Risk in Active Sport Tourism Projects: Narratives from Managers in the Chinese Event Industry

IF 1.3 Q3 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Journal of China Tourism Research Pub Date : 2022-03-09 DOI:10.1080/19388160.2022.2050872

Weilin Zhang, D. Knox, G. Prabhakar

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to identify risk issues in managing active sport tourism event projects in China from the perspective of event managers. A qualitative method was utilized, with 12 semi-structured interviews being conducted in China in order to achieve the research objectives. A key finding is that ten risk issue categories were identified: safety, financial, environmental, technical equipment, operations, human resources, political, legal, tourist behavioral, and relationships. Among these categories, the issues can be further divided into two groups focused around, firstly, ‘contributing risk’ which directly leads to the occurrence of the second ‘primary risk’ category. The second finding uncovers the impacts of these risk issues as well as the interaction between them. Furthermore, another finding reveals distinctions of risk issues in different types of sport tourism event projects in China. This research contributes to the development of systematic understanding of categories and management of risk in active sport tourism from the perspective of managers, and will be useful in developing consensus in both the Chinese and international sport tourism industries.

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活跃体育旅游项目的风险:来自中国赛事产业管理者的叙述

摘要本研究旨在从赛事管理者的角度，识别中国体育旅游赛事项目管理中的风险问题。采用定性方法，在中国进行了12次半结构化访谈，以实现研究目标。一个重要的发现是确定了十个风险问题类别:安全、财务、环境、技术设备、运营、人力资源、政治、法律、游客行为和关系。在这些类别中，问题可以进一步分为两组，首先是“贡献风险”，这直接导致了第二个“主要风险”类别的发生。第二个发现揭示了这些风险问题的影响以及它们之间的相互作用。此外，另一项发现揭示了中国不同类型体育旅游赛事项目风险问题的差异。本研究有助于从管理者的角度对积极体育旅游风险的分类和管理进行系统的理解，并将有助于在中国和国际体育旅游产业中形成共识。

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Journal of China Tourism Research HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

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10.50%

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期刊介绍： Journal of China Tourism Research (JCTR) is the official journal of the International Association of China Tourism Studies (IACTS) and is now indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)! JCTR is a truly international journal that publishes the latest research on tourism (all articles printed in English with Chinese abstracts) that relates to China and the Chinese. It provides a rich forum for exchange of fresh information and ideas among academics and practitioners; fosters and enhances cutting-edge research activities that advance the knowledge of tourism; and discusses the relevance of tourism to Chinese society. The journal encourages interdisciplinary scholarship and commentaries, aims at the highest intellectual level, and only publishes manuscripts that make significant contributions to the subject areas.