Resumen de Tourist Dimension of Canine Events

Milosava Matejevic, Ksenija Wallrabenstein, Zoran Ristic

• Canine events, as a very specific kind of events, attract a large number of visitors, among which competitors represent the majority, and on whom the attraction of the event itself mostly depends. Canine events can contribute both to the development and to higher income from tourism and catering in the destination itself, but organizers should, first of all, understand the competitor's motivation for the participation in certain/specific events of such type. The purpose of this study was to find out the level of interest of the competition participants in the tourist activities, which are the basic factors of motivation when choosing the event at which they will take part. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) method distinguished four factors of motivation of participants at the canine events. The results of this research show that tourist dimension of canine events is not of great importance to its participants, but it is not, however, negligible or excluded.