A Motivation-Based Typology of Road Cyclists in the Cape Town Cycle Tour, South Africa

Ibiza dances to the rhythm of pedals: The motivations of mountain biking tourists competing in sporting events

“…It is estimated that 80 million cycling day trips were made in the Iberian Peninsula, contributing 1.62 billion euros to the national economy in 2016 ( Weston et al, 2012 ). However, cycling tourism has great potential in Spain ( Kruger, Myburgh, & Saayman, 2016 ), particularly in the Balearic Islands, with more than 1400 km of roads with standardized signage, and a suitable climate ( Rejón-Guardia, García-Sastre, & Alemany-Hormaeche, 2018 ) leading them to become the destination of choice for many European cycling teams, both to train and to compete.…”

“…In the academic field, research on cycling tourism has become increasingly important over the last twenty years, and has focused on different regions of the world, such as the United States ( Buning et al, 2019 ; LaChausse, 2006 ); Tanzania ( Nkurunziza, Zuidgeest, & Van Maarseveen, 2012 ); Canada ( Damant-Sirois, Grimsrud, & El-Geneidy, 2014 ); South Africa ( Kruger et al, 2016 ) and New Zealand ( Symmonds, Hammitt, & Addressed, 2000 ). Notwithstanding this, cycling tourism is a complex issue to study, since it includes the different modalities of sports, recreation, and transport, and involves different agencies in planning and management ( Rowe, Shilbury, Ferkins, & Hinckson, 2013 ).…”

Event Market Segmentation: A Review Update and Research Agenda

“…Furthermore, within this review, gender and age were again identified as the most dominant event segmentation items used in event segmentation research (Tkaczynski & Rundle-Thiele, 2011). Despite their popularity, their usage as segmentation variables must be used cautiously given research that has found that both age and gender are insignificant variables in differentiating segments (Hallman & Wicker, 2012;M. Kruger et al, 2016).…”

“…Cross-country comparisons, although present (e.g., Horng et al, 2013;Mair, 2010), are minimal and do not focus on examining cultural differences that may be limiting understanding about whether it is appropriate to derive segments across countries. Although selected studies examine attendee ethnicity (e.g., Báez & Devesa, 2014;Ko, Kim, Kim, Lee, & Cattani, 2010) and language differences (e.g., M. Kruger, Myburgh, & Saayman, 2016;M. Kruger & Saayman, 2013), further research into segmenting event attendees to extend understanding of inclusion of the impact of cultural factors in segmentation research is recommended (Getz & Page, 2016).…”

Modelo costo - volumen - utilidad aplicado al turismo alternativo, segmento ciclismo de aventura, en Ecuador

“…El turismo alternativo, también conocido como turismo justo, turismo sostenible, turismo responsable o turismo solidario (Méndez et al, 2017), se considera un modelo de turismo alternativo particularmente exitoso para enfrentar el problema de desarrollo de comunidades que poseen gran capital ambiental (Guzman et al, 2016) transformando la oferta turística en destinos sostenibles (Serra, 2016). Dentro de la gran oferta de deportes de aventura ligadas al turismo se encuentra al ciclismo, cuyo desarrollo es muy escaso dentro del turismo sostenible (Kruger et al, 2016), que se considera como un vector de desarrollo para los distintos actores que participan dentro de esta actividad (Gutiérrez, 2016), basado en tres aspectos fundamentales: uno ambiental, uno social y un económico (Gazzola et al, 2018). Las expectativas motivacionales de este tipo de turismo en orden de importancia son: compromiso frente a un evento, el estilo de vida, el logro y desafío, el escape y socialización, el prestigio internacional del evento y maestría en habilidades y afiliación grupal (Lacosta Aragüés, 2004), sin dejar de lado el importante aporte de experiencias placenteras que involucran disfrute y aprendizaje significativo (Chiu & Leng, 2017), contribuyendo a mejorar la salud mental y física del ser humano (Stronahc et al, 2018).…”