Adventure Tourism Motivations: A push and pull factor approach

Abstract The increased growth and commercialization of adventure tourism led to a number of changes in the profile of the individuals who now engage in adventure activities. As a result, previous understandings of adventure tourism motivations may no longer be valid. This study seeks to investigate the influence of these changes by analyzing the motivations of tourists who have engaged in adventure tourism across a range of commercial adventure activities. This is done through data collected from participants in adventure tourism, throughout South Africa, using a push and pull factor approach to motivations. The results show the increasing influence of the experiences with nature in motivations, particularly in the context of pull factors. The role of risk and thrill in motivations, which has been emphasized in previous literature, is found to be relatively minimal among these respondents. Furthermore, adventure tourism experiences are found to be dynamic, with an increasing number of significant factors influencing decision-making. It also demonstrates notable differences in the motivations of participants, based on the type of activity in which they engage.

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South African Destination Among African Women Immigrants

Immigrant Women’s Voices and Integrating Feminism Into Migration Theory - Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-4664-2.ch012 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 214-235

Author(s):

Ayobami Abayomi Popoola ◽

Olawale Akogun ◽

Oluwapelumi Temitope Adegbenjo ◽

Kiara Rampaul ◽

Bamiji Michael Adeleye ◽

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Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

Women Immigrants ◽

Vital Role ◽

Space And Place ◽

African Women ◽

Pull Factors ◽

Push And Pull Factors ◽

Push And Pull

The role of migration in the development of cities cannot be downplayed. Migration across the globe helps break space and place isolation. In these migrant dynamics, women and most especially foreign migrants play a vital role. Various factors account for the migration of women within Africa. This chapter identifies the dichotomy in-country experiences by African immigrant women to South Africa and therefore attempts to examine the African women migration trend into South Africa. The questions that guide the study include, What is the migration trend and the push and pull factors for women immigrant into South Africa? The questions asked are to bring about a better understanding of the state of Africa women's immigrants into South Africa.

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Foreign Labour Migration, Economic Growth and Remittances in Nepal

Patan Pragya ◽

10.3126/pragya.v5i1.30452 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 122-132

Author(s):

Laxman Singh Kunwer

Keyword(s):

Working Environment ◽

Labour Migration ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Pull Factors ◽

Push And Pull Factors ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

Foreign Labour ◽

Increasing Trend ◽

Push And Pull

This paper examines the history and current situation of foreign labour migration in Nepal, which is in increasing trend. This paper highlights on some major push and pull factors, impacts of labour migration and remittances. The role and impacts of remittances in Nepal are also another key issue of this paper. The objective of paper is to discuss historical aspects and highlights the role of remittances in Nepal. The paper is developed with the help of secondary sources of information and discussed only on Nepalese foreign labours. The existing exploitative working environment in destinations of Nepalese migrations labpurs, lack of skills and trainings among labour migrants including government to government agreement between labour sending (Nepal) and labour receiving countries to protect rights of labour migrants also has been discussed. This paper also highlights the need of effective foreign labour policies based on scientific research. There is need of reliable and proper environment of investment of remittances in productive sectors as well as use of migrant's skills and knowledge to achieve prosperity of nation.

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Factors influencing the migration intention of dental and medical graduates in developing countries

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckz186.057 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽

Author(s):

S Hajian ◽

M H Khoshnevisan ◽

S h Yazdani ◽

M P Jadidfard

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Developing Country ◽

English Language ◽

Health Workers ◽

Service Planning ◽

Primary Data ◽

Pull Factors ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Migration Decisions ◽

Push And Pull

Abstract Background Migration of skilled health workers could result in shortage of human resources and rising inequalities in service provision in source countries. To date, most of relevant papers are focused on rate and reasons of migration while the need for conducting studies on modelling of factors is more vividly felt. The aim of this review was to determine the factors influencing the migration decisions of medical and dental graduates migrating from developing countries and to introduce a practical conceptual framework for health worker migration. Methods Electronic databases PubMed, Google Scholar and relevant Journals were systematically searched for English language publications from January 2009 to April 2019. The inclusion criteria were: 1) article stated factors affecting migration decisions of medical doctors and/or dentists, 2) the source country in the study was a developing country, 3) participants’ primary qualification country was in a developing country,4) the study used primary data both qualitative or quantitative. Results The search identified 814 articles from which we included 23 full-text studies after applying eligibility checklist. Push and pull theory was the most popular model to describe the migration driving factors. Poor socio-economic situation, political instability, lack of professional and educational opportunities together with family concerns found as strong common push factors that perpetuate migration. The most influencing pull factors were desire for better quality of life, career and training opportunities and financial gain. Conclusions Despite the fact that health workers migrate for different reasons, they follow a same route for decision to stay or leave their own countries. Un-fulfillment of expectations in mother land in addition to media reconstructed reality of life in foreign land can develop a positive attitude for migration Which should be considered before weighing up the push and pull factors of both sides. Key messages A better understanding of the migration motives of health professionals will help health authorities to improve their workforce recruitment and retention strategies and health service planning. Our simple yet comprehensive framework can mainly identify the development of migration desire through combining different models and concepts of migration, behavioral change, values, needs and so on.

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"Determining the factors influencing consumer decision making and choice of green products: The moderating role of consumer demographics"

South Asian Journal of Marketing & Management Research ◽

10.5958/2249-877x.2021.00033.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Samuel S. Mitra ◽

Shivaji Banerjee ◽

A. Peter Arockiam

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Consumer Decision Making ◽

Green Products ◽

Consumer Decision ◽

Consumer Demographics ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Moderating Role

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Consumers’ Preference and Factors Influencing Offal Consumption in Amathole District Eastern Cape, South Africa

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10093323 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (9) ◽

pp. 3323 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Babatunde Alao ◽

Andrew Falowo ◽

Amanda Chulayo ◽

Voster Muchenje

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Decision Making ◽

Meat Products ◽

Meat Consumption ◽

Eastern Cape Province ◽

Eastern Cape ◽

Nutritional Knowledge ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Point Of Purchase

This study was conducted to determine the consumers’ perceptions and factors influencing offal meat consumption in Amathole District in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. A total of 202 consumers from Amathole District were randomly sampled from three municipalities. The study revealed that consumers were more influenced by the freshness, price, and availability of the product and these factors determine the point of purchase. The most preferred purchase-point for offal meat in this study was butchery. However, sheep offal was more preferred to cattle offal. The point of purchase, however, remains a prominent factor among other factors that could influence decision making for any consumer. When it comes to offal meat, the results showed that the majority of consumers purchased more liver, intestine, and tripe, which is because they are often sold in a combo at the butchery. Furthermore, it was revealed that consumers have nutritional knowledge of the offal meat products before making their purchase but health reasons emerged as a factor that the consumers considered the least at the point of purchase.

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PERSEPSI ANTARA TENAGA KERJA PENDATANG LAKI-LAKI DAN PEREMPUAN TERHADAP PUSH AND PULL FACTORS

JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ◽

10.30871/jaba.v3i1.1301 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 148-161

Author(s):

Septiani Riwanti ◽

Dwi Kartikasari

Keyword(s):

Migrant Workers ◽

Pull Factors ◽

Men And Women ◽

Pull Factor ◽

Push And Pull Factors ◽

Job Opportunities ◽

Job Opportunity ◽

The Difference ◽

Push And Pull ◽

Push Factor

This research is aimed to know the difference of perception between National Migrant Workers of Men And Women Against Push And Pull Factors. The variable of push factors used in this research is that of job field, low wage, seeking capital and necessity of life. And pull factors are job opportunities, high wages, distance and culture. Then the data is processed using SPSS 20 software with parametric metode that is independent sample t test. The result of the research revealed that there is no difference of perception between men and women on the job field (push factor), there is no difference of perception between men and women to low wages (push factor), there is no difference of perception between men and women against looking for capital (push factor), there are differences of perceptions between men and women on the necessity of life (push factor), there are differences of perceptions between man and woman to job opportunity (pull factor), there are differences of perceptions between men (pull factor), there are differences in perceptions between men and women on the distance factor (pull factor) and there are differences in perceptions between men and women to the pull factor

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Influential Factors and the Realization Mechanism of Sustainable Information-Sharing in Virtual Communities from a Knowledge Fermenting Perspective

SAGE Open ◽

10.1177/2158244020974002 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 215824402097400

Author(s):

Meng Zhang ◽

Yang Gao ◽

Minghe Sun ◽

Datian Bi

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Information Sharing ◽

Virtual Communities ◽

Virtual Community ◽

Influential Factors ◽

The Other ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Communication Environment ◽

Catalytic Role

Little is known about sustainable information-sharing in virtual communities, although it is increasingly recognized as a useful information-sharing tool. The aim of this study is to explore the influential factors and the realization mechanism of sustainable information-sharing in virtual communities. Starting from the similarity between biological fermentation and the information-sharing process in virtual communities, the present study creatively introduces the knowledge fermenting theory used in the analysis. Six factors influencing sustainable information-sharing in virtual communities are first identified based on this theory, which include sharing bodies, interactive topics, communication mechanism, supporting technology, communication environment, and platform scale. The relations among these six factors are then analyzed using the Decision-Making and Trial Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method. The results indicate that the factor of sharing bodies has the strongest influence on other factors and the factor of interactive topics receives the most influences from the other factors. On this basis, the realization mechanism of sustainable information-sharing in virtual communities is elaborated from the following four aspects: the four stages of the information-sharing realization, the guide role of “strain,” the catalytic role of “enzyme,” and the effect of environment. The results indicate that sustainable information-sharing in virtual communities is a process of spiral evolution. Finally, recommendations are given to virtual community managers, users, and business firms.

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Urban tourist motivations: why visit Ljubljana?

International Journal of Tourism Cities ◽

10.1108/ijtc-03-2017-0012 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 382-398 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Sanja Bozic ◽

James Kennell ◽

Miroslav D. Vujicic ◽

Tamara Jovanovic

Keyword(s):

Capital City ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Pull Factors ◽

Analytic Hierarchy ◽

Content Type ◽

Ahp Model ◽

Pull Factor ◽

New Perspective ◽

Hierarchy Process

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a new perspective on urban tourist motivations by applying the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) model to help to understand how tourists make decisions about which destinations to visit. Design/methodology/approach This study was based on 30 one-hour-long structured interviews with visitors to Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia. Respondents were asked to express their preferences between different pull-factor motives for their visit, using Saaty’s scale, and further qualitative data were collected to examine these preferences in more depth. Findings The results of this study indicate that the most relevant criteria and thus predominant factors in motivation for visits to Ljubljana are the Cultural and Nightlife pull factors, while religious and business motives are the lowest ranked factors. The paper argues that the results show the value of applying the AHP model to understand the role of pull factors in urban tourism destination choice. Research limitations/implications As a single-destination case study, it is important that the findings of this research are evaluated against similar studies in other cities. A limitation of this research is the fact that sub motives within major groups of pull-factor motives have not been explored in this study and this should be the subject of future, more detailed research. Originality/value This research shows the value of applying an under-used methodology to understand urban tourist motivations and knowledge gained through applying this method will be of value to destination marketing organisations as well as to researchers conducting future studies.

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