Sport tourism: an exploration of the travel motivations and constraints of Omani tourists

Alsawafi, Abdulaziz Mohammed

doi:10.1080/13032917.2017.1308388

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“…It is proven that sport-event quality (SQ) has a positive relationship but has no significant effect on revisit intention (RI) from repeated sporting events, which is reflected in the value of = 0,120, t-value = 1,809, and p > 0,001. The research confirms a positive relationship between sport-event quality and revisit intention (Jin et al, 2015;Alsawafi, 2017) although sport-event quality does not always have a significant direct impact on the intention to participate in a repeated sporting event. The significance of the weak influence can be possible since the sport-event quality is perceived only as a part of consideration factor to return to the event, especially for millennials as the majority respondents of the research.…”

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Relationship Analysis of Destination Image, Sports Involvement, Event Quality and Travel Motives as an Antecedent Factors on Revisit Intention in Recurring Running Sports-Event

2021

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The research aimed to examine the relationship between destination image, sports involvement, quality of sport events, and travel motives as antecedent factors to predict repeat visit intentions of marathon events. This was a further study of the trends that occur in society regarding the changing perception that sport is not only for health purposes, but also as a profitable tourism subject. Data was collected using quantitative, non-probability, purposive sampling methods. The research instrument was an online questionnaire which was distributed to tourists and athletes who took part in running sport-events. The data analysis method uses Structural Equation Modelling with Smart PLS 3.0. The test results show that not all research hypotheses are accepted. Sport-event quality (SQ) has a positive relationship but has no significant effect on revisit intention (RI) from repeated sporting events. The positive effect of travel motive (TM) on the intention to revisit a repetitive sporting event (RI) is proven. Travel motive (TM) also has a positive and significant effect on destination image (DI). Sports involvement (SI) has a positive and significant effect on revisit intention (RI). The same positive and significant effect is also shown in the relationship between sports event quality (SQ) and destination image (DI) variables. Revisit intention (RI) of repeated sporting events was found to be positively influenced by destination image (DI). There is a significant indirect effect of sport-event quality on intention to revisit repeated sporting events (RI), mediated by destination image.

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Relationship Analysis of Destination Image, Sports Involvement, Event Quality and Travel Motives as an Antecedent Factors on Revisit Intention in Recurring Running Sports-Event

2021

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“…Fashion or fame are the main factors affecting tourism destination selection [57,58]. In June 2021, we searched "Western Sichuan tourism destination" in the Ctrip.com (accessed on 10 July 2021) and selected the top 10 most popular tourism destinations as the specific object for this study.…”

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Mountain Landscape Preferences of Millennials Based on Social Media Data: A Case Study on Western Sichuan

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Luo

2021

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Mountain area is one of the most important modern tourist attractions, and unique mountain landscapes are highly appealing to millennials. Millennials post their travel photos and comments on social media, and these media messages can positively influence other millennials’ travel motivations. To fully understand the attraction of mountain tourist destinations to millennials, this study analyzed their landscape preferences using images posted on social media. As a case study, we analyzed the landscape resources in Western Sichuan Plateau Mountain Areas (WSPMA). We found that differences in genders, modes of transportation, and travel patterns of the millennials influenced their preferences for mountain landscapes. Our results broaden the current knowledge on mountain tourism from the perspective of millennials through social media data. Moreover, studying the landscape resources in WSPMA can facilitate the analysis of regional advantages. This will ultimately enhance tourism publicity and integrate various resources for tourism management and planning in more targeted and attractive ways.

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“…The participation of thousands of people in sports events every year has also shown extant studies to determine the attractive and unattractive motivations that attract these people to sports tourism activities. Alsawafi (2017) has investigated the travel motivations and travel constraints that prevent tourists from participating in sports activities Travel restrictions include low income and lack of leisure time. Choi et al (2016) have stated that the decision-making process in international sports tourism changes based on cultural characteristics, travel restrictions and travel motivations, while Aicher and Brenner (2015) have discussed the motivations of individuals to participate in sports tourism and concluded that internal and external travel motivations lead people to travel and that organizational motives have an impact on external motivation but not on intrinsic motivation.…”

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An overall assessment of sports tourism articles

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Mesci

2020

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PurposeThe purpose of this study aims to examine sports tourism through a conceptual lens. The study offers a deep assessment of the general structure and purpose of sports tourism. Thus, the authors aim to determine the contributions of scientific studies in the field of sports tourism to sports tourism literature.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative research design was created and data collected using document analysis. The research articles were categorized and analyzed according to their objectives, journals of publication, keywords, application areas, research methods used, data collection techniques and findingsFindingsIt was been determined that the research articles in the field of sports tourism contributed significantly to the sports tourism literature and to the cumulative progress of the field.Research limitations/implicationsThe implications of this study is that only publications in the field of sports tourism (in the tourism category) indexed in the Web of Science between 2014 and 2018 were examined.Practical implicationsStudies to be carried out in the field of sports tourism should be seen as continuations, rather than repetitions, of one another. Thus, more information about the field of sports tourism is needed to better articulate the structure of the field for the benefit of future researchers.Social implicationsThere is a need for studies to contribute to the development of sports tourism in the literature. This study aims to take a step in this direction. With the increase of activities to be carried out in both the field and practice of sports tourism, a better relationship will be established between sports, local people and relevant stakeholders.Originality/valueMore theoretical studies in this field (Gibson, 1998a; Soedjatmiko, 2015) suggest that the field of sports tourism can be further developed. In light of this call, the present study will provide an overview of sports tourism research as a whole, thus contributing to future research by its own merits. It will guide the authors to determine how activities in the field of sports tourism have grown and how they are progressing

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Sport tourism: an exploration of the travel motivations and constraints of Omani tourists

Cited by 10 publications

References 31 publications

Relationship Analysis of Destination Image, Sports Involvement, Event Quality and Travel Motives as an Antecedent Factors on Revisit Intention in Recurring Running Sports-Event

Relationship Analysis of Destination Image, Sports Involvement, Event Quality and Travel Motives as an Antecedent Factors on Revisit Intention in Recurring Running Sports-Event

Mountain Landscape Preferences of Millennials Based on Social Media Data: A Case Study on Western Sichuan

An overall assessment of sports tourism articles

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