The purpose of this work is to assess the origins of tourists and the motivations of mountain tourism in the Highlands of Scotland, with the use of bothies – extremely rustic small houses, usually made of stones, without any urban comfort – as accommodation. Through quantitative and qualitative methodologies, based on questionnaires, interviews and participant observation, were verified the origins and motivations of tourists who stayed on the Scottish bothies from April to June 2015. Data were reviewed in 2020. It was concluded that it is the citizens of small towns who feel the greatest need for social isolation that the mountains offer, seeking to enjoy an isolated and rustic place outside their everyday lives. Considering that there is a relatively limited specific literature on the subject, this work presents itself as a contribution to the subject, even as a subsidy for future investigations related to mountain tourism and experience tourism.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.