Sources of challenge for adventure tourists: Scale development and validation

Sheng-Hshiung Tsaur, Wei-Rong Lin and Jui Shiang Liu

Tourism Management, 2013, vol. 38, issue C, 85-93

Abstract: One of the motives for tourists to pursue adventure activities is challenge. This research aimed to conceptualize the sources of challenge and to develop a relevant scale. First, in-depth interviews and content analysis were conducted in order to generate the initial items. Second, an exploratory factor analysis was performed by investigating 328 mountaineers. Seven factors were identified: the uncertainty of the environment; insufficiency of participants' resources; relationships with partners; difficulty of the activity; ability of the partners; equipment; and a sense of competition. Third, confirmative factor analysis was employed in order to investigate 312 subjects on-site. The seven factors outlined above were verified. Implications and suggestions for future research are provided.

Keywords: Source of challenge; Adventure tour; Measurement development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.03.004

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