Exploring Students’ Push and Pull Motivations to Visit Rural Educational Tourism Sites in China

Yang, Feifei; Ayavoo, Rajenthyran; Ab Aziz, Norazlin

doi:10.3390/su152014739

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“…Finally, this study identified various proposals for the future to counteract the crisis experienced by traditional trades, as a reflection of rural abandonment. In addition, it is particularly important to know the opinion of university students in this aspect, since they represent a generation capable of actively participating in the improvement and protection of their socio-cultural environment [84,104,105].…”

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University Students’ Perception of the Dehesa and the Associated Traditional Trades

Guillén-Peñafiel,

Hernández-Carretero,

Sánchez-Martín

2024

Sustainability

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The dehesas are one of the most emblematic landscapes of the Extremadura region (Spain). Along with its natural values, it preserves a wide repertoire of knowledge and trades rooted in the history and tradition of rural communities. However, the knowledge and practices that have characterized life in this environment are currently under serious threat. Faced with this problem, this study was based on the premise that, for individuals to commit themselves to the care and transmission of heritage, it is first necessary for them to know, understand and value it. For this reason, the main objective was to determine the knowledge and appreciation of university students with respect to the dehesa and the ancestral practice of grazing. It also aimed to analyze which are the most valued methodologies, activities, and future strategies for understanding and preserving these cultural landscapes and their ancestral practices. To this end, 400 university students were surveyed, and various quantitative and qualitative analyses were carried out. Quantitative techniques include analyses based on weighted averages, contingency tables and the chi-square test, while qualitative techniques are based on word frequency analysis and inductive content analysis. Despite coming from an environment dominated by this landscape and being one of the few regions that still preserve the ancestral practice of pastoralism, the results corroborated the students’ lack of understanding of the dehesa and the variety of uses it offers. In addition, it was evident that they have hardly frequented this landscape and have not participated in on-site educational experiences. It also revealed the importance of experiential and sensory activities in the understanding and appreciation of the rural environment and its traditions. The results can be useful for improving the design of educational tourism products based on intangible heritage. It can also be useful for adapting teaching strategies and activities to the level of knowledge and experiences of students, helping to ensure the success of the educational experience.

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confidence: 99%

University Students’ Perception of the Dehesa and the Associated Traditional Trades

Guillén-Peñafiel,

Hernández-Carretero,

Sánchez-Martín

2024

Sustainability

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“…For example, some of the reviewed studies (Matiza and Slabbert, 2023;Matiza and Kruger, 2022) analysed domestic tourists travel motivation from a COVID-19 perspective, making them inefficient in informing sustainable domestic tourism development. While others focused on single attractions (Moliner-Tena et al, 2023), tiny locations (Duong et al, 2023) and a single type of traveler (Yang et al, 2023). The present study attempts to fill these gaps.…”

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Push and Pull Factors Affecting Domestic Tourism in the Erongo Region, Namibia

NGONDO,

HERMANN,

VENTER

2024

GTG

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Despite being a well-established economic activity in numerous countries in the world, domestic tourism has received relatively little academic exploration, particularly in Namibia. While this study acknowledges the significance of work already done in this field, there remains a general lack of understanding of the factors motivating domestic tourists’ decisions to travel in the study area. As a result, this study aims to understand the key push and pull factors for domestic tourists, using the Erongo region of Namibia as a case study. The study adopts a quantitative research approach through a survey of 400 domestic tourists in the study area. Relaxation and escapism, seeking participatory experiences, and seeking enriching experiences emerged as the three main push factors, while destination attributes, events and activities, safety and familiarity, and variety of experiences were identified as dominant pull factors. The study recommends that tourism planners and marketers tailor tourism offerings to the asserted domestic tourists’ motivations to induce more domestic tourism demand and consumption among domestic tourists.

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Theoretical Aspects of Educational Tourism

Stivriņa,

Ļubkina

2024

SIE

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In today's technological era, rural tourism with its unique and unusual offer, which carries the traditions, culture and culinary heritage of ancestors, becomes a proper and unique cultural capital, and it has opportunities to hybridize with other types of tourism, for example, with educational tourism. As a separate type of tourism - educational tourism, becomes an innovative opportunity to revive the usual rural tourism offer. In order to retain the interest of tourists, the tourism experience must have transformative potential. Consumer experiences can contribute to tourists' cognitions and emotions, resulting in psychological, physical, social, or knowledge changes. Educational tourism combines the features of two fields: education and tourism, which at the intersection gives the actual educational tourism. In Latvia, educational tourism is not defined as a separate economic category. This type of tourism can become a successful platform for travelers' self-growth, creating opportunities for them to learn, relax and improve spiritually. The aim of the study is to analyze the interpretations of the definition. The research uses the scientific literature research method. The research questions are (1) What research has been done on aspects of educational tourism? (2 ) Which scientists have focused on the study of this concept? (3) What are the prerequisites for the introduction of educational tourism in Latgale/regions? An exploratory study was implemented and described in this paper.

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Exploring Students’ Push and Pull Motivations to Visit Rural Educational Tourism Sites in China

Cited by 5 publications

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University Students’ Perception of the Dehesa and the Associated Traditional Trades

University Students’ Perception of the Dehesa and the Associated Traditional Trades

Push and Pull Factors Affecting Domestic Tourism in the Erongo Region, Namibia

Theoretical Aspects of Educational Tourism

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