Surf camp experiences

Brochado, Ana; Stoleriu, Oana Mihaela; Lupu, Cristina

doi:10.1080/14775085.2018.1430609

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“…Barbieri and Sotomayor (2013) proved that vacations offer individuals the opportunity to meet their needs. Similarly, Brochado et al (2018) stated that visitors are motivated by such characteristics as sport, sex, education and income. Olson and Dover (1979) defined the tourists' behaviour as an evaluation of a specific product or service.…”

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Can a Cultural Variant Dedicated to Arab-Muslim Tourists Save the Tunisian Tourism Sector?

Abdmouleh

Kalai

2020

J Knowl Econ

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Unanimously recognised as a growing sector in today's world, cultural tourism continues to attract the attention of researchers seeking to exhume the mechanisms and dynamics that govern it. In terms of political and strategic choices, Tunisia is currently giving this sector an increasingly remarkable interest. It is in this perspective that we tried to carry out a survey that would highlight the opinions of Arab-Muslim visitors about cultural tourism in Tunisia. To this end, we relied on the principal component analysis and the probit models that we considered the most appropriate to deal with our problem. Using individual data from a sample of 300 Arab-Muslim tourists who visited Tunisia during the summer vacation of 2014, we tried to interpret the results that seemed very suggestive. Our analysis of the different results led us to deduce that it is difficult for the Tunisian destination to motivate the Arab-Muslim visitors by focusing on the cultural tourism (in its current state) and that it is not the best way to attract this category of tourists. In the light of the obtained results, we have proposed some solutions that could promote this destination and fructify this type of alternative tourism.

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Can a Cultural Variant Dedicated to Arab-Muslim Tourists Save the Tunisian Tourism Sector?

Abdmouleh

Kalai

2020

J Knowl Econ

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“…theme is represented in red followed by orange and so on according to the color wheel. Leximancer has been recently used by some research studies within the realm of tourism to address tourist experience in shared economy (Brochado et al, 2017), analyse online review comments of Airbnb users (Cheng & Jun, 2018), customer experience in surf camps (Brochado et al, 2018), experience of visitors to Transylvania (Lupu et al, 2017), and to study medical tourism (Rodrigues et al, 2017).…”

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Consumer perception of tourist experience through online reviews

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Brochado

Moro

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Purpose Overall, there is a lack of research using online reviews as a proxy of customer experience when addressing the study of tourism in island destinations. Design/methodology/approach The current investigation aims to fill this gap by focussing on an African small island developing states, i.e. Cape Verde. This paper reports of tourist reviews extracted from TripAdvisor from “two islands of the senses” as coined by this archipelago’s national tourism organization, specifically Santo Antão and Fogo islands. The data analysis was performed through Leximancer software to generate concepts out of words, followed by themes. Findings The present research focussed on experiences in island tourism to identify their main dimensions based on visitors’ narratives in online reviews. The obtained results are of potential value to the literature by contributing to a better understanding of tourist experience in the context of tourism in islands in an understudied country, Cape Verde. Originality/value Results are presented and object of discussion vis-à-vis scientific literature and conclusions put forward in this journal paper.

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“…Started with the independent travelers searching for new surfing spots, surf tourism peaked in the 1960s due to more affordable air transportation, lighter surfboards and the image of a surfing culture delivered through media, increased accessibility to lessons at surf camps (Brochado et al, 2018;Barbieri & Sotomayor, 2013;Ng et al, 2013;Tantamjarik, 2004). Surf tourism takes place in thousands of coastal locations from Iceland to Antarctica (Ponting, 2009).…”

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“…Paying attention to internal stakeholders is vital for the continuation of surf centers. Setting the quality standards for the schools and sustaining them in the long-run are pivotal for the sustainability of surf industry (Brochado et al, 2018).…”

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“…Within the adventure/sport tourism sector, surf tourism has become a significant market (Doering, 2018;Buckley et al, 2017;Barbieri & Sotomayor, 2013). However, the global surf tourism industry has grown significantly since the middle of the 20th century (Brochado et al, 2018;Sotomayor & Barbieri, 2016;Ponting & McDonald, 2013;Martin & Assenov, 2011b).…”

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Surf Tourism Development: Perspectives in Alaçati Surf Spot

Nazlı

MUSAL²

2018

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The main objective of this research is to analyze and evaluate the perceptions and opinions of employees and visitors on sustainable surf tourism in seven surf centers in a popular tourism destination called Alaçatı, Turkey. Based on the interviews in seven schools by using the semi-structured interview technique, research findings revealed that construction and housing around the surf destination should be limited and natural texture should be preserved in the bay area. Formation of surf camps for kids from various age groups are critical for the development of surf tourism industry. Innovative windsurf related activities should be organized to attract the attention of domestic and international visitors. This exploratory research sheds a light in this field of study for researchers, practitioners and sports tourism professionals.

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Surf camp experiences

Cited by 32 publications

References 56 publications

Can a Cultural Variant Dedicated to Arab-Muslim Tourists Save the Tunisian Tourism Sector?

Can a Cultural Variant Dedicated to Arab-Muslim Tourists Save the Tunisian Tourism Sector?

Consumer perception of tourist experience through online reviews

Surf Tourism Development: Perspectives in Alaçati Surf Spot

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