Pursuit of entertainment or self-expression? Research on adventure tourism
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Mustafa Gülmez Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ayşe Nur Soysal
Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Naci Büyükdağ Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Ayşegül ACAR Karabük Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Burak TÜRTEN Karabük Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Cenk Murat KOÇOĞLU Karabük Üniversitesi, Türkiye
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| Dergi Adı | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Q1) | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 2662-9992 Dergi Bilgileri (2025) | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SSCI | ||
| Makale Dili | Türkçe | Basım Tarihi | 07-2025 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 12 / 1 / 1–14 | DOI | 10.1057/s41599-025-04823-x |
| Makale Linki | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04823-x | ||
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| This study explores the behavioral patterns of tourists in adventure tourism, focusing on the roles of push factors, self-image congruity, word-of-mouth (WOM), and intentions to revisit while considering the variations attributed to the rafting experience (first-time vs. repeated) and gender. Employing multi-group structural equation modeling to analyze 296 collected questionnaires, significant interrelations among these variables were revealed. Notably, joy emerged as a crucial sub-factor within push factors, particularly influencing inexperienced tourists’ intentions to revisit, whereas self-image congruity predominantly impacted experienced tourists. The study further found gender-specific differences, with males showing higher explained variance rates in self-image congruity and WOM. Experienced and male tourists gravitated more towards experiencing nature, whereas joy was more influential among inexperienced … |
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| Web of Science | 1 |
| Scopus | 2 |
| Google Scholar | 2 |