It is all about safety: an experience in Pico Mountain, Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Rebelo, Cátia Filipa Cerqueira
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Ezequiel, Graça Maria Gomes, Mendes, Susana Luísa da Custódia Machado, Carvalho, Mário João Paulo de Jesus
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/4988
Resumo: Mountain adventure tourism represents 20% of the current tourism flows and will continue to grow, and, consequently there is a great need to better understand this segment. Pico Mountain, a mountain destination, in Portugal has followed this growth trend; however the lack of knowledge about this phenomenon is still a reality. Therefore, our goal is to define the Pico Mountain visitor’s profile as well as to assess the importance of the mountain guides’ roles in the Pico climbing. To achieve this goal a quantitative analysis was employed based on a survey applied in the territory. Our main results indicated that visitors of Pico Mountain are mainly young, European, inexperienced, and “package” adventure tourists that undertake “soft” adventure activities. For 90% of the respondents the mountain guides played an important role in the trip as well as great influence on it. Furthermore, the feeling of safety assured by guides is the most valued characteristic of mountain guides for all the respondents and it is the main reason why they are hired.
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title It is all about safety: an experience in Pico Mountain, Portugal
spellingShingle It is all about safety: an experience in Pico Mountain, Portugal
Rebelo, Cátia Filipa Cerqueira
Pico Mountain
Mountain guides
Nature-based tourism
Adventure tourists
title_short It is all about safety: an experience in Pico Mountain, Portugal
title_full It is all about safety: an experience in Pico Mountain, Portugal
title_fullStr It is all about safety: an experience in Pico Mountain, Portugal
title_full_unstemmed It is all about safety: an experience in Pico Mountain, Portugal
title_sort It is all about safety: an experience in Pico Mountain, Portugal
author Rebelo, Cátia Filipa Cerqueira
author_facet Rebelo, Cátia Filipa Cerqueira
Ezequiel, Graça Maria Gomes
Mendes, Susana Luísa da Custódia Machado
Carvalho, Mário João Paulo de Jesus
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author2 Ezequiel, Graça Maria Gomes
Mendes, Susana Luísa da Custódia Machado
Carvalho, Mário João Paulo de Jesus
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Rebelo, Cátia Filipa Cerqueira
Ezequiel, Graça Maria Gomes
Mendes, Susana Luísa da Custódia Machado
Carvalho, Mário João Paulo de Jesus
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Mountain guides
Nature-based tourism
Adventure tourists
topic Pico Mountain
Mountain guides
Nature-based tourism
Adventure tourists
description Mountain adventure tourism represents 20% of the current tourism flows and will continue to grow, and, consequently there is a great need to better understand this segment. Pico Mountain, a mountain destination, in Portugal has followed this growth trend; however the lack of knowledge about this phenomenon is still a reality. Therefore, our goal is to define the Pico Mountain visitor’s profile as well as to assess the importance of the mountain guides’ roles in the Pico climbing. To achieve this goal a quantitative analysis was employed based on a survey applied in the territory. Our main results indicated that visitors of Pico Mountain are mainly young, European, inexperienced, and “package” adventure tourists that undertake “soft” adventure activities. For 90% of the respondents the mountain guides played an important role in the trip as well as great influence on it. Furthermore, the feeling of safety assured by guides is the most valued characteristic of mountain guides for all the respondents and it is the main reason why they are hired.
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