Show Cave Visitors: An Analytical Scale for Visitor Motivation and Travel Constraints

Antić, Aleksandar; Vujičić, Miroslav D.; Dragović, Nataša; Cimbaljević, Marija; Stankov, Uglješa; Tomić, Nemanja

doi:10.1007/s12371-022-00686-9

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“…Thus, the results of the Hwansun Cave study and the ANP survey show similarities in this respect. In a complex survey targeting Serbian cave visitors, Antić et al [82] highlight that both natural and cultural values play a role in the motivations of show cave visitors. Furthermore, the latter authors also point out the constraints limiting cave visits.…”

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Empirical Investigation of the Motivation and Perception of Tourists Visiting the Apuseni Nature Park (Romania) and the Relationship of Tourism and Natural Resources

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As part of an international project, national parks and nature parks established in karst regions are examined, with a primary focus on how local residents, visitors and influential figures (i.e., park managers, mayors) perceive the advantages and disadvantages of a specific park. The study area in this paper is the Apuseni Nature Park (Romania). The main natural resources of this park are: the karst (morphology and hydrology), the forests and the landscape. In order to explore the perception and motivation of tourists visiting the park, a field survey using a convenience sampling strategy was conducted in 2019 and 2021 at eleven sites in the park. The results show that among the motivations, the “search for relaxation” option is the most frequently selected (43%), but “interest in caves” (34%) and “interest in karst terrains” (29%) were also relatively popular. In terms of public support for potential developments, one positive result of the questionnaire is that developments involving sustainability and nature conservation (visitor centre, education trails and viewpoints) enjoy significantly more support than developments that put a strain on the environment (adventure parks and expansion of entertainment facilities). The awareness of geotourism should be improved, but even at the current level it can be said that geotourists are an important segment of the park’s visitors. A careful development of tourism can be recommended for the park, but it must ensure that the principles of sustainability are taken into account during the developments. Given the environmental and economic challenges, strengthening the organization of the park is suggested in order to better protect the threatened natural resources.

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Empirical Investigation of the Motivation and Perception of Tourists Visiting the Apuseni Nature Park (Romania) and the Relationship of Tourism and Natural Resources

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“…salt or radon caves), which plays a role in health, spa tourism (Gillieson, 2011). According to Antić et al (2022), other popular motivations include the desire for adventure, knowledge (geography, geomorphology, paleozoology, paleoanthropology or archaeology), the need to socialise with other tourists and locals, their environment and culture, as well as contact with nature as a way of relieving the stress of living in an urbanised environment (hedonistic wellbeing).…”

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“…This is not only because some of them are physically hard to access or geographically remote. Cave exploration by tourists is also limited by psychological and health factors, including an extreme fear of the dark (nyctophobia), claustrophobia (Antić et al, 2022), cardiovascular diseases. Staying in caves even for a short period of time can affect the human body, causing dysfunctions of the visual, circulatory and endocrine-metabolic systems, as well as different immune-haematological and muscular responses (Zuccarelli et al, 2019).…”

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Deep Ocean and Caves: the Ultimate Frontiers in Tourism

Chylińska

2023

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In the ever-shrinking world, the tourism industry is looking for new spaces to explore. It is redefining the known ones and reaching for new ones, which are often located right on geographical peripheries. While it may seem that only space travel remains a challenge for tourism today, terrestrial environments of the deep ocean and deep caves are still beyond the reach of not only mass tourism, but tourism in general. The goal of the article is to identify objective and subjective, stable or variable, external and internal conditions that explain why the deep ocean and caves represent the ultimate frontiers for tourism. The author questions to what extent this situation will continue in the future and discusses the attractiveness and development prospects of various niche forms of tourism based on the features of the underworld and deep waters which, at first sight, constitute barriers or threats to most tourism activities.

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“…The results revealed five different factors: visiting attractions, research and prestige, rest and relaxation, and knowledge and friendship. Antić et al [46] investigated the motivation of visitors to caves in Serbia and revealed four factors (adventure socialisation, active education, sharing experience, and hedonistic well-being). Several past papers dealt with the issue of what various market segments in different countries are consider important while visiting a geotourism destination.…”

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Travel Behaviour Insights among Geotourists in Serbia—Case Study of Zaječar District

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Geotourism is a rapidly growing market for tourism, and has gained huge popularity worldwide. Zaječar district is located in Eastern Serbia, and this area is famous for many attractive geotourism features that seek to be presented to the global tourism market. This article aims to present geotourist typology models based on their motivation and travel behaviour. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 194 respondents who visited the geosites of Zaječar district or have the intention to visit them. The data was processed by an exploratory factor analysis, one-way ANOVA, the t-test for independent samples, and multiple regression analyses for in-depth investigations and statistical validation of the findings. The results present three typology models of geotourists based on their motivation to visit geosites (health and relaxation, education and curiosity, socialisation), and three typology models of geotourists based on their travel behaviour (active behaviour, passive behaviour, individual behaviour). The analysis also revealed that motives significantly predict tourist behaviour. Also, this study shows that respondents (tourists) have a positive attitude towards local communities, and emphasise their importance for geotourism development. These findings could be helpful for policy managers and all other interested parties to create strategies and tourism products according to the needs of the potential geotourism market.

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Show Cave Visitors: An Analytical Scale for Visitor Motivation and Travel Constraints

Cited by 9 publications

References 81 publications

Empirical Investigation of the Motivation and Perception of Tourists Visiting the Apuseni Nature Park (Romania) and the Relationship of Tourism and Natural Resources

Empirical Investigation of the Motivation and Perception of Tourists Visiting the Apuseni Nature Park (Romania) and the Relationship of Tourism and Natural Resources

Deep Ocean and Caves: the Ultimate Frontiers in Tourism

Travel Behaviour Insights among Geotourists in Serbia—Case Study of Zaječar District

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