Do tourists experience boredom in mountain destinations?
| Autor: | Consuelo R. Nava, Chiara Mauri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Tourist activities
Tourism expenses 05 social sciences Tourism motivation Boredom Development Destinations Leisure-Boredom Scale Empirical research Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management 0502 economics and business medicine Winter mountain tourism 050211 marketing medicine.symptom Psychology Social psychology 050212 sport leisure & tourism |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Tourism Research. 89:103213 |
| ISSN: | 0160-7383 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.annals.2021.103213 |
| Popis: | The paper investigates the extent to which tourists perceive boredom during their winter mountain holiday. The Leisure Boredom Scale (S.E. Iso-Ahola & Weissinger, 1990) was applied to segment tourists on the base of their perceived boredom. An empirical research operated in an Alpine region revealed the existence of two segments who experience boredom: Bored tourists and Excited-Bored tourists (21% of the tourists). This evidence contradicts results found in previous literature that boredom is associated to passive behaviour, and shows that boredom co-exists with excitement. The majority of these tourists are mothers accompanying their relatives, stay in hotels, and choose either the chief town Aosta or minor locations. Bored tourists are involved in many activities, and spend even more than other tourists. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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