A Longitudinal Analysis of Music Tourism Impacts

Music tourism has boomed in recent decades and has been part of the rise in cultural tourism. In recent years, several communities have implemented a concert series to help promote tourism during the shoulder season, or slower months during the off-season. In this study, a longitudinal examination of several concerts of various sizes and genres spanning about three years looks at the economic impacts for the tourist destination of Panama City Beach, FL. This paper will conduct an analysis comparing the tourism development tax, hotel/motel data provided by the industry leading data resource, Smith Travel Research (STR), in order to determine the best indicator of measurement for this area. After determining the best indicator of measurement, this study will examine the impact music concerts are having on a particular tourism destination and analyze the impacts of variations throughout the different seasons

32nd National Conference

The purpose of this study was to describe what RCRA member and non-member operations look like and secondly to analyze the data comparatively to see if the type of department, size, and profitability structure impact the reported compensation rates. The survey was sent to all RCRA professional members, as well as 1,500 non-member agencies. Initial findings suggest most of the respondents reported working at hotel resorts (47.2%) followed by HOA/POA organizations (18.9%) and condo resorts (5.6%) and timeshares resorts (5.6%). The size of the properties varied from 77 units to 2,300 units. About 40% of the respondents reports having 6 20 subordinates while about 25% reported fewer subordinates and 35% reported having more than 20 subordinates. Further analysis including the impacts of these variables on the compensation levels of members is ongoing