Liminality and the possibilities for sex and romance at an international bike meeting: a structural modeling approach
Sex and romance are part of the everyday life and the tourism experiences. Tourism is a liminal space-time which enables liminoid experiences such as a greater willingness for romance and sex, which can be the main motivators for travelling or an incidental activity, although possibly at a highe...
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| author | Milene Lança João Filipe Marques Patrícia Pinto |
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| description | Sex and romance are part of the everyday life and the tourism experiences.
Tourism is a liminal space-time which enables liminoid experiences such as
a greater willingness for romance and sex, which can be the main
motivators for travelling or an incidental activity, although possibly at a
higher intensity. This research falls over an event where the festive
environment combined to the liminoid states may contribute to enhance
the availability for romance and sex. This correlation was tested using
structural equation modeling applied to data collected in a sample of 449
individuals at Faro International Bike Meeting. The results suggest that
bikers are motivated by the expectations of having sex and getting involved
in a romance. The meeting environment influences the liminoid
experiences which, in turn, activate sexual and romantic pleasures. Bikers
are satisfied and intend to return, proving that a new market segment is
rising up in the Algarve. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d30c190ac7834f9e8388d31483936a3d2025-02-02T18:22:56ZengUniversity of Algarve, ESGHT/CINTURSTourism & Management Studies2182-84662017-01-01131182610.18089/tms.2017.13103Liminality and the possibilities for sex and romance at an international bike meeting: a structural modeling approachMilene Lança0João Filipe Marques1Patrícia Pinto2University of Algarve - Faculty of Economics and CIEO, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, PortugalUniversity of Algarve - Faculty of Economics and CIEO, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, PortugalUniversity of Algarve - Faculty of Economics and CIEO, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, PortugalSex and romance are part of the everyday life and the tourism experiences. Tourism is a liminal space-time which enables liminoid experiences such as a greater willingness for romance and sex, which can be the main motivators for travelling or an incidental activity, although possibly at a higher intensity. This research falls over an event where the festive environment combined to the liminoid states may contribute to enhance the availability for romance and sex. This correlation was tested using structural equation modeling applied to data collected in a sample of 449 individuals at Faro International Bike Meeting. The results suggest that bikers are motivated by the expectations of having sex and getting involved in a romance. The meeting environment influences the liminoid experiences which, in turn, activate sexual and romantic pleasures. Bikers are satisfied and intend to return, proving that a new market segment is rising up in the Algarve.https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/874/pdf_41faro international bike meetingliminoid experiencesromancesexstructural equation modeling with latent variables |
| spellingShingle | Milene Lança João Filipe Marques Patrícia Pinto Liminality and the possibilities for sex and romance at an international bike meeting: a structural modeling approach Tourism & Management Studies faro international bike meeting liminoid experiences romance sex structural equation modeling with latent variables |
| title | Liminality and the possibilities for sex and romance at an international bike meeting: a structural modeling approach |
| title_full | Liminality and the possibilities for sex and romance at an international bike meeting: a structural modeling approach |
| title_fullStr | Liminality and the possibilities for sex and romance at an international bike meeting: a structural modeling approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Liminality and the possibilities for sex and romance at an international bike meeting: a structural modeling approach |
| title_short | Liminality and the possibilities for sex and romance at an international bike meeting: a structural modeling approach |
| title_sort | liminality and the possibilities for sex and romance at an international bike meeting a structural modeling approach |
| topic | faro international bike meeting liminoid experiences romance sex structural equation modeling with latent variables |
| url | https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/874/pdf_41 |
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