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Analytical study on adventure tourism destination management concerning expenditure on adventure activities

ŠTEFKO, R. ŠAMBRONSKÁ, K. MATUŠÍKOVÁ, D. ŠENKOVÁ, A. TUMPACH, M.

Original Title

Analytical study on adventure tourism destination management concerning expenditure on adventure activities

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Adventure tourism represents a popular and developing type of tourism, which requires new research concepts due to its changes. Before the pandemic period, the destinations of adventure tourism were developing dynamically. The pandemic limited its activities due to restrictions related to travel and the opening of tourism businesses. Future development thus needs new management approaches that reflect new research of adventure tourist profiles. The main goal of the study is to analyse the Slovak participant in adventure tourism with regard to its expenditures associated with adventure tourism. The survey was performed using a questionnaire survey method on a sample of 135 respondents. The results were evaluated using contingency tables (relative abundance), and the established hypotheses were evaluated using Pearson's chi-square test. An important finding found within the expenditures on adventure tourism is that the type of adventure activity and the choice of destination influence its participants. Therefore, the Slovak participant in adventure tourism corresponds with the findings of foreign studies. The study is actually due to the current pandemic situation where adventurous tourism. It brings results from the new-pandemic period, which has not yet been studied in scientific research. The findings can serve as a basis for the management of adventure tourism destinations due to the change in the behaviour and preferences of its participants, even in the context of expenditure. The novelty of the study is based on new updating of the previous studies sourcing from the period of the turn of the millennium and later of the so-called period of adventure tourism expansion. The findings can be beneficial due to current changes in the tourism market when the emphasis is on higher individuality and the natural environment in the consumption of tourism products. Current management of tourist destinations should respect this important fact.

Keywords

tourism destination management, adventure tourism, participant of adventure toursim, expenditure on adventure activities

Authors

ŠTEFKO, R.; ŠAMBRONSKÁ, K.; MATUŠÍKOVÁ, D.; ŠENKOVÁ, A.; TUMPACH, M.

Released

30. 12. 2021

Publisher

Czestochowa University of Technology

Location

Czestochowa, Poland

ISBN

2081-7452

Periodical

Polish Journal of Management Studies

Year of study

24

Number

1

State

Republic of Poland

Pages from

373

Pages to

391

Pages count

18

URL

https://pjms.zim.pcz.pl/resources/html/article/details?id=226920

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/203989

BibTex

@article{BUT176440,
  author="Róbert {Štefko} and Kristína {Šambronská} and Daniela {Matušíková} and Anna {Šenková} and Miloš {Tumpach}",
  title="Analytical study on adventure tourism destination management concerning expenditure on adventure activities",
  journal="Polish Journal of Management Studies",
  year="2021",
  volume="24",
  number="1",
  pages="373--391",
  doi="10.17512/pjms.2021.24.1.22",
  issn="2081-7452",
  url="https://pjms.zim.pcz.pl/resources/html/article/details?id=226920"
}