• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.1017-1025
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• 2013

As various types of regional festivals are contributing to the growth of local economy, promoting the culture, and enhancing the region's images, representative festivals are getting more important for local governments. This study analyzed the correlation between satisfaction on festivals' attractiveness and images of the region, based on an actual field study taken with respondants who visited 2012 Anseong World's Folkloriada Festivals. Among various facets that affect festivals' attractiveness, 4 factors such as services aside from transportation and promotional guides, programs, convenient facilities, and food significantly affected tourists' satisfaction level. Tourists' satisfaction level was found to have significant impact on the enhancement of local images. Based on these findings, this paper suggests implications and limitation of the research as well as future directions for the study.