Hunters as tourists – an exploratory study of push–pull motivations

Autor:	Juho Pesonen, Jarno Suni
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	05 social sciences Novelty Exploratory research Destinations Nature based tourism Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management 0502 economics and business Push and pull 050211 marketing Sociology Marketing 050212 sport leisure & tourism Tourism Push pull
Zdroj:	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism. 19:175-191
ISSN:	1502-2269 1502-2250
DOI:	10.1080/15022250.2017.1407668
Popis:	This article examines push and pull motivations of hunting tourists – those hunters who travel outside their usual hunting area – as well as push motivations differences between regular hunters and hunting tourists. An online survey was used to collect 557 responses from Finnish hunters. Principal component analysis was used to distinguish underlying motivational structures and help understand push and pull motivations. The resulting push motivations components were Competence-mastery, Nature, Family, Hunting, Relaxation, Social, and Added benefits. Pull motivation components were Tourism services, Destination novelty, Costs, Meal preparing possibilities, Game, Destination suitability for hunting, and Hunting grounds. Furthermore, a regression analysis was used to examine how push and pull motivation components explain hunting tourists’ travel behaviour. Competence-mastery, Family, and Relaxation motivated the Finnish hunting tourists to visit destinations where they could learn about culture and ...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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