Strengthening Tourists’ Engagement in Guided Hiking and Trekking

Leister, Wolfgang (2019) Strengthening Tourists’ Engagement in Guided Hiking and Trekking. Administrative Sciences, 9 (2). p. 45. ISSN 2076-3387

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Abstract

Many providers in adventure travel promote organised hiking and trekking tours. Such guided tours shall be engaging for the tourists and evoke positive attitudes towards enjoying nature. We present the Trekking Engagement Profile as a tool to evaluate engagement factors of such guided tours, based on engagement research performed in a different domain, namely evaluating engagement in museums and science centres. This tool shall strengthen the guides’ soft skills and enable them to increase engagement during an ongoing arrangement. For instance, the Trekking Engagement Profile can be applied when tourists indicate that the quality of a guided tour is not entirely to their liking. We show the viability of using the Trekking Engagement Profile in a small study with guides and participants of trekking tours offered by the Norwegian Trekking Association. Further, we offer guidance and charts to promote its practical use.

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Date Deposited: 14 Oct 2023 05:34
Last Modified: 14 Oct 2023 05:34
URI: http://stm.e4journal.com/id/eprint/1481

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