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Journal articles on the topic "Adventure tourism"

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Hassan, Hamimah. "Sustainable Tourist Behavior in Adventure Tourism." Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems 12, no. 7 (July 20, 2020): 424–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5373/jardcs/v12i7/20202023.

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Clarke, Jasmine Fay, Josephine Previte, and P. Monica Chien. "Adventurous femininities: The value of adventure for women travelers." Journal of Vacation Marketing 28, no. 2 (October 19, 2021): 171–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13567667211038952.

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Adventure tourism has become a diverse and lucrative industry but is continually portrayed and advertised through its reflection of masculinity. Guided by the lack of studies on women in adventure tourism, the aim of this study is to examine behavioral diversity, the value gained from adventure experience, and the masculinity and femininity of female adventure tourists. A snowball sample of 420 female adventure tourists was collected through utilizing an internet-based survey methodology. Three clusters of women were identified based on their femininity and masculinity scores; Normatively Masculine Adventurers, Androgynous Adventurers, and Normatively Feminine Adventurers. Novel to this study is the validation of an integrated measurement of experiential value and that adventure tourism provides a spectrum of intrinsic and extrinsic value to women participants, most notably emotional value and functional value. Androgynous Adventurers in particular received stronger value experiences. These findings demonstrate that gender-aware tourism can inform and direct how adventure tourism can be advertised and marketed to women.
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Cloke, Paul, and Harvey C. Perkins. "“Cracking the Canyon with the Awesome Foursome”: Representations of Adventure Tourism in New Zealand." Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 16, no. 2 (April 1998): 185–218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/d160185.

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The authors focus on the rise of adventure tourism in New Zealand and suggest that the growth of adventure-tourism attractions is related to important transformations in the sociocultural geographies of the places concerned. Three issues are addressed: first, the increasing importance of adventure-tourism facilities, practices, and subcultures, which have interconnected with the social spatialisation of places and landscapes; second, the ways in which adventure tourism transcends the metaphor of the tourist ‘gaze’, and suggests attention to the embodiment of tourist practice; and third, the implications for an understanding of nature—society relations inherent in representational texts used to advertise adventure tourism.
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Gross, Sven, Manuel Sand, and Theo Berger. "Examining the adventure traveller behaviour - Personality, motives and socio-demographic factors as determinants for German adventure travel." European Journal of Tourism Research 33 (January 20, 2023): 3307. http://dx.doi.org/10.54055/ejtr.v33i.2795.

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Adventure tourism has established itself as a concept and a field of research within tourism. While the German tourism market is one of the biggest in the world, no evidence exists on the German adventure traveller. In adventure tourism research in general, there is little evidence on how personality, motives, and socio-demographic factors distinguish the choice for soft and hard adventure activities. Therefore, this quota-based survey among 1,500 German travellers does investigate demographics, motives and personality aspects. A logistic regression analysis is performed to categorize tourists into soft and hard adventure travellers. Gender and age are descriptive characteristics, as well as extraversion and going on adventures to get to know oneself better. This research helps to better understand German hard adventure travellers and enables operators to cater specifically to the needs of the target group.
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Никонова, Татьяна, Tatyana Nikonova, Валерия ГУСАРОВА, Valeriya GUSAROVA, Ольга Пережогина, and Ol'ga Perezhogina. "FEATURES OF ADVENTURE TOURISM AND PROSPECTS FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA." Service & Tourism: Current Challenges 11, no. 3 (September 4, 2017): 51–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.22412/1995-0411-2017-11-3-51-58.

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In the last few years, the development of adventure tourism as a kind of active tourism initiatives, tourism firms have become more visible. Adventuretourism (adventure tourism) is different in originality and unusual variety of tours. It includes exotic travel, extreme sports, a specific move connected with risk and danger to life. In this regard, the article highlights the criterion of the differences of adventure tourism from other types of active travel. The authors point out the the main reasons for the popularity of adventure tourism of the article, among which are following: healthy lifestyle popularization, prestige of the activity of the pleasure, the desire of the modern tourist for new experiences and the rush of emotion, the possibility of self-realization, improving credibility and promotion in society through adventure tourism, including with help of social networks. Taking into account the growing popularity of adventure tourism in the world, the authors of the article analyzes the factors of Russia’s competitiveness for the adventure tourism development. It is revealed that strengths are rail transport infrastructure and a high level of health and hygiene. The article admits that now the development of adventure tourism in Russia is constrained by a number of negative factors to be overcome. Among them are the lack of a comprehensive look at the geography of Russia from the standpoint of the selection of adventure territories, the unsatisfactory level of tourist infrastructure of adventure, poor range and low quality of ser- vices adventure tourism, weak professional background of the staff.
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Scherhag, Knut, Sven Gross, and Manuel Sand. "Adventures on two wheels – Comparative study of motorcycle adventure tourists in Germany, Austria and Switzerland." Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 14, no. 3 (November 19, 2022): 303–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/tw-2022-0017.

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Abstract In Western industrialized countries, the use of the motorcycle has changed from a means of transportation to a recreational device. As a result, this form of travel has gained more focus by destinations and specialized travel companies. In this context, the focus on adventure and experience is also increasingly used in customer communication. But there are only few contributions in the scientific literature which deal with motorcycle tourism in principle, a deeper consideration of the adventure character of motorcycle tourism is missing, except for a few travel reports. Based on these considerations, the relationship between adventure tourism and motorcycle vacations is shown and discussed with the help of an empirical study among German, Austrian and Swiss motorcyclists. Motorcycle tourism is a special form of drive tourism, which is connected with motorized tourism as well as with adventure and nature tourism. However, the landscape acts mainly as a backdrop, as the main feature that makes motorcycle tourism special are scenic and winding roads with little traffic. As a result, it can be stated that motorcycle travel can include elements that classify it as a subcategory of adventure tourism. As with other forms of adventure tourism, a distinction can be made here between soft and hard adventures, with the soft variety predominating.
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Kasiyanyk, I., V. Monastyrskyy, and I. Lubynska. "Adventure tourism infrastructure of Podolsk Pridniestrovia region (on the dates of Ternopil and Khmelnytsk areas)." Visnyk of the Lviv University. Series Geography 1, no. 43 (October 19, 2013): 207–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/vgg.2013.43.1599.

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In a publication the terms of development of adventure tourism are reflected in the system of tourist-recreational complex of Podolsk Pridniestrovia within the limits of Ternopil and Khmelnytsk areas. The features of basic infrastructural components and their role are analysed in development of the system of adventure tourism. Basic directions of activity of organizations that provide the grant of services in the investigated region are certain. The general lines of development of hotel economy of region are described. Keywords: r. Dniester, adventure tourism, tourist infrastructure.
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Karki, Neeru. "Thanatology Tourism in Nepal Himalayan Region: A Case of Langtang." Journal of Tourism & Adventure 3, no. 1 (September 21, 2020): 20–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jota.v3i1.31355.

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On 25th April 2015 at 11:56 am local time, a devastating earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale shook Nepal. It is considered as one of the most fatal disasters in Nepal, ensuing aft restocks; avalanches and landslides triggered in the aftermath killed over 9,000 people. The most damage occurred when the earthquake triggered a destructive avalanche composed of ice, snow and soil, burying the entire Langtang village- a huge settlement of the popular adventure tourism destination of Nepal and killing at least 253 people. This study envisions to explore the scopes of special-interest dark (thanatology) tourism in the post-disaster scene, and it is used as a vehicle for self-reflection and education. This paper also explores the tourism prototype for an adventure tourism destination that has been severely impacted by a disaster. The paper adapts sociological theory, experience, and participant observation to complete a vanity ethnographic study of a “post-disaster tour” in the Langtang area. The tools and techniques of data collection derived from qualitative methodological approaches such as case study, semi-structured interviews, informal interviews, participant observation, content analysis, focus group discussions, in-depth interviews and house to house visit. The findings show how the adventure tourism hosts bounced back and depicted resiliency through unified reconstruction. Langtang’s post-disaster touristic setting instigates a unique paradigm in the tourism sector that can go parallel with the adventure tourism engagements. Th e model is represented through the amalgamation of dark tourism (Dark) and adventure tourism (Adventure), which forms a phenomenon that is named “darventure” (Kunwar, 2019) tourism. The‘ darventure’ tourism features the elements of both thanatology and frontier thrills at the same place. Dark tourist and adventure tourist experiences can coexist in Langtang, it creates a unique tourism prototype that complements both practices and can be offered as ‘darventure’ tourism.
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Sudana, I. Made Ari, and Made Sukana. "Penerapan Keselamatan Dan Kesehatan Kerja (K3) Di Daya Tarik Wisata Bali Treetop Adventure Park, Bedugul." JURNAL DESTINASI PARIWISATA 6, no. 2 (January 1, 2019): 224. http://dx.doi.org/10.24843/jdepar.2018.v06.i02.p04.

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Bali Treetop Adventure Park is a tourist attraction, which is located in the Eka Bali Botanical Garden, Candi Kuning, Tabanan Regency. This tourist attraction offers adventure activities or adventures that are above the altitude.This researchaims toknow the application of Workplace Safety and Health on adventure activities in the tourist attraction of Bali Treetop Adventure Park The data used in this research is the type of qualitative data, while the data source is primary data and secondary data. Data was collected byobservation, interview and literature study, and assisted by data analysis technique. The results show that the application ofWorkplace Safety and Health in this tourist attraction has been excellent. From the personal aspect, there is training for all the staf to improve their knowledge and skills in preventing and handling accidents, staf also asks for health conditions of tourists before attempting adventure rides, safety checks of the equipment and checking of the adventure rides is also conducted on a daily basis. From The insitutional aspect, company also divides the staf into different tasks so that stafcan focus on their work. Environmental conditions such as weather conditions are also considered, during bad weather conditions this adventure vehicle will be closed. Every package purchased by tourists include the cost of insurance, in case of an accident involving the tourists then all the medical expenses will be covered by the insurance. Keyword: Occupational Safety and Health ,Adventure Tourism, Bali Treetop Adventure Park
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Swędzioł, Wojciech. "Turystyka przygodowa jako kierunek kształcenia kadr dla turystyki." Kwartalnik Pedagogiczny 64, no. 4 (254 (February 13, 2020): 151–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.8465.

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The article addresses an important issue from the point of view of the allegations formulated by the employers’ circles towards higher education regarding the incompatibility of educational programmes with the needs of the labour market. The author shows the shape of the adventure tourism brought to life at the Academy of Physical Education in Kraków. In the article the author presents the results of research in an attempt to answer the question whether such a profile creates a better chance for a career in the tourism industry. The research is a survey of preferences of employers during recruitment for a position related to tourism in companies organising tourist events. Results of this study indicate that in most companies experience is the strongest asset of candidates for a job. Adventure tourism major, however, is welcomed by the vast majority of respondents. The method used in this study refers to a small trial – this is due to the limited number of Polish companies organising adventure tourism or events with its elements. Among the few companies for which education is particularly important, a degree with a major in adventure tourism is an asset. Even those respondents for whom education is not a priority positively perceive the obtaining a degree in adventure tourism, as students of such major gain experience, acquire the skills needed to organise various tourist events and develop passions and interests which are also important in the tourism industry.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Adventure tourism"

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Burak, Phil G. "The nature of adventure in soft adventure tourism." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0001/MQ34302.pdf.

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Smith, Louise. "'Aaaarrrrgggghhhhhh' : representing adventure tourism in New Zealand." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.393896.

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Pomfret, Gill. "An exploration of adventure tourism participation and consumption." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2016. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/15589/.

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Growing demand for and supply of adventure tourism activities, particularly packaged adventure holidays, means there is a need to understand adventure tourists. At the start of my research journey, the embryonic nature of adventure tourism research and the limited extant literature about adventure tourists provided the impetus to develop understanding of these tourists as a unique group of adventurers. Accordingly, the aim of this programme of research is to demonstrate the empirical and conceptual contributions that my published works make to the knowledge and understanding of adventure tourism participation and consumption. My research ethos reflects an interpretivist approach and my empirical publications predominantly report on qualitative data drawn from interviews and surveys with adventure tourists. The research contribution is achieved through two Focal Concepts. Firstly, adventure tourism participation, i.e.: the different elements which influence tourists to take adventure holidays in the first place. My work explores the distinctive characteristics of adventure tourists and how these influence their decision to participate in adventure tourism, their motivational decisions, risk perceptions, flow (Csikszentmihalyi, 1975) as a motivation for continued participation in adventure tourism, and their lifestyles. My publications are some of the first academic studies to develop new thinking relative to key influences which drive package tourists and independent tourists to participate in adventure tourism. Secondly, adventure tourism consumption, i.e.: tourists’ experiences of actually consuming adventure activities while on holiday. Adventure is often all-consuming and challenging and this means it can prompt diverse and conflicting emotions, ranging from feelings of fear and risk to deep satisfaction and elation. Consequently, my work investigates the emotional journeys which adventure tourists experience during activity consumption. Additionally, it examines the benefits which tourists gain from consuming adventure, and the influences on their adventure tourism experiences. My publications are some of the foremost studies to develop understanding of adventure tourism consumption.
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Beedie, Paul A. "An investigation of identity formation in mountain based adventure tourism." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/4315.

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Janowski, Ingo M. "Cross-Cultural Consumer Perceptions and Behavioural Intentions towards Adventure Tourism." Thesis, Griffith University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/418256.

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Adventure tourism is considered a cornerstone of the tourism industry by the World Tourism Organisation and has experienced rapid growth prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This growth was facilitated by ever more diversified consumer demand for adventure tourism, with a fusion of traditional Western markets and emerging Eastern markets that increasingly seek active outdoor experiences. Due to their nature-based location, adventure tourism experiences are expected to also be in high demand as part of the recovery of international travel from the pandemic. Yet, research that examines consumers’ adventure tourism perceptions, intentions, and influencing factors on their decision-making across cultures remains scarce. This study addresses these gaps, focusing on youth consumers due to their high importance for the global tourism industry and their ability to shape the behaviour of future generations of travellers. The Chinese youth market, which is compared to the Australian and German youth markets, is this study’s primary focus. Specifically, this study investigates four antecedents to youth consumers’ intention to participate in adventure tourism across cultures. These antecedents encompass (1) the youth consumers’ perceptions of adventure tourism, comprised of associated dimensions and attitudes towards those dimensions, (2) factors that drive intention, (3) potential barriers to intention, and (4) cultural traits that moderate these perceptions, drivers, and barriers. First, this study reviews the literature systematically to conceptualise adventure tourism. The derived framework highlights 22 dimensions of adventure tourism, differentiated into consumer-based, product-based, and hybrid pillars. Given the intent of this study to investigate influences on behavioural intention, this study then employs the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) as a theoretical basis to guide empirical data iii collection. The TPB is a well-established theory on consumer behaviour and tourism literature. Study 1 consists of focus group discussions (N=24) and Study II of individual online interviews (N=67). Combinedly, they investigate the sample cultures of mainland China (n=34), Australia (n=37), and Germany (n=20). A pre-interview survey and a photo-elicitation activity - that incorporates six diverse adventure tourism activities - further support data collection and assist in identifying youth consumers’ adventure tourism perceptions, drivers and barriers to intention, and respective underlying cultural moderating factors. Findings show that youth consumers across all cultures perceive adventure tourism as physically and/or mentally challenging tourism activities in nature that provide a sense of novelty, excitement, enjoyment, and, occasionally, risk. Youth consumer attitudes towards these various elements are predominantly positive across all cultures. Immersion and interaction with the natural environment and novelty of the adventure activity and its setting are highly sought after. Cultural discrepancies are most evident in the risk dimension. Chinese youth consumers are highly risk-avoidant and value safety, while the risk tolerance of Australians and Germans is higher. Chinese are also more concerned about self-efficacy and overly physical challenge than Australians and Germans. Previous travel and outdoor activity experience, the influence of friends, and the COVID-19 pandemic drive adventure tourism intention across cultures. Chinese decision-making is also highly influenced and driven by various online channels, both pre and post-adventure. Their inspiration and intention habitually derives from online content consumption and is further solidified through in-depth online research of their adventure activity of interest. Post experience, Chinese seek self-promotion through the online sharing of their adventure experience. Spontaneous opportunity for adventure in the iv destination drives Australian and German intention, yet, is not driving Chinese intention due to different decision-making processes which are explained in the study. Group sizes of more than six, the high cost of some activities, and a lack of time impede youth consumers’ adventure tourism intentions across cultures. Moreover, limited trustworthiness towards the adventure operator in the destination - based on first impressions of the shop, equipment, and staff - poses a barrier for the Australian and German markets. Contrariwise, a lack of opportunity to conduct adventure tourism is a barrier for Chinese consumers. National and family cultures moderate youth consumers’ adventure tourism perceptions, drivers, barriers, and thus their intentions. Overall, Australian culture is adventure-inclined, German culture adventure-receptive, and Chinese culture adventure-reluctant. Despite this, Chinese youth consumers are highly interested in adventure tourism and surprisingly independent in their decision-making. The study, therefore, proposes differentiated and direct targeted marketing to Chinese youth consumers that implements the various learnings that emerge from this research. The findings of this study significantly contribute to the body of knowledge of adventure tourism, youth consumer behaviour and, specifically, the influence of culture on intention to participate in adventure tourism. This research has developed a comprehensive academic conceptualisation of adventure tourism and makes a further theoretical contribution through identifying six determinants of tourist behaviour, building upon the TPB. These determinants include the tourist’s perception of the tourism activity, cognitive/affective drivers and barriers, third party perceptions, the ability to perform the tourism activity, previous experience, and spontaneous decision-making. Practically, this research informs tourism providers seeking to attract youth consumers of different cultural backgrounds, particularly in an adventure tourism context. Findings advocate for v a marketing and product design approach that considers consumers’ culturally diverse values, attitudes, and behaviours.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Dept Tourism, Sport & Hot Mgmt
Griffith Business School
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Violi, Jeff. "Developing Crown land in Northern Ontario for the purposes of adventure and nature tourism." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0002/MQ42337.pdf.

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Nyman, Karin, and Mårten Lückner. "The balance between risk and safety in dangerous activities : A Case study of Risk Management in a Mountaineering Expedition." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-91167.

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Risk is an increasingly important factor of our modern society, but that does not mean that risks have become higher today versus any other epoch of human history. Especially in the developed world, risks have been progressively lowered over time. In opposition to the declining risk in everyday life of our modern society, there seems to be an apparent increasing prevalence of risk-taking in our leisure pursuits. More people are willing to take unenforced risks and the fast growing development of adventure tourism is a good example of this. The main purpose of this thesis is to create an understanding how service providers of dangerous activities manage the balance risk and safety in interaction with their customer. Our research objective is to obtain an understanding of risk management practice in a context with the potential physical risks inherent in adventure tourism. The organizational structure for a service provider in extreme environments can be similar to a temporary organizational structure and can therefore be seen from a project management perspective. This research is conducted through a qualitative case-study, which was carried out in the context of a mountaineering expedition in the attempt to summit Mount Everest. Our empirical data are gathered from a database created by the research project Extreme Environments – Everyday Decisions (Triple ED). This database contains numerous transcribed interviews, tracking records, and field notes that was used in order to interpret and analyze the expedition and encounters happening during the process of this mountaineering expedition. Our empirical findings suggest that management of a balance between risk and safety is highly dependent on honest communication. Educated personnel that have the experience and knowledge necessary to manage an expedition or group in a similar setting are another key feature. Furthermore, managing a balance between physical risk and safety is an on-going process in the context of adventure tourism with a large amount interaction between the service provider’s representatives and their customers. For these reasons, the building of a well-functioning relationship between the incorporated strong stakeholders is of importance when balancing risk and safety in a dangerous activity with inherent risks for physical harm.
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Tschapka, Michael Karl, and n/a. "Involvement, motivation and setting preferences of participants in the adventure tourism activity of SCUBA diving." University of Canberra. Languages, International Studies & Tourism, 2006. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061128.125036.

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Adventure tourism is a growing market sector worldwide including Australia. A range of research exists that examined participation in adventure tourism activities by consideration of various aspects such as socio-demographics, motivations, activity/setting preferences and involvement in the activity to understand the adventure tourist. While studies have been conducted that included several of these aspects, a holistic investigation of involvement, motivations and setting preferences together has not been conducted previously regarding adventure tourism in Australia in general and SCUBA diving in particular. Furthermore, in Australia, only limited information is available about those who participate in the adventure activity of SCUBA diving. The aim of this research is to investigate differences and similarities of involvement, motivations and setting preferences of SCUBA diving club members in Eastern Australia. In this study 294 SCUBA diving club members in New South Wales and Queensland were surveyed by utilisation of a web-based questionnaire in order to identify their involvement in SCUBA diving, socio-demographic characteristics, participation motives and setting preferences. Descriptive analysis was used to investigate the socio-demographic characteristics of divers, their motivations and setting preferences. Principal component analysis was applied on involvement variables as well as motivations to investigate the underlying constructs. Agglomerative and hierarchical cluster analyses were used to derive clusters of divers that differed in their involvement in SCUBA diving. Exact Pearson chi-square tests were conducted to test whether there were significant differences concerning sociodemographics between clusters. In addition, analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were conducted to determine differences and similarities of motivational components and setting preferences between clusters. This study found that SCUBA diving club members are a heterogeneous group regarding their involvement in SCUBA diving. Five clusters of divers emerged that differed in their involvement in SCUBA diving. While differences in socio-demographics across the different involvement clusters were revealed, they proved to be less valuable for interpretation purposes. Regarding divers� setting preferences, similar structures were observed across all clusters regardless of differences in involvement. Motivations showed a complex structure across the clusters in regard to divers� involvement in SCUBA diving. Based on the studies findings, recommendations for future research were suggested. These emphasised the need for a holistic examination of motivations and setting preferences of adventure tourists based on the concept of involvement, which would be important for theory development and segmentation of tourists. The same holistic approach would also be valuable for examining other types of tourists such as events tourists and heritage tourists to better understand tourist behaviour.
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Laing, Jennifer H., and Jennifer Laing@BusEco monash edu au. "EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEYS: MOTIVATIONS BEHIND FRONTIER TRAVEL EXPERIENCES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TOURISM MARKETING." La Trobe University. School of Business, 2006. http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au./thesis/public/adt-LTU20070516.142914.

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Tourists are now visiting some of the most remote and amazing places on Earth, travelling to �frontiers� on journeys that are psychological and emotional as well as geographical or physical. These extraordinary journeys to the Poles, the peaks of the highest mountains in the world, harsh deserts and even outer space test both physical and mental endurance and can be characterised as �unique� even in the current era. Travelling largely without the aid of a commercial tour operator or guide, the frontier traveller usually invests a great deal of time and resources in their travel experience, often with the assistance of sponsorship, and generally takes part in an extensive and arduous preparation period in their quest for the extraordinary. While the search for new and unique tourism destinations and experiences appears to be relentless in this post-modern era, the frontier traveller appears to be searching for the �authentic� beyond the �tourist bubble,� both in relation to self and setting. These frontier �trailblazers� are already being followed by guided adventure tourists and some of the former are supplementing their incomes and funding their own travel by leading tours or guiding others to the frontier. Studying the extraordinary experiences of the frontier traveller could therefore provide us with a glimpse of the future of travel, although likely to occur in a more structured and less risky guise. Uncovering the motivations for this form of travel will also assist with future marketing of these experiences, including elements of the marketing mix such as product development and promotion. This thesis examines the motivations behind frontier travel and considers the implications of the findings for tourism marketing. Unstructured, long interviews with 37 individuals were used to uncover the motivations behind these experiences, supplemented by content analysis of narratives produced by frontier travellers, encompassing 50 autobiographies, two online diaries and online interviews with two individuals. The interview participants were largely selected through purposive sampling, in that they were screened as fitting the criteria of a past or potential frontier traveller before being interviewed. They were predominantly born and living in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, and 29 of the 37 individuals were male. Ages of participants ranged from 24 to 60 years of age. Interviews continued until saturation of categories of motivation had been reached. Texts were mainly located through searches of bookshops and libraries, including the author�s personal library. A qualitative methodological approach was chosen in order to provide rich data and allow the researcher to enter the world of the frontier traveller. An interpretive paradigm based on a constructivist paradigm underpinned this study, with an ontological stance based on multiple realities and an epistemological position where participants and myself as the researcher created understandings. The methodology outlined above was consistent with this position and was designed to identify different constructions of the data and seek consensus, where possible. The literature on motivations provides a complex plethora of theories and models, many of which contradict each other, so a principal objective of this study was to work from first principles, grounding a theory of motivations pertaining to frontier travel experiences in the data, rather than seeking to test out a pre-existing model or theory. Overall, the research findings show that motivations for frontier travel can be analysed under the broad heading of �adventure,� which is composed of a variety of sub-motives such as achievement and competence, challenge, thrill-seeking and sensation, ego, dreams or fantasies, self-actualisation, cognizance (exploration/discovery), freedom/escape motives (autonomy), isolation and solitude, spirituality, camaraderie and communitas, authenticity, prestige (external rewards), pro-social motives and a love of nature and wilderness. Risk or danger is an element of these experiences and feeds into many of the motivations identified in this study. A theory of motivations behind frontier travel experiences has been developed, covering intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, as well as achievement-motivated behaviour. Pre-travel influences and inspirations such as literature, cinema, visual stimuli, childhood games, heroes and mentors, family influences and educative influences are also considered with respect to their effect on motivational behaviour. An exploratory typology was then developed for frontier travellers, based on common motivations, which might be used to segment the market. Four basic types have been identified and labelled or categorised as �Seekers of Truth,� �Enlightened Explorers,� �Concerned Elitists,� and �Freedom Seekers.� Key motivations behind specific frontier travel experiences have also been identified. Each frontier traveller will exhibit some, but not all, of the motivations highlighted in this study. Segmenting the market on the basis of motivations may therefore be a difficult, if not impossible task. However, marketers could use the information unearthed during this study in the marketing mix to develop new products aimed at satisfying some of the key motivations and use the findings as themes to be highlighted in promotional literature such as brochures and websites. This thesis also argues that the study of travel motivations in the future would be better served by considering motivations behind market niches such as frontier travel, rather than attempting to develop a comprehensive theory of motivations covering the whole travel industry.
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Kane, Maurice J., and n/a. "New Zealand�s adventure culture : In Hillary�s steps : a Bourdieusian exploration." University of Otago. Department of Tourism, 2009. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20090422.141858.

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Historically adventure has been associated with successful, yet, dangerous endeavours that expand the knowledge, wealth, reputation, or safety of society. Previous research would suggest that the practices and stories of adventure have guided and benchmarked societal morals and ideas considered common �truths�. In New Zealand, society�s understandings of adventure are entwined with a mythologised cultural identity based on the egalitarian minded and physically active, outdoor pioneering male. These ideals were complimented and presented as a global representation of New Zealand by Sir Edmund Hillary�s successful climb of Mount Everest in 1953. The purpose of this thesis is to examine New Zealand�s understandings of adventure since 1953. The thesis centres its enquiry on a group of individuals who have obtained social distinction as adventurers, seeking to scrutinize in their adventure practice and narratives, adventure understandings that are legitimised or invalidated. Sociologist Pierre Bourdieu�s theoretical concepts guide the enquiry approach. Bourdieu sought to transcend the false antinomy of sociology that presented dualist perspectives, such as the individual and society, conceptualising all practice in a dynamic matrix of relational social space. The individuals with distinction as adventurers personify the socially recognised and valued features of adventure. Equally, however, an amalgamation of features does not infer a definitive understanding. The substance of understandings, Bourdieu suggests, is in the relational strategies, consistencies, transformations, and knowing misrecognitions that frame the features of a practice in a social space. The research process adopted to examine the adventure understandings was a biographical narrative approach. The contention of this approach being, that in stories of life experience individuals with adventure distinction construct self and social meaning. The published autobiographical adventure narratives, media interviews, and related accounts of 12 New Zealand adventurers provided the initial research material. Additionally, nine of the adventurers took part in research interviews. The interpretation of the research material was framed by three of Bourdieu�s prominent conceptual ideas; the development of �habitus�, the struggle for �capital� in the field of adventre and the legitimacy of �distinction�. This interpretation was facilitated by theories related to adventure and leisure practice, the risks and contexts of adventure, and to individual, subcultural, and social identity. By applying a Bourdieusian lens on the practice and narratives of New Zealand adventurers with distinction, this thesis illuminates new aspects of New Zealand�s cultural understandings of adventure. It revealed a contested and relational struggle to have some practices legitimised as adventure and others devalued as contrived common thrills, or fortuitously survived reckless epics. A practice that typifies the thrill spectrum is �Bungy Jumping�, the contemporary global representation of adventure in New Zealand. In regard of epic practices, topical through the period of adventure interviews was the 2004 motion picture �Touching the Void�. Although this involved English climbers in South America in the 1980s, it has retained global prominence as a modern adventure/survival epic. The interpretation of this contested adventure space details the valued and recognised features that construct New Zealand�s understandings of adventure. The findings also provide an empirical basis for the equally valued misrepresented adventure understandings related to injury, exclusivity, and normalisation of practice. Additionally, the research interpretation indicates the potential for transformation of adventure understandings. Finally, although the study is situated within a specific social and historical context, it contributes to the on-going exchange of meanings about adventure, especially in relation to outdoor practice, in contemporary society.
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Buckley, R., ed. Adventure tourism. Wallingford: CABI, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845931223.0000.

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Huddart, David, and Tim Stott. Adventure Tourism. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18623-4.

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service), ScienceDirect (Online, ed. Adventure tourism management. Amsterdam: Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, 2010.

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Warwick, Frost, ed. Explorer travellers and adventure tourism. Bristol: Channel View Publications, 2014.

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Cloutier, K. Ross. The business of adventure: Starting a business in adventure tourism. Kamloops, B.C: Adventure Bhudak, 1998.

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Tourism, Pakistan Ministry of. Adventure tourism in Pakistan 2004. Islamabad: Government of Pakistan Ministry of Tourism, 2004.

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John, Swarbrooke, ed. Adventure tourism: The new frontier. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003.

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Adventure tourism in the central Himalayas: An exploratory approach. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009.

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Cloutier, K. Ross. The business of adventure: Developing a business in adventure tourism. Kamloops, B.C: Bhudak Consultants, 1998.

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Marinković, Nenad. Vojne i svemirske avanture. Beograd: Vojnoizdavački zavod, 2008.

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Jenkins, I. S. "Adventure tourism." In Adventure Tourism and Outdoor Activities Management: a 21st century toolkit, 3–13. Wallingford: CABI, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781786390868.0003.

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Morgan, Damian. "Adventure tourism." In Encyclopedia of Tourism, 10–11. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01384-8_229.

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Morgan, Damian. "Adventure tourism." In Encyclopedia of Tourism, 1–2. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_229-1.

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Beedie, Paul. "Adventure tourism." In Routledge International Handbook of Outdoor Studies, 463–71. New York : Routledge, 2016.: Routledge, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315768465-52.

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Huddart, David, and Tim Stott. "What Is Adventure Tourism?" In Adventure Tourism, 1–9. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18623-4_1.

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Huddart, David, and Tim Stott. "East Africa." In Adventure Tourism, 325–54. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18623-4_10.

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Huddart, David, and Tim Stott. "Australia and New Zealand." In Adventure Tourism, 355–402. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18623-4_11.

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Huddart, David, and Tim Stott. "Scotland." In Adventure Tourism, 403–35. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18623-4_12.

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Huddart, David, and Tim Stott. "Climate Change and Adventure Tourism." In Adventure Tourism, 437–69. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18623-4_13.

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Huddart, David, and Tim Stott. "Adventure Tourism in Antarctica." In Adventure Tourism, 11–50. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18623-4_2.

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Phalavandishvili, Nargiz, Natalia Robitashvili, and Ekaterine Bakhtadze. "Value Chain Analysis of adventure tourism: a case study of Ajara Autonomous Republic (Georgia)." In 22nd International Scientific Conference. “Economic Science for Rural Development 2021”. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Faculty of Economics and Social Development, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/esrd.2021.55.037.

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Ajara Autonomous Republic, both within the country and in the world tourist market, has always been positioned as a maritime tourist destination. However, over recent years diversification of tourist products and appealing new market segments have become one of the main priorities of the tourism development strategy of Ajara Autonomous Republic. As a result, the government is creating an appropriate tourist infrastructure, especially in rural areas to support developing such tourist products as adventure and eco-tourism. Adventure tourism can deliver significant benefits at the local level and it is a developing segment in Ajara. Creating adventure tourism products requires integration of various interdependent services. A tourism value chain is defined as a system that describes the cooperation of private and state sectors in providing resources, which creates costs and adds value through various processes and delivers final products to visitors. The purpose of the research was to determine weak links in the value chain and creating a comprehensive value chain model to form the competitive adventure tourism product. The research involved all actors, which operate in the tourism sector. Based on the results of the survey, in the value chain, the food link turned out to be the weakest, whereas the accommodation with the highest share was distinguished in the visitor spending structure. Overall, the cost of the adventure tour will be affordable for both international and domestic tourists. At this stage, government support and participation are crucial in the formation of adventure tourism infrastructure. Through using the case study and qualitative research methods, we tried to identify challenges to the growth of adventure tourism in Ajara and developed recommendations to overcome these challenges.
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Milutinović, Sonja, and Miljan Leković. "THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA AS AN ADVENTURE TOURISM DESTINATION." In Tourism International Scientific Conference Vrnjačka Banja - TISC. FACULTY OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM IN VRNJAČKA BANJA UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.52370/tisc22582sm.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a particularly severe blow to the tourism industry. The introduced movement restrictions resulted in an unprecedented drop in tourist movements, causing economic loss and unemployment in this sector. However, not all tourism segments suffered equal effects. Namely, adventure tourism, as a type of tourism that takes place in the natural environment and most often in small groups, experienced growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, it is expected that in the post-pandemic period, its growth will be even higher. In that sense, the aim of this paper is to emphasize the natural potentials of the Republic of Serbia as adventure tourism destination. The results of the qualitative analysis have shown that the Republic of Serbia has abundant natural resources for, yet insufficiently developed, adventure tourism.
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Peng, Norman, and Annie Chen. "NATURE RELATEDNESS, STATE OF FLOW, AND CHINESE TOURISTS’ ADVENTURE TOURISM REIVIST INTENTION." In Bridging Asia and the World: Globalization of Marketing & Management Theory and Practice. Korean academy of marketing science, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.15444/gmc2014.01.10.02.

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Benítez, Diego Augusto. "DEVELOPMENT OF A NATURE - BASED TOURIST DESTINATION." In XVII majsko savetovanje. Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Kragujvcu, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46793/uvp21.309b.

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1. Introduction to nature-based tourism law 2. Legal sustainability academic group. 3. Soft and hard activities. 4. Risk management. 5. Duty of information and safety. 6. Adventure tourism standards. 7. Liability of tourism service providers. 8. Conclusions.
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Hickman, Mark, Allison Inkster, L. Fitzgeraild, S. Gammon, N. Passenger, and B. Miles. "Living life to the max: Savouring the ageing process through adventure sports." In Annual International Conference on Tourism and Hospitality Research. Global Science & Technology Forum (GSTF), 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5176/2251-3426_thor15.14.

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Torland, Monica. "Managing Emotions at Work: Adventure Tour Leaders’ Application of Emotional Labor." In Annual International Conference on Tourism and Hospitality Research (THoR 2016). Global Science & Technology Forum (GSTF), 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5176/2251-3426_thor16.7.

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Komalsari, Nurul, Ahmad Hasyim, Angel Jessyca, Fauzan Achmad, Luki Wijaya, Restu Maudy, and Anang Sutono. "Establishing Brand Based Organization by Customer Perspective in Jungleland Adventure Theme Park, Sentul City, Bogor - Indonesia." In Asia Tourism Forum 2016 - the 12th Biennial Conference of Hospitality and Tourism Industry in Asia. Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/atf-16.2016.3.

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Ün, Emre, Filiz Tutar, Erdinç Tutar, and Çisil Erkan. "The Role of Rural Tourism in Economic Development: Example of Turkey." In International Conference on Eurasian Economies. Eurasian Economists Association, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.36880/c03.00486.

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Involvement in the tourism movements has been rising every passing day along with the globalization concept. Tourism sector contributes doubly to economy. One of them is interpreted as social activity, and the other one as economic activity or industry. Ultimate purpose of tourism is marketing a particular service to an individual who participates either as a day tripper or as a recreationist. In this respect tourism sector is a commercial sector. Today, tourism has gone beyond sea, sun and sand. A variety of tourism forms exist; such as nature tourism, adventure travel, science tourism, eco-tourism, cultural tourism, alternative tourism and rural tourism. Rural tourism plays a vital role in tourism sector. This study aims to emphasize among other tourism forms rural tourism is an accelerator power for developing countries like Turkey. Ultimately, rural tourism prevents rural immigration and is a significant medium for the publicity of Turkey; which can be integrated in various forms of tourism, which has assorted authentic recreational activities those can be done in all seasons, which contributes to the protection of natural and cultural heritage, which serves sustainable tourism concept. The paper also includes; the rural tourism policies which are applied, and applications of rural tourism. Moreover SWOT analysis for Turkey’s rural tourism will be carried out.
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Foris, Diana. "BY BIKE TO URBAN OR MOUNTAINOUS ROMANIA? DEVELOPING THE MARKET OF BIKEPARKING ADVENTURE TOURISM." In SGEM 2014 Scientific SubConference on POLITICAL SCIENCES, LAW, FINANCE, ECONOMICS AND TOURISM. Stef92 Technology, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2014/b24/s7.011.

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Adhi Utami, A. A. Istri Dewi, and I. Nengah Suastika. "Feasibility Study of Bonyoh Adventure Trail Tourism Business in Bonyoh Traditional Village, Kintamani District." In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Law, Social Sciences, and Education, ICLSSE 2021, 09 September 2021, Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia. EAI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.9-9-2021.2313663.

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