Search results for "Leisure"

Experiences of trans persons in physical activity and sport: A qualitative meta-synthesis

2019

• Language has negative consequences for trans people but also becomes an act of resistance.• Changing rooms are experienced as embarrassing and unsafe.• Trans persons use different strategies for ...

Frontiers in research in business: Will you be in?

2016

New frontiers in tourism: destinations, resources, and managerial perspectives

2018

Kozak, M., Rita, P., & Bigne, E. (2018). New frontiers in tourism: destinations, resources, and managerial perspectives. [Editorial]. European Journal of Management and Business Economics, 27(1), 2-5. DOI: 10.1108/EJMBE-03-2018-066

The Role of Roots in the Perception of a Destination: an Exploratory Study on Sicily

2004

ABSTRACT This study was conducted to determine the effect of ancestry on perception of Sicily as a tourist destination. Central Florida students' perception of Sicily was explored using a combination of qualitative and quantitative design with a sample of 276 students. While all respondents perceived Sicily as a tourist destination rich in scenery, culture and sun, sand and sea opportunities, those students with Italian ancestors had a statistically more significant positive image of Sicily.

Market Segmentation by Motivations to Travel

2005

Abstract Knowledge about tourist motivations would enable tourism destination planners to better satisfy consumer needs. Recent studies evidence the heterogeneous nature of tourist motivations, and highlight the importance of motivations (e.g., Bansal & Eiselt, 2004). The context-dependency of motivations to specific destinations and tourist market emphasizes the need of further research. The purpose of this study is two-fold. First, to explore the primary reasons influencing British tourists' decision making while taking a summer holiday in two resorts (Fethiye and Marmaris), located in Mugla (Turkey), and second, to identify customer segments, depending on their socio-demographic characte…

Managers’ Perceptions of Delivered Value in the Hospitality Industry

2015

Although management literature has deeply reported the importance of assessing customers’ value perceptions, little attention has been paid to managers’ value perceptions (delivered value). This article presents a conceptual model of relationships between delivered value and customer orientation, service culture, and managers’ perception of customer satisfaction, tested with mulitblock PLS among 200 hospitality managers. Additionally, we present an index on a multidimensional scale of delivered value built with multitable analysis. Results support the proposed conceptual model and show increasing intensities of both the links in the model and the index by different hotel categories. The res…

Using a brief questionnaire to assess the overall perception of basketball spectators

2014

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold. The first aim is to obtain a valid and reliable instrument for the holistic analysis of sporting events, and the second is to test a causal model in which future intentions depend on spectators’ perceptions of quality, satisfaction, and value of these events. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 493 spectators of a professional basketball team in the Spanish ACB league responded to a survey to measure the overall performance of the sporting event service. Exploratory factor analysis and further confirmatory factor analysis using structural equation models provides the methodology for testing the reliability and validity of the instrument.…

Predictors of tourist engagement: Travel motives and tourism destination profiles

2020

Abstract The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of travel motives and regional tourism destinations on positive/negative engagement with a destination management organisation (DMO). According to previous literature, travel motives were classified as push and pull motives, and regional tourism destinations were classified by tourist demand behaviour. To achieve the objective, the totality of posts about regional tourism destinations published on the Brand Spain's Official Facebook Fanpage during a year were analysed (418), along with audience reactions (127,750), comments (3219) and shares to such posts. A content analysis was performed, with a regression analysis (optimal sca…

Host community perceptions of cruise tourism in a homeport: A cluster analysis

2018

Abstract This study applies a factor-cluster analysis to a sample of 321 residents in the city of Valencia based on their perceptions of the impacts of cruises on their city. Three clusters of residents were identified, namely 'pessimists', 'cautious supporters' and 'optimists'. Overall, the findings reveal that most respondents doubt the magnitude of positive impact in terms of welfare, social, economic and heritage aspects. Furthermore, there are significant differences between the three clusters, based on age and geographical proximity to the tourist area and port. No significant differences were found based on gender, level of education, numbers of members in household, occupation, leng…

Associations between travel and tourism competitiveness and culture

2020

Abstract In recent years, countries have been competing with each other to attract tourists due to of the unprecedented growth in new tourism destinations. Consequently, these countries have been taking several initiatives to improve the competitiveness of their destinations in comparison to those of other countries. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult for destinations to become the most popular and preferred choice among tourists. Previous literature has highlighted the need for examining the association between the culture of a particular destination and their competitiveness with respect to tourism. Little is known, however, about these associations at the present time. This s…