The role of travel conditions in cycling tourism: implications for destination and event management

Buning, Richard J.; Gibson, Heather

doi:10.1080/14775085.2016.1155474

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“…Based on this research trend, academic interest started to focus on different aspects of cycling tourism based on local and regional investigations [48,[50][51][52], on horizontal aspects such as motivation, travel and consumer behavior [53,54], on decision making processes [55][56][57] and on sustainable aspects as well [49,58].…”

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Customer Involvement in Sustainable Tourism Planning at Lake Balaton, Hungary—Analysis of the Consumer Preferences of the Active Cycling Tourists

2020

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This study uses an innovative tourism product development approach, based on co-creation or customer involvement, related to Lake Balaton, a mass tourism-based destination in Hungary, from the point of view of the market segment of active cycling tourists. The investigation of opportunities for the development of cycling tourism first of all relies on the new approach of attraction and product development around the destination, in which it is important to take into consideration the consumer preferences of the most important related group of tourists—active cycling tourists. The sustainable approach of tourism product development also provides an opportunity to decrease the spatial and temporal concentration of tourism, which is largely concentrated on the summertime season. The aim of this study is to explore aspects of the customers’ demand for tourism development in terms of cycling tourism with the help of primary data collection, in order to provide adequate directions for sustainable tourism development in the destination. Revealing the demand side of active cycling tourism related to Lake Balaton, the authors used both qualitative (focus group discussions and structured interviews) and quantitative questionnaire survey (computer-assisted data collection) research methods. The latter online surveys were carried out in November and December, 2019, and resulted with an appraisable sample of 809 questionnaires. As for the method, descriptive statistics and relationship analyses were applied. More than five thousand (5050) possible relationships were examined between the closed answers of the questionnaire by Kendall’s rank correlation coefficient (τ) and Cramer’s V, depending on whether they could be measured on a nominal or ordinal scale. The results show that the content analysis of the primary research provides well determined directions for the sustainable tourism development of cycling tourism at Lake Balaton, so customer involvement seems to be a win-win situation both for the customers (tourists) and the decision makers.

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Customer Involvement in Sustainable Tourism Planning at Lake Balaton, Hungary—Analysis of the Consumer Preferences of the Active Cycling Tourists

2020

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“…Many significant differences were found in the motivations and behavior of cycling tourists based on socio-demographic characteristics [41]. Buning and Gibson analyzed the impact of transport conditions on the destination, event, and characteristics of tourists who travel to participate in cycling events [43]. Despite the increasing focus on cycling infrastructure and its management, many researchers ignore aspects such as cyclists' needs and degree of satisfaction with travel arrangements [44].…”

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Male and Female Motivations for Participating in a Mass Cycling Race for Amateurs. The Skoda Bike Challenge Case Study

Malchrowicz-Mośko¹,

Młodzik²,

León-Guereño

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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The purpose of our research was twofold: to investigate the motivations for participating in a mass cycling event for amateurs and the motivational differences between men and women in cycling. This empirical study involving 385 cyclists was conducted during the fifth edition of the Skoda Bike Challenge held in Poznań in 2018. The event forms part of the UCI Gran Fondo World Series of events organized around the world, which are sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). A diagnostic survey method with a standardized interviewing technique was used to interview cyclists. The interview questionnaire was divided according to the MPAM-R scale (Motives for Physical Activity Measure–Revised). This scale assesses people’s motives for participating in physical activities. The following motivations were examined: appearance, fitness, social, competence/challenge, and enjoyment. Descriptive statistics were used. A chi-square test was used to determine characteristics between responses. Cramer’s φ for statistically significant scores was indicated. The research results show some differences between male and female motives for competitive amateur cycling. Statistically significant differences were found between the following motives: interest/enjoyment, competence/challenge, and fitness. This is important information from the point of view of promoting cycling and for organizers of cycling events in regions wishing to promote sports tourism as a form of sustainable development. An understanding of mass cycling motivations is needed, as such knowledge can be used to encourage cycling, which has a potentially positive effect on future cyclists’ physical and mental health. Learning about cycling motivations also allows us to determine which physical and mental health functions are fulfilled by mass sporting events and how to prepare for them. The motives for participating in mass cycling events for amateurs in Europe constitute an interesting field of research. The first part of the paper presents the literature review related to cycling in the context of motivations, sporting events, tourism, event management, and sustainable development, and the second part presents the results of our empirical study.

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“…The reason for this is due to the desire of people to engage in activities that will relax them and cycling leads to mental and physical relaxation (Duran et al 2018). Likewise, many destinations want to plan the development of tourism in accordance with sustainable principles, and cycle tourism and sports tourism, in general, are one of the ways to turn the theoretical determinants of sustainable tourism into practical ones (Buning and Gibson 2016). According to Muiruri Njoroge et al (2017), some county governments are developing sports tourism to decrease seasonality and develop new tourist destinations.…”

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“…However, it is important to take care in the case of organizing more events that events complement each other to maximize the overall benefit of each event (Clark and Misener 2015). Also, to assure the longevity of such events, it is significant to organize them in accordance with the characteristics of the destination (Buning and Gibson 2016). Some previous studies of residents' perceptions of sporting events highlight positive impacts, and they list a range of negative impacts when organizing sports events in the destination (Bull and Lovell 2007;Ohmann et al 2006).…”

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Impact of Cycle Tourism Development on Tourist Destination – Attitudes of Local Stakeholders

Brščić¹,

Lovrečić²,

Šugar³

2021

Tourism in Southern and Eastern Europe

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Purpose – The purpose of the research was to examine the attitudes of local cycle tourism stakeholders towards cycle tourism development in Istria County and its impact on the destination. Also, the goal was to determine local stakeholders’ general opinions and suggestions regarding past and future cycle tourism development. Methodology – The research target group was local cycle tourism stakeholders in Istria County. For the research purpose an online questionnaire was created. The research was carried out online from April 7, 2020, to July 5, 2020. In total, 201 questionnaires were collected. Findings – As the research results show, local stakeholders have a generally positive attitude towards cycle tourism development in the destination. Most respondents evaluated that the local community benefits from cycle tourism development in the destination and that cycle tourism development additionally promotes the destination. Moreover, 30% of local stakeholders consider that they should be more involved in developing and planning cycle tourism in Istria County. Contribution – The paper’s practical value is that research results can be used as a relevant database in future planning of these tourism products. Also, insights obtained by conducting empirical research can contribute to a better understanding of how the local stakeholders can be involved in planning tourism in the destination

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The role of travel conditions in cycling tourism: implications for destination and event management

Cited by 49 publications

References 62 publications

Customer Involvement in Sustainable Tourism Planning at Lake Balaton, Hungary—Analysis of the Consumer Preferences of the Active Cycling Tourists

Customer Involvement in Sustainable Tourism Planning at Lake Balaton, Hungary—Analysis of the Consumer Preferences of the Active Cycling Tourists

Male and Female Motivations for Participating in a Mass Cycling Race for Amateurs. The Skoda Bike Challenge Case Study

Impact of Cycle Tourism Development on Tourist Destination – Attitudes of Local Stakeholders

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