IDO MOVEMENT FOR CULTURE

Background. A theoretical framework is organised by the theory of recreation and psychology of tourism. According to psychological  research, there is no doubt that the way for important and sustained performance or to gain new knowledge can exert pressure. It is clear even more when talking about holidaymakers, tourists, hotel guests and other types of visitors. They cannot be pushed to participate in any animation programmes or to show the interest for some activity if they are not willing to participate. For creating the positive relation with the activities the most important is the encouragement, not the position of being an “administrator” of someone´s else will. The tourists are searching for happiness, pleasure, new enjoyable experiences, group activities, joy during physical activities, new discoveries, gaining or experiencing new skills, to feel contribution from their presence, self-consciousness and self-contentment, not the stress, not the feeling of inferiority or not to experience torture and suffering.
Problem. It is a conceptualisation of the first author: his project of an allround entertainer as a motivator. The pattern of psychical processes described and the influence of the allround entertainer can be understood as generally accepted principles, as a set of generalized experiences. Every described pattern, more or less, went through reduction because of its huge scale. However, an attentive reader can find many suggestions for their application to real situations, bringing methods into very often unplanned or spontaneous activities performed by an allround entertainer and provide with inspiration for self-improvement. The authors intend to point out the importance for allround entertainers of being well-prepared while applying any of motivational incentives.
Method. Longitudinal participant observation and a kind of interpretative multiple case study research, followed by authors’ own conclusions.
Results and Conclusions. If the allround entertainer is insufficiently or inadequately prepared for his/her role it means a lack of interest among people attending the activities. He/She is ineffective in acquiring attention, not able to manage nor to cooperate, unable to inspire the guests to get involved into activities. The events that are many times organised at high cost by hotels, spa resorts, recreational resorts, are not successful for lack of interest of visitors.