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{"title":"Unravelling the eco-motivated journey: The role of gender and motivation in shaping loyalty in mangrove ecotourism","authors":"Dwi Suhartanto ,&nbsp;Ani Kartikasari ,&nbsp;Fatya Alty Amalia ,&nbsp;Syifaa Novianti ,&nbsp;Iwan Awaludin ,&nbsp;Tuan Ahmad Tuan Ismal","doi":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100915","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100915","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mangrove ecosystems represent vital ecotourism destinations that integrate conservation, cultural heritage, and wellness. This study examines how push and pull motivations as independent variables influence tourist satisfaction and loyalty as dependent variables, with gender acting as a moderating variable. A survey of 403 domestic ecotourists across major Indonesian mangrove destinations confirms that both push (e.g., relaxation, wellness seeking) and pull factors (e.g., biodiversity, environmental appeal) significantly influence tourist experiences, with pull factors demonstrating stronger effects. Experience quality positively affects wellness and satisfaction, while satisfaction strongly predicts loyalty. Multi-group analysis reveals significant gender-based differences in how motivations affect experience and satisfaction, supporting social role theory. This study aims to clarify these relationships and contribute to the ecotourism literature by highlighting how motivational factors, experience quality, and demographic characteristics shape conservation-driven loyalty. Practical implications suggest that managers should prioritize environmental quality, educational interpretation, and tailored offerings to engage diverse tourist segments and foster sustainable behaviors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46931,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 100915"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144522295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Beyond size: Uncovering customer insights from small ski areas","authors":"Birgit Pikkemaat ,&nbsp;Robert Steiger ,&nbsp;Sarah Schönherr","doi":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100913","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100913","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study emphasizes customer decision-making processes associated with small ski areas, a sector increasingly affected by climate change, evolving customer preferences, and intensified market competition. While prior research has primarily concentrated on larger ski resorts, this study addresses a critical gap by focusing on the distinctive characteristics and challenges faced by smaller ski areas. Adopting a two-phase methodology, the research combines a preliminary quantitative survey with an in-depth qualitative exploration conducted in Austria. Through a choice experiment with skiers and interviews with visitors of small ski areas, the study identifies the key factors that shape customer preferences. Although larger ski areas are often perceived as more attractive due to their extensive facilities and greater perceived utility, smaller ski areas have distinct advantages, including ease of access, affordability, and a more relaxed, uncrowded atmosphere. These attributes are of particular value to day-trippers, who appreciate affordable lift ticket prices, less crowded slopes, and natural snow conditions, which can create a more intimate and enjoyable skiing experience. This study highlights the emotional bonds and sense of community that skiers often establish with smaller ski areas, thereby offering a more nuanced perspective to existing studies on ski area choice. These findings offer practical insights for small ski area operators, emphasizing the importance of leveraging their unique strengths to enhance customer satisfaction and sustain competitiveness in a challenging and evolving market. By addressing these dynamics, this study contributes to the broader understanding of customer behavior within the skiing industry and offers a foundation for targeted strategic initiatives.</div></div><div><h3>Management implications</h3><div>Small ski areas, often overlooked in market strategy, can boost competitiveness by leveraging their unique attributes—accessibility, affordability, and reduced crowding. Operators should target day-trippers and price-sensitive segments with flexible pricing, local partnerships, and authentic, low-stress experiences. Emotional place attachment and community ties are critical levers—fostering loyalty beyond size or infrastructure. Strategic investments in snow management, service quality, and regional pass integration can further enhance appeal and resilience in a climate-challenged and cost-sensitive environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46931,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 100913"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144522294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Explaining the intention to practice “Leave No Trace” in Hong Kong's country parks: The roles of environmental self-identity, personal moral norms and awareness of consequences","authors":"Theresa W.L. Lam ,&nbsp;Wei Fang ,&nbsp;Anson T.H. Ma ,&nbsp;Ke Zhang ,&nbsp;Lewis T.O. Cheung ,&nbsp;Alex Y. Lo ,&nbsp;Lincoln Fok","doi":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100916","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100916","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The persistent littering in Hong Kong's country parks, despite the “Leave No Trace” (LNT) programme initiated in 2015, highlights its limitations. This study, guided by the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), extends the model by adding three new variables–environmental self-identity, personal moral norms, and awareness of consequences–and aims to identify the drivers of LNT intention among park users. Through a questionnaire survey conducted in 12 country parks, 596 valid responses were collected and analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM). The results showed that the extended model had enhanced explanatory power. Personal moral norms emerged as the strongest direct factor driving LNT intention, while subjective norms lost their direct influence, and only had an effect on intention when mediated by personal moral norms. Environmental self-identity played a limited role, and awareness of consequences indirectly affected LNT intention, primarily through personal moral norms and to a lesser extent through attitude. These findings deepen the understanding of LNT behaviour, especially highlighting the crucial role of personal moral norms, and provide policymakers and park managers with evidence-based solutions to refine the LNT programme.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46931,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 100916"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144471596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Postleisure: Disrupting the Disciplinary Fixity of Leisure Thinking","authors":"Tomas Pernecky","doi":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100901","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100901","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper is a postdisciplinary exploration of leisure and the conceptual corollaries of recreation and adventure. It seeks to broaden the ontological discourse in the field and demonstrate that alternative approaches to theorising about and studying leisure, recreation, and tourism are possible – if not necessary – amid concerns and critiques stemming from posthumanism, climate change, decoloniality, and the mobilities of hope and despair. It is argued that leisure as an object of inquiry has been largely possible due to the fragmentation of being, namely the creation of dichotomies that juxtapose different states of being. By dismantling the disciplinary confines of leisure, it is shown that leisure and recreation can be reconsidered vis-à-vis empirical ontology as deeper engagement with questions of being and becoming in lived contexts and in relation to other entities and things. The suggested pathway of thinking beyond leisure might be valued particularly by emerging conceptual and ethical pioneers keen to reexamine and reimagine how we are in and become with the world.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46931,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 100901"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144330865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A regenerative approach to tourism: Learnings from community enterprises","authors":"Sophie Price ,&nbsp;Steve Taylor ,&nbsp;Kendra Turnbull ,&nbsp;Mary Rose Stafford","doi":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100900","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100900","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The benefits of tourism to communities have long been recognised but so too are the pressures it can place on local communities. Recent global turmoil has led to new ways of conceptualising tourism development and the emergence of regenerative tourism as a guiding philosophy. However, there still remain considerable gaps in our knowledge of the application of regenerative tourism principles. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the emerging literature on regenerative tourism with a particular, and practice-oriented, focus on learnings from community-based social enterprises, that illustrate the positive and meaningful impacts a regenerative approach to tourism development can deliver. This paper reports on the findings of a bilateral networking project between academics in Ireland and Scotland. Through a series of interviews with stakeholders of five different community-based initiatives, the emphasis was on developing a greater understanding of regenerative tourism ‘in practice’ and how visitor experiences developed by social enterprises can drive sustainable local development. Analysis of interviews led to the generation of four themes of activities and impacts indicative of regenerative tourism: Nature, Community, Place and Visitor Positive. The themes identified reflect and build on existing regenerative tourism principles offering practical examples of regenerative tourism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46931,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 100900"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144322941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tourism flow and the consumption of aesthetic landscape values in high-elevation mountain areas in the Alps: A cartographic and spatio-market methodology","authors":"Ahmed Shams","doi":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100911","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100911","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The process of assigning, changing and promoting place-names and points-of-interest on maps and panoramas raises public eco-cultural interest in Alpine landscapes. The maps territorialise the bio or constructed regions. This led to a misperception of unchanging place-names and points-of-interest, accessibility, feature types or land cover on the ordnance survey saturated maps. Yet, these are subjected to a more profound temporality due to climate change and the change in tourism consumption of aesthetic landscape values. Founded on the cartographic theory and field surveys in Alto Adige/Südtirol, this paper introduces a new spatio-market analysis methodology. The methodology spatially segments the landscape characteristics and funnels the visitor preference into different levels of tourism flow and landscape attraction points. Unlike the monitoring points of tourism flow or the randomly distributed viewpoints used in the scenic beauty models, this methodology analyses the planned and actual points-of-eco-cultural-interest in the market space, i.e., ‘Impact Density of Tourism Flow’ indicator.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46931,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 100911"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144290847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Senior outdoor tourists’ injuries, illnesses & infirmities: Reveal or conceal?","authors":"Ralf Buckley ,&nbsp;Sonya Underdahl","doi":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100912","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100912","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tourism enterprises balance commercial opportunities from older clients, against costs of adapting to greater health and safety risks. We use prospect theory to analyse when and why senior outdoor tourists reveal or conceal injuries, illnesses or infirmities, using actual health and safety incidents from 3012 tourists on 166 tours in 30 countries, and 1716 tourists on 122 repetitions of a single tour. Senior outdoor tourists’ communications of health information demonstrate all four key components of prospect theory: reference dependence, loss aversion, diminishing sensitivity, and probability weighting. They match the fourfold pattern of risk attitudes under prospect theory in tourism specifically: loss-gain asymmetries dependent on circumstances; reversed sensitivities for hedonic experiential goods; and reference points shifted by social factors. Research priorities include trade-offs between age factors, activities, and adaptation costs. Management measures include incentives for more communication and less concealment.</div></div><div><h3>Management implications</h3><div>Some senior outdoor tourists suffer from prior injuries, illnesses and infirmities that increase risks of health and safety incidents on tour. It is preferable for tour operators that clients reveal these issues at booking, but individual tourists may have incentives to conceal them. We apply the behavioural economics framework of prospect theory to a large global set of tours and incidents, and numerous replicates of one tour, to identify factors controlling tourists’ choices, and hence the incentives that tour operators can adopt to minimise concealment. We propose multiple practical approaches to address these concerns.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46931,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 100912"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144290846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The influences of paragliding flow experience on storytelling intention through satisfaction: A comparison of adventure-seekers and learning-seekers","authors":"Özgür Davras ,&nbsp;Sait Durgun ,&nbsp;Ayşegül Simge Demircioğlu Dalgiç","doi":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100894","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100894","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates how paragliding tourists’ storytelling intentions are affected by their flow experiences and the mediating role of satisfaction in this relationship. It also examines the moderating role of motivation (adventure-seeking and learning-seeking) in the relationships between all variables. The survey technique was used to test these hypotheses, and a total of 432 data were collected from tourists who came to Turkey-Fethiye for paragliding. The results of the analysis showed that flow experience had a positive effect on storytelling intention and satisfaction mediated the relationship between these two variables. In addition, the effect of flow experience on satisfaction is stronger for adventure-seeking tourists. The empirical results offer theoretical and practical implications for both destination managers and adventure tourism professionals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46931,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 100894"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144290848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Solo steps: A critical realist analysis of the risks, motivations, and psychological benefits of solo hiking in England","authors":"David A. Thomas,&nbsp;Stephanie J. Tibbert","doi":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100903","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100903","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>England has a rich and popular hiking culture, yet the unique psychological dynamics of solo hiking remain underexplored. This study examined solo hikers' risk perceptions, motivations, and well-being through a critical realist lens. Go-along interviews with ten solo hikers across English trails were thematically analysed. Findings suggest that sociocultural factors, including early exposure and athletic identity, shaped risk perception, yet risk was also reframed as an opportunity for personal growth through repeated solo hiking exposure. Intrinsic motivations for solo hiking aligned with self-determination theory, including autonomy, competence, and relatedness, while the drive to move emerged as an additional factor in movement regulation. Psychological benefits included cognitive restoration, emotional self-regulation, and awe-induced shifts in perspective. These were heightened by an embodied multisensory immersion in nature. These findings contribute to the psychological understanding of solo hiking in England, underscoring the need for socially and culturally sensitive policies to enhance safety, accessibility, and therapeutic application. Future research should explore diverse populations and the long-term implications of solo hiking for well-being.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46931,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 100903"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144270651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Research Note: Sources used for trip planning when there is no avalanche forecast","authors":"Tim Dassler ,&nbsp;Gerit Pfuhl ,&nbsp;Richard Fjellaksel","doi":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100910","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jort.2025.100910","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This study investigates the information sources used by recreational winter backcountry users in Norway for trip planning when official avalanche forecasts are unavailable, particularly before December. 86 (25 %) out of 347 participants refrained from backcountry trips due to conditions or timing. Of the remaining 261 participants, 184 (71 %) prioritized safe terrain, 189 (72 %) relied on personal assessment, 110 (42 %) utilized the &lt;em&gt;Varsom&lt;/em&gt; platform for terrain information and observational data, 112 (43 %) used social media and 101 (39 %) consulted peers. Participants venturing into avalanche terrain relied more on own assessment than those venturing into safe terrain (92 % vs 64 %, p &lt; .001). The reliance on unofficial sources may highlight a potential safety gap during the off-season, suggesting the need for improved communication and expanded early-season observational data. Recommendations include enhancing off-season data sharing on the forecasting platform, targeted safety education on social media, and encouraging recreationists to contribute observations to boost the quality and availability of early-season information. These steps could improve decision-making and risk assessment during trip planning among recreational backcountry users, promoting safer outdoor practices even outside the avalanche warning period.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Management and stakeholder Implications&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;The findings highlight the need for enhanced avalanche safety communication and decision-support tools during Norway's off-season, particularly in years with a lot of snowfall before December when official avalanche forecasts are unavailable. Implications are also relevant for warning services with similar challenges and regions where regular avalanche warnings are not issued. Recreational winter backcountry users heavily rely on personal judgment, social media, and peer advice, indicating a gap in standardized information sources. To address this, stakeholders should consider.&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;div&gt;•&lt;strong&gt;Expanding the information available&lt;/strong&gt; on the avalanche bulletin (varsom.no). If no forecast can be provided on a needs basis by extending the forecasting season (e.g. due to limited resources), information should be made available especially observational data and terrain insights (where is it safe to go), to support safer decision-making.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;div&gt;•&lt;strong&gt;Encouraging early-season data sharing&lt;/strong&gt; from recreationists, possibly through incentives, to boost the observation database quality and usefulness in the avalanche bulletin.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;div&gt;•Targeting &lt;strong&gt;initiatives on social media&lt;/strong&gt; platforms to foster a culture of safety-oriented information sharing, thus reducing dependence on non-official sources.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;div&gt;•Increasing &lt;strong&gt;educational campaigns&lt;/strong&gt; that promote understanding and use of t","PeriodicalId":46931,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 100910"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144242355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}