regional images showed high description of educational sustainability among sustainability cues. The analysis of the regional images showed high description on physical environments, natural environment, symbolic images and cultural images except for humanity images. It proved that value recognitions influence regional images largely. In other words, the value recognition is judged to influence educational sustainability of sustainability cues largely, and the regional images are judged to influence formation of physical environments, natural environment, symbolic images and cultural images largely.
Lastly, the difference analysis of local residence and residences of other areas showed high average of local residence compared with the average of residences of other areas in all variables including environment cues, placeness, value recognition and regional images. Also, many cues showed statistically meaningful differences. However, among value recognition cues, consumer utility cues of both tested parties showed average values of less than 3 points. It is judged that they think the compensation is smaller than the expense in the view of social exchange theory. On the other hand, the reason that local residences highly recognizes local expositions is due to their local patriotism. Related continuous study will be necessary.
Previous studies focused on realities, problems, satisfaction and behavioral intentions and value recognitions. The reason this study is valuable compared to existing local exposition studies is that it studied incorporated local exposition theories using study results and hypothesises in other academic fields when direct studies of local expositions are insufficient. I believe that this study result suggests comparatively deep study results compared to existing studies, and the result may be used as basic data in recognizing the importance of local expositions and in suggesting alternatives for local expositions to become sustainable local events in the future.