Between Risk and Comfort: Representations of Adventure Tourism in Sweden and Switzerland

Imboden, Alain

doi:10.1080/15022250.2012.752624

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“…Page (2007, p. 108), states that "adventure tourism has been variously defined as a leisure activity which is undertaken in unusual, exotic, remote or unconventional destinations". Definitions of adventure tourism have focused on elements such as outdoor activity, hazardous experiences, risk, excitement, uncertainty, personal challenges and adrenaline rushes (Bucley, 2010;Imboden, 2012;Page, 2007;Swarbrooke et al, 2003). Roberts and Hall (2001) describe the difficulties of identifying adventure for different participants, as adventure can be labeled in many ways.…”

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Riding High: Quality and Customer Satisfaction in Equestrian Tourism in Iceland

Sigurðardóttir

Helgadóttir

2015

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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The aim of this research was to investigate customer satisfaction and visitor attitudes to several aspects of service quality in equestrian (horse riding) tourism. A survey yielding 2774 responses from visitors in horse rental and horse trekking was conducted. Despite the development of methods for evaluating service quality, methods for measuring it within equestrian businesses are in their initial stage. Using the SERVQUAL model or developing a derivative model for measuring service quality in equestrian businesses might be useful. This research contributes to this discussion by identifying important factors correlating to customer satisfaction in equestrian tourism businesses and by estimating the importance of those factors. The visitor satisfaction reported is high and respondents are near unanimous in their willingness to recommend the business they bought the service from. Visitors in horse rental relate satisfaction with the service to the length and diversity of the trail, the performance and service mindedness of staff and for overseas visitors the facilities for the horses were of importance. In several aspects, a significant difference is found between visitors on horse trekking and in horse rental. Furthermore, a difference can be discerned between domestic and overseas visitor attitudes, indicating the variety of target groups in equestrian tourism. The majority of respondents are female and the percentage of young people is higher among domestic visitors. Word of mouth is an important factor as the proportion of visitors who heard about the products and services from friends and relatives is high.

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Riding High: Quality and Customer Satisfaction in Equestrian Tourism in Iceland

Sigurðardóttir

Helgadóttir

2015

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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“…Pangaribuan et al [ 37 ] demonstrated that risk perception had a moderate effect on destination attachment and voluntary behavior. In general, risk perception is important for tourist avoidance/hesitation behavior [ 38 ]. According to Pradhananga and Davenport [ 34 ] and Fournier and Lee [ 32 ], a traveler with a strong attachment to a certain destination will more actively practice loyalty and citizenship behaviors regarding that destination (e.g., volunteering, repeat visit, recommendation).…”

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Facilitators and Reducers of Korean Travelers’ Avoidance/Hesitation Behaviors toward China in the Case of COVID-19

Han

Che

Lee

2021

IJERPH

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Given that little is known about overseas travelers’ responses and behaviors toward China after the outbreak of COVID-19, this study aimed to uncover risk perception factors and investigate its role in Korean travelers’ avoidance/hesitation behaviors toward China as an international tourism destination in the case of the COVID-19 pandemic. To explore the relationship with risk perception, anticipated emotion and avoidance/hesitation behavior, a quantitative method along with an online survey was employed. This focus was on Korean tourists who had traveled to China at least once. Findings revealed that risk perception and negative anticipated emotion are vital facilitators of avoidance/hesitation behaviors, and that positive anticipated emotion reduces such behaviors. The efficacy of a higher-order structure of risk perception, which encompasses six dimensions, was also demonstrated. In addition, destination attachment lowered the influence of risk perception on the formation of avoidance/hesitation behaviors. Overall, our results will help tourism researchers and practitioners understand what factors drive and reduce international travelers’ avoidance/hesitation behaviors toward China in the post-pandemic world. Implications for theory and practice are offered.

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“…Most of these “doing” activities, especially in water settings such as surfing, kite-boarding, kayaking, and scuba-diving, are thrilling, exciting, and even challenging (Beckman et al, 2017). Therefore, participating in these activities is always considered a memorable experience (Imboden, 2012; Triantafillidou and Petala, 2016). The experimental dimensions of water-based adventure activities such as hedonism, escapism, socialization, and community attachment encourage tourists to show more self-presentation to their community (Triantafillidou and Petala, 2016).…”

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Adventure tourists' electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM) intention: The effect of water-based adventure experience, grandiose narcissism, and self-presentation

Hasan

Neela

2021

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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This study aims to empirically examine the effect of tourists’ grandiose narcissism and adventure experiences on their self-presentation and electronic word-of-mouth communication (e-WOM) intention in a water-based adventure tourism setting. Data were collected through a personal-administered survey of 357 tourists who had participated in various water-based adventure activities offered at Kota Kinabalu coastal areas in Sabah, Malaysia. A partial least-square -based structural equation modeling was applied to analyze the data. The results signify that tourists’ water-based adventure experiences had a direct effect on their positive self-presentation and e-WOM intention while tourist grandiose narcissism had an indirect mediating effect on e-WOM intention through positive self-presentation. The findings provide theoretical knowledge in the literature as well as practical implications for tourism managers and practitioners, particularly in water-based adventure tourism settings.

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Between Risk and Comfort: Representations of Adventure Tourism in Sweden and Switzerland

Cited by 19 publications

References 14 publications

Riding High: Quality and Customer Satisfaction in Equestrian Tourism in Iceland

Riding High: Quality and Customer Satisfaction in Equestrian Tourism in Iceland

Facilitators and Reducers of Korean Travelers’ Avoidance/Hesitation Behaviors toward China in the Case of COVID-19

Adventure tourists' electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM) intention: The effect of water-based adventure experience, grandiose narcissism, and self-presentation

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