Sports Tourists And Non-Sports Tourists: Are They Different In Terms Of Sociodemographics, Psychographics, Or Behavior?

Keywords

Effect size; Psychographics; Segmentation; Sociodemographics; Sports tourism; Sports tourist

Abstract

Researchers have paid increasing attention to sports tourists as destinations have realized the potential for the significant economic impact of sports tourism. Many studies have profiled and segmented sports tourists using different techniques. However, there is a lack of research that compares sports tourists with non-sports tourists. The current study conducted a comparison using several sociodemographic, psychographic, and behavioral characteristics from a large data set gathered on an online research platform. Although study results show some differences between sports and non-sports tourists, effect size metrics render these differences miniscule or even negligible. Besides practical implications for destination marketing organizations, future research suggestions are also provided in order to decide if sports tourists need to be targeted differently from non-sports tourists.

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Publication Title

Event Management

Volume

22

Issue

3

Number of Pages

303-315

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.3727/152599518X15239930463127

Socpus ID

85048635493 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85048635493

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