Exploring the attitude of youth towards adventure tourism as a driver for post-pandemic era tourism experiences

Pop, Nicolae Al.; Stancioiu, Felicia; Onișor, Lucian-Florin; Baba, Cristina Andrada; Anysz, Raluca Năstase

doi:10.1080/13683500.2022.2049712

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“…Bichler and Peters [28] also found relaxation as a motivation. On the contrary, a decrease in stress was the finding of Pop et al [29]. The competence mastery dimension found in the present study aligns with Jin et al [27].…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Bichler and Peters [28] identified it as socialization. However, social interaction was found by Pop et al [29].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Relaxation was the second dimension because tourists de-stress mentally and physically and get away from everything. Finally, Pop et al [29] researched why young people in Romania practice adventure tourism in the post-pandemic, and the findings showed that it lowered stress and self-awareness while visitors search for new experiences and social interaction.…”

Section: Motivations In Adventure Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Motivations and Loyalty of the Demand for Adventure Tourism as Sustainable Travel

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Adventure tourism as a form of sustainable tourism is a potential source of social, economic, and environmental development, and the more the tourism industry is exploited in a responsible manner, the greater the development of a country. The present research proposes the following objectives: (i) to identify the motivational dimensions of demand in an adventure destination, and (ii) to determine the motivational dimensions of demand that predict the return, recommendation, and saying positive things of the adventure destination as loyalty variables. The study was carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic in Guayaquil, and the participants had visited the province of Santa Elena in Ecuador, an adventure tourism destination. This quantitative study used a sample of 318 valid questionnaires that were collected online and analyzed using factor analysis and the multiple regression enter method. The results show five motivational dimensions in adventure tourism: learning, social, biosecurity, relaxation, and competence mastery. The relaxation dimension is the most important and most influential predictor in return, recommendation, and saying positive things about the demand for adventure tourism. The results will contribute as management guides for DMOs and as sources of information for companies involved in the marketing and development of post-pandemic products. The study is also a contribution to the academic literature on adventure destinations.

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confidence: 90%

“…Bichler and Peters [28] identified it as socialization. However, social interaction was found by Pop et al [29].…”

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confidence: 96%

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Motivations and Loyalty of the Demand for Adventure Tourism as Sustainable Travel

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“…Today's younger generation includes the older cohort of Generation Z (people born in 1996-2012) and the younger cohort of millennials (people born in 1989-1995) (Yamane and Kaneko, 2021, p.1). People in this group have a distinct peculiarity, assuming the same habits all over the world, mainly to their attachment to technological devices and their communication and interaction means (Demeter et al, 2014;Pop et al, 2022). This age group is better informed, more individualistic, but also much more attracted to sustainable companies (Yamane and Kaneko, 2021;Pop et al, 2022).…”

Section: Review Of the Scientific Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…People in this group have a distinct peculiarity, assuming the same habits all over the world, mainly to their attachment to technological devices and their communication and interaction means (Demeter et al, 2014;Pop et al, 2022). This age group is better informed, more individualistic, but also much more attracted to sustainable companies (Yamane and Kaneko, 2021;Pop et al, 2022). At the same time, younger generation cannot be considered, as a whole, the consumer group with a responsible buying behavior, their inclinations towards sustainability issues being mixed (Calderon-Monge, Pastor-Sanz and Garcia, 2020).…”

Section: Review Of the Scientific Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%