Motivations behind active sport tourists participating in natural and cultural landscapes

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dc.contributor.authorGuereño-Omil, Basagaitz
dc.contributor.authorLeón Guereño, Patxi
dc.contributor.authorGarro, Eunate
dc.contributor.authorRozmiarek, Mateusz
dc.contributor.authorMalchrowicz Mośko, Ewa
dc.contributor.authorMłodzik, Maciej
dc.contributor.authorWłodarczyk, Arkadiusz
dc.contributor.authorŁuć, Bartłomiej
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-03T08:45:01Z
dc.date.available2025-03-03T08:45:01Z
dc.date.issued2024-10
dc.date.updated2025-03-03T08:45:01Z
dc.description.abstractRecreational running, both on roads and in mountains, is one of the most practiced physical activities worldwide, and so, the motivations behind participating have been quite extensively described in the literature. However, the cultural and environmental motivations behind these athletes traveling to other countries or destinations to compete have not been properly addressed yet. The aim of this research is to analyze the motivations of sport tourists and to compare the motivations that cause mountain runners and city runners to compete. A cross-sectional study with a total of 244 athletes, divided into a group of city marathon runners (N = 118) and a group of mountain ultra-marathon runners (N = 126), was conducted. Athletes completed the Sports Tourism Motivation Scale (STMS), composed of 37 items and nine dimensions, through an online survey. Participants were asked questions related to their age, running experience, distance to events, numbers of nights in hotels and volunteering. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences in four out of the nine dimensions of the STMS between city and mountain runners’ motivations and, likewise, statistical differences were found in some dimensions of the scale related to participants’ sex, age, running experience, numbers of nights in a hotel, travel distance and volunteering. In conclusion, the reasons why runners participate in mountain and city running events are different; likewise, some sociodemographic variables should be taken into account when organizing such sporting events in a sustainable way, in order to provide organizers with the most suitable information and attract the most participants.en
dc.identifier.citationGuereño-Omil, B., León-Guereño, P., Garro, E., Rozmiarek, M., Malchrowicz-Mośko, E., Młodzik, M., Włodarczyk, A., & Łuć, B. (2024). Motivations behind Active Sport Tourists Participating in Natural and Cultural Landscapes. Sustainability (Switzerland), 16(19). https://doi.org/10.3390/SU16198673
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/SU16198673
dc.identifier.eissn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/2414
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
dc.rights© 2024 by the authors
dc.subject.otherActive tourism
dc.subject.otherMotivation
dc.subject.otherRunning experience
dc.subject.otherRunning landscape
dc.subject.otherSport environment
dc.subject.otherSports tourism
dc.subject.otherTravel distance
dc.subject.otherVolunteering
dc.titleMotivations behind active sport tourists participating in natural and cultural landscapesen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.issue19
oaire.citation.titleSustainability (Switzerland)
oaire.citation.volume16
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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