leisure activities

Description The purpose of this study is to analyse facilitators and constraints of Portuguese south-eastern residents face when making decisions for leisure travel participation International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research Facilitators and constraints in leisure travel...

Description The purpose of this paper is to identify tourist activity inhibitors (causes of non-participation in tourism), assess their impact strength and analyze the social disproportion and exclusion in terms of tourism participation. The paper also presents the deficiencies in the research...

Description The purpose of this paper is to examine the leisure cruise service environment – the shipscape – and its effects on cruisers’ emotions, meaning-making, and onboard behavior. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research Shipscape influence on the leisure cruise...

Description The purpose of this paper is to examine the spending patterns of non-local participants and spectators at a medium-sized international sport event, to segment their spending patterns and consider implications for the quality of each segment’s event experience International Journal...

Description The purpose of this study is to examine if an evoke set exists for pleasure travelers based on the past and future travel destinations of their peer groups International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research Going where the Joneses go: understanding how others...

Description The behavior of British youth abroad has caused considerable concern over recent years. This is because many British youth engage in binge drinking, drug use, sex behavior and other risk behaviors – especially in the Balearics, Spain. While research has documented levels of alcohol...

Description The purpose of this paper is to provide researchers with an analytical tool for deconstructing well-established tourist typologies in which motivations and meanings are coupled together with practices of travel arrangements International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality...

Description The purpose of this paper is to introduce the seven articles on festival and events research in this special issue of IJCTHR. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research New perspectives on festival and events research Bing Pan Tzung-Cheng Huan Article...