Lifestyle climbing: Toward existential authenticity

Rickly, Jillian M.

doi:10.1080/14775085.2012.729898

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“…Similarly, in the context of the sport events literature, Shipway and Jones (2008) argued that few studies explore the qualitative experiences of active participants. In response to these calls in the literature between 2005 and 2010, the volume of scholarly work on sport tourism experiences has significantly increased over recent years (Coghlan, 2012;Rickly-Boyd, 2012a; Houge Mackenzie & Kerr, 2012;Hallmann, Feiler, Muller & Breuer, 2012;Miller, 2012;Kirkup, 2012). These more recent studies utilised different forms of qualitative research methods, and the recent introduction of more diverse theoretical perspectives also brought with it diversity in methodological approaches.…”

Section: Perspectives On Sport Tourism Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…· Atmosphere (Miller, 2012;Lamont & McKay, 2012;Lamont, 2014b) · Emotion (Kapferer, 1997;Shaw, 2005;Morgan, 2007) · Physical challenge/bodily experiences (Shipway & Jones, 2007;Rickly-Boyd, 2012a;Fox et al, 2014) Identity & belonging · Identity reinforcement (Turner, 1973;Clark & Salaman, 1998;Weiss, 2001;Green & Jones, 2005;Palmer, 2005) · Social interaction (Jenkins, 1996;Green, 2001;Shipway & Jones, 2007;Kirkup, 2012;Lee et al, 2014) · Social worlds & celebration of subculture (Wann et al, 2001;Shipway & Jones, 2008;Shipway, Holloway & Jones, 2013;Lamont, 2014b) Figure 1: A model for understanding sport event tourism experiences…”

Section: The Sport Tourism 'Stage'mentioning

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Understanding cycle tourism experiences at the Tour Down Under

Shipway

King

Lee

et al. 2016

Journal of Sport & Tourism

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Sport tourism experiences are subjective and emotional, laden with symbolic meaning. This study explores the experiences of participants who adopted the multiple roles of both an active participant and event spectator, within the parameters of one chosen sporting event. A professional cycling race event, the Tour Down Under (TDU) in South Australia was chosen for this investigation, and twenty face-to-face individual interviews were conducted with cycle tourists. The three main themes emerging from the data were the interaction of people and temporary spaces on a sport tourism 'stage'; the co-creation of authentic personal experiences and meanings; and identity reinforcement and the development of a sense of belonging. Consequently, a model for understanding sport event tourism experiences is proposed. The findings suggest that providing tourists with authentic and memorable experiences lies at the heart of what constitutes sport tourism. Whilst the results demonstrate that cycling events provide the individual with a sense of belonging or membership to a wider social group, they also illustrate that there is a continued need for more focused and nuanced approaches towards understanding sport tourism experiences that reflect the ever-increasing diversity and complexity of the interaction between sport, events and tourism.

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Section: Perspectives On Sport Tourism Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Sport Tourism 'Stage'mentioning

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Understanding cycle tourism experiences at the Tour Down Under

Shipway

King

Lee

et al. 2016

Journal of Sport & Tourism

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“…The former refers to the search for self-identity facilitated by the freedom of the tourism liminal space (Rickly-Boyd, 2012;Wang, 1999). The latter involves emotional bonds, intimacy and communality assisting a search for existential authenticity (Kim & Jamal, 2007;Shepherd, 2015;Wang, 1999).…”

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An existentialist exploration of tourism sustainability: backpackers fleeing and finding themselves

Canavan

2017

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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This article applies existentialism to sustainable tourism discussion using an exploratory netnographic case study of 12 backpackers. Highlighted is the importance of both existential avoidance and authenticity to participants looking to escape and transcend underlying existential anxiety. Avoidance can be found in the cultural-adherence and selfesteem pathways facilitated by travel. Authenticity is identified in the deeper interactions with host peoples and landscapes, and the liberation, reflection and learning which emerge from this. Avoidance and authenticity are linked in turn with the sustainability of tourism pursued. The former is associated with more hedonistic escape and superficial, selfcentric and insensitive tourism. The latter is suggestive of more transcendent escape and involved, appreciative and alternative tourism.

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“…Factors affecting climbers' motivation to visit a particular climbing destination were processed in the research of and Ewert et al (2013). Rickly-Boyd (2012, 2013) also focused on mobility, the climbing community and their climbing travels. Thorpe (2012) was first concerned with "transnational mobilities in snowboarding culture" and then (2014) more generally with "action sport cultures".…”

Section: Rock Climbing Sport Tourism and Lifestyle Mobilitiesmentioning

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Rock Climbing Tourism Destinations At Level Nuts 1-2 For Czech Climbers

Chaloupsky¹

2017

The European Proceedings of Multidisciplinary Sciences

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The aim of the research is to find out which European rock climbing destinations are the most visited by Czech climbers and what European regions at the level NUTS1 and NUTS2 are the final destinations for this segment of sport tourism.Quantitative analysis of abroad trips of Czech climbers to the rock climbing destinations and rock climbing areas regionalized at level NUTS1 and NUTS2 was done. The data were collected from the climbing logbooks available on rock climbing web portals. Over 400 respondents were selected from more than 4,000 climbers with a registered climbing logbook, based on specific criteria. More than 2,500 trips abroad to different climbing areas in Europe were analysed during one calendar year.The most visited areas for Czech climbers at the level NUTS 1 are Bayern in Germany, Nord Est in Italy, Slovakia, Méditerranée in France, Este in Spain and in Slovenia. The most visited areas for Czech climbers at the level NUTS 2 are Oberfranken in Germany, Provincia Autobnoma diTrento in Italy, Central Slovakia in Slovakia, Western Slovenia in Slovenia and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in France.Hierarchy of NUTS1 and NUTS2 for statistical data processing is suitable for tourism business and economical purposes. The findings demonstrate potential of different European regions for rock climbers as a special segment of sport tourism.

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Lifestyle climbing: Toward existential authenticity

Cited by 95 publications

References 53 publications

Understanding cycle tourism experiences at the Tour Down Under

Understanding cycle tourism experiences at the Tour Down Under

An existentialist exploration of tourism sustainability: backpackers fleeing and finding themselves

Rock Climbing Tourism Destinations At Level Nuts 1-2 For Czech Climbers

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