The Brand Experience And It´s Effects on the Behavior of Revelers During Carnival in Belo Horizonte

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29149/mtr.v5i1.5648

Keywords:

Carnival, Brand experience, Brand loyalty, WoM communication, Street events.

Abstract

Brand experience is a very important topic for the tourism sector because most deals in this industry are related to services, which contribute highly to tourists' formation of experience. The objective of this work is to elaborate and test a theoretical model about brand experience and its consequences in terms of loyalty of Carnival's revelers and their intention to advertise Carnival by word of mouth. Furthermore, the perception of Belo Horizonte's Carnival experience will be measured, taking into consideration its sensory, affective, behavioral and intellectual components. An online survey questionnaire was applied through social media sites such as Instagram and WhatsApp and 470 valid answers were obtained. The results show that brand experience is formed by the four theoretical dimensions: sensorial experience, affective experience, behavioral experience and intellectual experience. The developed and tested model presented nomological validity and all hypothesis were accepted. It was verified that brand experience impacts loyalty of revelers and word of mouth advertisement significantly. Besides that, loyalty also impacts word of mouth communication. The variance explained for loyalty was 58% and 72% for word of mouth communication.

Author Biographies

Frederico Rocha, Centro Universitário UNA

Doutorado em andamento em Marketing.  Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, URJC, Espanha. 

Mestrado em Marketing.  Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, URJC, Espanha. 

Graduação em Administração. Centro de Gestão Empreendedora, FEAD, Brasil. 

Luiz Rodrigo Cunha Moura, Centro Universitário UNA

Bacharel em Computação pela Univ. Federal de Viçosa. Especialista em Tecnologia da Informação e Gestão Empresarial pela PUC-MINAS Mestre em Administração pela UFMG Doutor em Administração pela UFMG Professor Adjunto do Centro Universitário UNA

Nina Cunha, Universidade Federal de Viçosa - UFV

Doutorado em Economia Rural pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa - UFV

Mestre em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG.

Bacharel em Direito pela Universidade de Itauna.

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Published

2020-06-10

How to Cite

Rocha, F., Moura, L. R. C., & Cunha, N. (2020). The Brand Experience And It´s Effects on the Behavior of Revelers During Carnival in Belo Horizonte. Marketing & Tourism Review, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.29149/mtr.v5i1.5648