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Sport tourism: Physically-disabled sport tourists’ orientation

It is a challenge for sport tourism providers to organize the exceptional demand of physically-disabled individuals.Analyzing the orientation of physically-disabled in sport tourism participation provides the basis for further theoretical recognition of constraints and negotiations in sport tourism...

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Main Authors: Khor, Poy Hua, Ibrahim, Irini, Lim, Khong Chiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2013
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GV Recreation Leisure
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/17072/1/1.pdf
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http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.423
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spelling my.uum.repo.170722016-01-31T06:05:16Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/17072/ Sport tourism: Physically-disabled sport tourists’ orientation Khor, Poy Hua Ibrahim, Irini Lim, Khong Chiu GV Recreation Leisure It is a challenge for sport tourism providers to organize the exceptional demand of physically-disabled individuals.Analyzing the orientation of physically-disabled in sport tourism participation provides the basis for further theoretical recognition of constraints and negotiations in sport tourism in general, besides facilitating related providers and policy makers in understanding of strategies development to promote sporting events among individuals with disability. The objective of the current paper is answered based on survey research conducted in a representative sample of 312 physically-disabled Malaysian. According to the results, physically-disabled Malaysian struggle with a mix of structural constraints, interpersonal constraints, intrapersonal constraints, and cultural constraints. Majority of them are structurally constrained in sporting event participation. Although transportation is the main constraint factor, participations are possible through adoption of interpersonal coordination strategies, skill acquisition strategies, time management strategies, and financial resources strategies Elsevier Ltd. 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/17072/1/1.pdf Khor, Poy Hua and Ibrahim, Irini and Lim, Khong Chiu (2013) Sport tourism: Physically-disabled sport tourists’ orientation. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 91. pp. 257-269. ISSN 1877-0428 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.423 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.423
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic GV Recreation Leisure
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Khor, Poy Hua
Ibrahim, Irini
Lim, Khong Chiu
Sport tourism: Physically-disabled sport tourists’ orientation
description It is a challenge for sport tourism providers to organize the exceptional demand of physically-disabled individuals.Analyzing the orientation of physically-disabled in sport tourism participation provides the basis for further theoretical recognition of constraints and negotiations in sport tourism in general, besides facilitating related providers and policy makers in understanding of strategies development to promote sporting events among individuals with disability. The objective of the current paper is answered based on survey research conducted in a representative sample of 312 physically-disabled Malaysian. According to the results, physically-disabled Malaysian struggle with a mix of structural constraints, interpersonal constraints, intrapersonal constraints, and cultural constraints. Majority of them are structurally constrained in sporting event participation. Although transportation is the main constraint factor, participations are possible through adoption of interpersonal coordination strategies, skill acquisition strategies, time management strategies, and financial resources strategies
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author Khor, Poy Hua
Ibrahim, Irini
Lim, Khong Chiu
author_facet Khor, Poy Hua
Ibrahim, Irini
Lim, Khong Chiu
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title Sport tourism: Physically-disabled sport tourists’ orientation
title_short Sport tourism: Physically-disabled sport tourists’ orientation
title_full Sport tourism: Physically-disabled sport tourists’ orientation
title_fullStr Sport tourism: Physically-disabled sport tourists’ orientation
title_full_unstemmed Sport tourism: Physically-disabled sport tourists’ orientation
title_sort sport tourism: physically-disabled sport tourists’ orientation
publisher Elsevier Ltd.
publishDate 2013
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/17072/1/1.pdf
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http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.423
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