Astro-tourism conceptualisation as special-interest tourism (SIT) field: a phenomonological approach

Soleimani, Samaneh; Bruwer, Johan; Gross, Michael J.; Lee, Richard

doi:10.1080/13683500.2018.1444021

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“…Authors such as Jung et al [11] underline the complexity of this type of tourism and the existence of different degrees of specialty. However, given its association with different types of general tourism, olive oil tourism can be considered an SIT; indeed, according to Soleimani [12], this form of tourism meets the needs of specific markets by focusing on diverse experiences and activities that fall outside the scope of general interest tourism.…”

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“…This issue is relevant, especially at management level, as it determines whether improvement in one dimension will positively affect the set of SIT dimensions, given the proportional link in the model. Thus, as indicated by Soleimani [12], adapting activities to make them more accessible and to improve the tourist experience in places regarded as destinations for culinary tours or agritourism will create an SIT centered around tourists' specific needs, with obvious implications for management.…”

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Characterization of Olive Oil Tourism as a Type of Special Interest Tourism: An Analysis from the Tourist Experience Perspective

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Olive oil tourism is an emerging activity that is sparking a growing interest among tourists seeking to partake in this experience and the self-fulfilment it offers. An ever-greater number of olive oil mills are diversifying their businesses to incorporate this type of tourism. In this article, olive oil tourism is characterized as a type of special interest tourism (SIT), under a demand-side approach. Based on quantitative research carried out with olive oil tourists, which examined the aspects of the destination they value, as well as their preferences and motivations for consumption, this article proposes four dimensions that are considered key for characterizing olive oil tourism as SIT: experience, sustainability awareness, the promotion of local culture, and the image of status and prestige held by the tourist. This proposal to characterize olive oil tourism as a type of SIT can contribute to the development of more effective and successful marketing strategies that orient olive oil tourism towards services that tourists value and demand. In turn, this will have an impact in terms of wealth creation for rural olive oil producing areas.

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Characterization of Olive Oil Tourism as a Type of Special Interest Tourism: An Analysis from the Tourist Experience Perspective

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“…Tourism is one of the most expanded industries throughout the world and one of the most changing and rapidly developing economic sectors. Recently, this industry has focused on specific branches that offer multiple tourism experiences and activities [1]; among them is ecotourism, one of the fastest growing areas, which has drawn special interest. The amount of research into this discipline has increased in the last years with the appearance of new institutes, journal articles and books based on this topic.…”

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Astrotourism and Night Sky Brightness Forecast: First Probabilistic Model Approach

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Celestial tourism, also known as astrotourism, astronomical tourism or, less frequently, star tourism, refers to people’s interest in visiting places where celestial phenomena can be clearly observed. Stars, skygazing, meteor showers or comets, among other phenomena, arouse people’s interest, however, good night sky conditions are required to observe such phenomena. From an environmental point of view, several organisations have surfaced in defence of the protection of dark night skies against light pollution, while from an economic point of view; the idea also opens new possibilities for development in associated areas. The quality of dark skies for celestial tourism can be measured by night sky brightness (NSB), which is used to quantify the visual perception of the sky, including several light sources at a specific point on earth. The aim of this research is to model the nocturnal sky brightness by training and testing a probabilistic model using real NSB data. ARIMA and artificial neural network models have been applied to open NSB data provided by the Globe at Night international programme, with the results of this first model approach being promising and opening up new possibilities for astrotourism. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, probabilistic models have not been applied to NSB forecasting.

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“…Over the past decade, special interest tourism has established itself as a valuable niche market for multiproduct destinations and a core activity for single-product destinations (Ma et al, 2020;McKercher & Chan, 2005). This form of tourism caters to the needs of specific markets by focusing on diverse experiences and activities that fall outside the realm of general interest tourism (Soleimani et al, 2019). The emerging market of special interest tourism also helps to distinguish niche products offered in particular destinations, enabling destinations to compete more successfully (Wen, Meng, et al, 2019).…”

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“…Just as tourism has been operationalized in seemingly countless ways, special interest tourism carries its own bevy of definitions; for example, it has been defined as the provision of customized leisure and recreational experiences driven by individuals' and groups' unique interests (Derrett, 2001). This conceptualization acknowledges the need, in a postmodern consumer culture, to provide increasingly more customized tourism experiences (Soleimani et al, 2019). McKercher and Chan (2005) suggested examining the relationship between tourists' actions and trip purposes to understand the 'specificity' of special interest tourism.…”

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How special is special interest tourism – and how special are special interest tourists? A perspective article in a Chinese context

Wen

2020

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Special interest tourism has emerged as a valuable niche market for tourism destinations in the past decade. However, tourism scholars have generally struggled to answer McKercher and Chan's [2005. How special is special interest tourism? Journal of Travel Research, 44(1), 21-31] question, 'How special is special interest tourism?' Such ambiguity extends to the related enquiry, 'How special are special interest tourists?', in attempting to define special interest tourists. This perspective research letter discusses these questions in terms of Chinese outbound tourism. Based upon the reflection of previous research, the authors' thoughts and ongoing research in this area, knowledge gaps are identified and research directions for scholars who are also interested special interest tourism are offered.

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Astro-tourism conceptualisation as special-interest tourism (SIT) field: a phenomonological approach

Cited by 55 publications

References 49 publications

Characterization of Olive Oil Tourism as a Type of Special Interest Tourism: An Analysis from the Tourist Experience Perspective

Characterization of Olive Oil Tourism as a Type of Special Interest Tourism: An Analysis from the Tourist Experience Perspective

Astrotourism and Night Sky Brightness Forecast: First Probabilistic Model Approach

How special is special interest tourism – and how special are special interest tourists? A perspective article in a Chinese context

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