Sport tourism consumer experiences: a comprehensive model

Abstract

The interest in physical activity and vacations has created a growth in the tourism industry and has greatly modified strategies within the industry. Sport tourism is expanding and many forms of consumption exist within this area. The object of this study is to propose a new framework for analysing sport tourism consumption. This framework illustrates that consumer choices depend upon vacation destinations and sport services offered in relation to the experiences that vacationers are seeking. The originality of this analysis is that it integrates spatial and social dimensions stemming from environmental psychology, ethnology and sociology.

Understanding how sporting characteristics and behaviours influence destination selection: a grounded theory study of golf tourism

“…In a wider context team sports may have contrasting experience in this regard -on the one hand membership is fixed when entire teams travel as a group to compete, while conversely the need to travel with sufficient numbers to play the sport means additional players may be recruited to 'make up the numbers' when team members are unable or unwilling to travel. Importantly, such recruits are not without affiliation to the group and are likely to adhere to group norms and behaviours (Bouchet et al, 2004). Participants in solo sports can still be encouraged toward group travel to achieve shared emotive rewards and collective identity (Higham & Hinch, 2009).…”

“…Furthermore postmodern travel enthusiasms have created more demanding customers (Bouchet, Lebrun, & Auvergne, 2004) seeking greater variety of product offer which, matched with supply, has led to an increased growth in sports tourism.…”

Características del turismo de luna de miel: aproximación al turista chino

“…La evolución del turismo implica un cambio en las motivaciones de la demanda turís-tica (Bouchet, Lebrun y Auvergne, 2004) y en las tendencias de consumo de los turistas (Armadans, 1999). Un factor clave en el desarrollo del turismo ha sido la evolución que ha sufrido tanto la demanda del sector como las tendencias sociales.…”

Development of a Conceptual Model in International Sport Tourism: Exploring Pre-and Post- Consumption Factors

“…More recently, Weed (2008) compiled the top articles in sport tourism between 2000 and 2006, and "behavior of the sport tourist" garnered the largest number of articles of any topic. Other recent studies have examined consumer behavior in sport tourism (Bouchet, Leburn, & Auvergne, 2004;Funk & Bruun, 2007;Kurtzman & Zauhar, 2005;Wicker, Hallmann, & Zhang, 2012). Kurtzman and Zauhar (2005) suggest that sport tourist"s make consumer decisions without truly being aware of the subtle or hidden forces shaping or attracting their sport destination selection.…”

“…Kurtzman and Zauhar (2005) suggest that sport tourist"s make consumer decisions without truly being aware of the subtle or hidden forces shaping or attracting their sport destination selection. Bouchet, et al (2004) proposed a comprehensive framework for analyzing sport tourism consumption that grew out of the literature in environmental psychology, ethnology and sociology. Kim and Chalip (2004) proposed a conceptual model of event interest and intent to attend a sporting event that included push factors (demographics, fan motives, travel motives), mediating factors (attractions and constraints), and outcomes (attendance motives).…”