IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/prp/jattij/v5y2012i1p5-20.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Who Spends More: Sport-Active versus Active Tourists

Author

Listed:
  • Nataša Slak Valek

    (I-Shou University, Taiwan)

  • Eva Podovšovnik Axelsson

    (University of Primorska, Slovenia)

Abstract

This study empirically investigated the influences of gender, age and educational level on the main motive for travel, which then explored the relationship of these influences to travel spending. Furthermore, sports-active tourists were compared with other tourists who are interested in active travel. Active traveling, in this present study, includes tourists with other main motives of traveling, but not those whose main motive is “rest and relaxation”. Slovenian tourists traveling within Slovenia and those traveling abroad were compared. We found that men, younger tourists and better educated tourists mainly choose sports related travel. Further research explains the influences of the main motives for travel spending and revealed who tends to spend more between sports-active tourists and other active tourists. For a potential sports-tourism destination is it vital to know the presented data. The implications of the results are discussed in the context of sport tourism marketing.

Suggested Citation

  • Nataša Slak Valek & Eva Podovšovnik Axelsson, 2012. "Who Spends More: Sport-Active versus Active Tourists," Academica Turistica - Tourism and Innovation Journal, University of Primorska Press, vol. 5(1), pages 5-20.
    • Handle: RePEc:prp:jattij:v:5:y:2012:i:1:p:5-20
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.hippocampus.si/ISSN/2335-4194/5_1_5-20.pdf
    File Function: full text in English
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Thomas F. Cannon & Jamie Ford, 2002. "Relationship of Demographic and Trip Characteristics to Visitor Spending: An Analysis of Sports Travel Visitors across Time," Tourism Economics, , vol. 8(3), pages 263-271, September.
    2. Chiuri, Maria Concetta & Del Boca, Daniela, 2008. "Household Membership Decisions of Adult Children," IZA Discussion Papers 3546, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Francesca Modena & Concetta Rondinelli, 2011. "Leaving home and housing prices. The experience of Italian youth emancipation," Department of Economics Working Papers 1101, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia.
    2. Lorenzo Masiero & Juan L. Nicolau, 2012. "Price Sensitivity to Tourism Activities: Looking for Determinant Factors," Tourism Economics, , vol. 18(4), pages 675-689, August.
    3. Maria Chiuri & Daniela Del Boca, 2010. "Home-leaving decisions of daughters and sons," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 8(3), pages 393-408, September.
    4. Alegre, Joaquín & Mateo, Sara & Pou, Llorenç, 2011. "A latent class approach to tourists’ length of stay," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 32(3), pages 555-563.
    5. Peter Fredman, 2008. "Determinants of Visitor Expenditures in Mountain Tourism," Tourism Economics, , vol. 14(2), pages 297-311, June.
    6. Gómez-Déniz, E. & Pérez-Rodríguez, J.V., 2019. "Modelling bimodality of length of tourist stay," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 131-151.
    7. Joaquín Alegre & Magdalena Cladera & Maria Sard, 2011. "Analysing the Influence of Tourist Motivations on Tourist Expenditure at a Sun-And-Sand Destination," Tourism Economics, , vol. 17(4), pages 813-832, August.
    8. Chris van Heerden & Melville Saayman, 2018. "Sustainability of a national arts festival," Tourism Economics, , vol. 24(5), pages 576-592, August.
    9. Elisabeth Kastenholz, 2005. "Analysing Determinants of Visitor Spending for the Rural Tourist Market in North Portugal," Tourism Economics, , vol. 11(4), pages 555-569, December.
    10. Hasan Akca & Murat Sayili & Reyhan Cafri, 2016. "Analysing Expenditure of Same-Day Visitors in Cave Tourism: The Case of Turkey," Tourism Economics, , vol. 22(1), pages 47-55, February.
    11. Dora Smolčić Jurdana & Daniela Soldić Frleta, 2016. "Factors affecting the expenditure of domestic and foreign tourists - the evidence from Rijeka and Opatija, Croatia," Tourism and Hospitality Industry 31, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management.
    12. Posada, Héctor M. & García-Suaza, Andres, 2022. "Transit infrastructure and informal housing: Assessing an expansion of Medellín's Metrocable system," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 128(C), pages 209-228.
    13. Jensen, Jonathan A. & Bettina Cornwell, T., 2021. "Assessing the dissolution of horizontal marketing relationships: The case of corporate sponsorship of sport," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 124(C), pages 790-799.
    14. Francisco J. Mas & Juan Luis Nicolau, 2004. "Heckit Modelling Of The Two-Stage Tourist Choice Process: Going On Holiday And Tourism Expenditures," Working Papers. Serie EC 2004-16, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
    15. Melville Saayman & Andrea Saayman, 2014. "How Deep are Scuba Divers' Pockets?," Tourism Economics, , vol. 20(4), pages 813-829, August.
    16. Mayer Marius & Vogt Luisa, 2016. "Economic effects of tourism and its influencing factors: An overview focusing on the spending determinants of visitors," Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft, De Gruyter, vol. 8(2), pages 169-198, November.
    17. E Bárcena-Martín & M Rodríguez-Fernández & S Borrego-Domínguez, 2017. "Golf, supply and demand," Tourism Economics, , vol. 23(6), pages 1220-1234, September.
    18. McDonald P. Mirabile, 2015. "The Determinants of Attendance at Neutral Site College Football Games," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 36(3), pages 191-204, April.
    19. Lera-López, Fernando & Suárez, María José, 2012. "Deporte activo y pasivo: ¿Una relación de conveniencia?/Active and Passive Sport: Is it a Marriage of Convenience?," Estudios de Economia Aplicada, Estudios de Economia Aplicada, vol. 30, pages 489-512, Agosto.
    20. Brida, Juan Gabriel & Scuderi, Raffaele, 2012. "Determinants of tourist expenditure: a review of microeconometric models," MPRA Paper 38468, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:prp:jattij:v:5:y:2012:i:1:p:5-20. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Alen Jezovnik (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://academica.turistica.si .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.