Motivation and involvement in adventure tourism activities: a Chinese tourists' perspective

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Jin, Xin
Xiang, Yang
Weber, Karin
Liu, Yang
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2019
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This research aims to explore Chinese tourists' motivations and involvement in adventure tourism activities, as well as if and how personality and location affect their motivation and involvement. Using a survey that collected 252 responses, this research suggests that stimulus-avoidance and intelligence seeking are the two most important motivational forces. Results indicate that respondents would prefer overseas locations for these activities due to perceptions of greater safety and security, better service, and higher-quality facilities. Respondents who rated themselves as “open” or “closed” in personality differ regarding ...
View more >This research aims to explore Chinese tourists' motivations and involvement in adventure tourism activities, as well as if and how personality and location affect their motivation and involvement. Using a survey that collected 252 responses, this research suggests that stimulus-avoidance and intelligence seeking are the two most important motivational forces. Results indicate that respondents would prefer overseas locations for these activities due to perceptions of greater safety and security, better service, and higher-quality facilities. Respondents who rated themselves as “open” or “closed” in personality differ regarding motivations and involvement. Practical implications are discussed, and recommendations for future research are provided.
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View more >This research aims to explore Chinese tourists' motivations and involvement in adventure tourism activities, as well as if and how personality and location affect their motivation and involvement. Using a survey that collected 252 responses, this research suggests that stimulus-avoidance and intelligence seeking are the two most important motivational forces. Results indicate that respondents would prefer overseas locations for these activities due to perceptions of greater safety and security, better service, and higher-quality facilities. Respondents who rated themselves as “open” or “closed” in personality differ regarding motivations and involvement. Practical implications are discussed, and recommendations for future research are provided.
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Journal Title
Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research
Volume
24
Issue
11
Copyright Statement
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Volume 24, 2019 - Issue 11, Pages 1066-1078, 13 Sep 2019, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2019.1666152
Subject
Tourism
Social Sciences
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Social Sciences - Other Topics
Chinese
adventure