New Age Tourism: Challenges and Positioning in a Changing Society

Stankov, Uglješa; Čikić, Jovana; Armenski, Tanja

doi:10.3727/109830421x16191799471944

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“…From a theoretical perspective, the main implications of this study are set out in themes that add to the evolving theory about the COVID-19 pandemic and the sports tourism industry. This study contributes to the body of knowledge of sports tourism by positioning post-COVID-19 sports tourism within a postmodern tourism perspective (Stankov et al, 2021;Zhu et al, 2022). It goes beyond existing studies on the behavioral characteristics and intentions of tourists (perception of travel risks, propensity to revisit, etc.)…”

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The future of sports tourism in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic – Developing a new paradigm model

Pashaie

Perić

2023

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PurposeSports tourism was strongly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is no consensus on what sports tourism should look like in the post-pandemic period. This study explores the future of sports tourism in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and provides an alternative paradigm model.Design/methodology/approachData were collected by interviewing sports tourism experts. Data analysis was based on the continuous comparison method during three stages of open, axial and selective coding.FindingsThe findings point to the complexity of the future sports tourism industry. Post-COVID-19 sports tourism strongly depends on environmental forces and targeted support, with strategies focused on tourists’ safety and security, digitalization of the industry, and new employment opportunities.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the body of knowledge on sports tourism by providing answers to the current challenges, threats and opportunities associated with the pandemic. The proposed paradigm model could be a guideline for sports tourism practitioners and policymakers to accelerate recovery from COVID-19 in a sustainable and resilient manner.

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confidence: 96%

The future of sports tourism in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic – Developing a new paradigm model

Pashaie

Perić

2023

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“…Itinerant boat dwellers in London and Amsterdam continue to exist in increasingly generified waterways (Roberts 2017). Other countercultural imaginaries, with values such as DIY ethics and mutual aid, are taking social and material shape in the form new age travellers (Kuhling 2007;Stankov et al 2021), cosplayers, urban explorers, neonomads, vanlifers, wild swimmers, new age travellers, the new gypsies, the Rainbow Family (Schelly 2015), WOOFers, ravers, anti-road protestors (Martin 2014), anti-border activist groups, climate activists (e.g. Extension Rebellion), squatters, off-gridders (Schelly 2017), wild campers, urban nomads (Spradley 1970), tiny house communities (Ford and Gomez Lanier 2017;Shearer and Burton 2021), hitchhikers (O'Regan 2012), roadschoolers (Sotomayor 2022) and circus performers (Comerford 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

Introduction

O'Regan

2023

Anthropological Journal of European Cultures

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The word polycrisis has recently been repopularised to describe the interaction of multiple crises at once. From the war in Ukraine to the climate crisis, these multiple crises are not only causing disappointment and confusion but also leading many to question their identity, their place in society and even society itself. At a time of uncertainty caused by overlapping and interacting crises, escape through mobility can appear as the only rational response. This special issue explores how escape is taking place at different spatial and temporal scales across Europe, and while motivations vary, the desire for new ways of living, for survival and for an identity may mean exiting one's comfort zone and participating in new communities. Driven by countercultural imaginaries and values, this special issue explores projects and communities which suggest alternatives to the manifest and embodied uncertainties caused by polycrisis and the marketplace of everyday life.

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