Comparing motivational patterns of e-mountain bike and common mountain bike tourists. Issue 10 (18th May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schlemmer, Philipp; Barth, Michael; Schnitzer, Martin
• Is Part Of: Current issues in tourism. Volume 23:Issue 10(2020)
• Page Start: 1186
• Page End: 1190
• Publication Date: 2020-05-18
• Subjects: E-mountain bike -- motivation -- alpine tourism; Tourism -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Tourism -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Travel -- Periodicals; 338.479105
• DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2019.1606168
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1368-3500

Abstract

ABSTRACT: E-biking is a trend in tourism and everyday life, especially in the alpine context. It provides a broader field of activities and constitutes a mobility feature for subsequent activities. The trend raises the question whether tourists utilize e-mountain bikes for other reasons or have other motivational backgrounds than common mountain bikers, especially in a vacation setting. Thus, the main objective of the research letter was to explore tourists' motives for participating in (e-) mountain bike activities. Therefore, the sport motivation scale (SMS-II) was applied with particular regard to possible differences between the mentioned groups. The results showed that e-mountain bike tourists (EMTs) and common mountain bike tourists (CMTs) do not differ in their motivational patters, but have different sociodemographic backgrounds; this might indicate different vacation patterns and thus allow interesting implications for the tourism industry and destination management organizations. Hence, we strive to encourage more researchers to analyse (e-)mountain bike activities in a touristic context.