The geographical position, system and modelling of golf tourism

This paper aims to present the spatial assumptions related to the tourism theory and the geographical correlations of golf tourism. It att empts to defi ne the concept and to study golf as a tourism product in a systemic approach: it presents its internal and external environment. In the fi rst plac...

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Main Author: Róbert Kiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2014-07-01
Series:Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
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Online Access:https://ojs.mtak.hu/index.php/hungeobull/article/view/2886
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spelling doaj-386943fb8efe494688f1e7f29077c5e12020-11-25T03:04:37ZengResearch Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of SciencesHungarian Geographical Bulletin2064-50312064-51472014-07-0163220122010.15201/hungeobull.63.2.52886The geographical position, system and modelling of golf tourismRóbert Kiss0Department of Tourism, Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences, Székesfehérvár, HungaryThis paper aims to present the spatial assumptions related to the tourism theory and the geographical correlations of golf tourism. It att empts to defi ne the concept and to study golf as a tourism product in a systemic approach: it presents its internal and external environment. In the fi rst place, golf courses being the most important factor of golf tourism and the interconnection of other supply elements are discussed. In the second place, the paper highlights the role of the intermediary sector specialised in satisfying golf-related special needs. In the third place, it describes the characteristic features of golf demand. It presents the Western European, Mediterranean and Central European regions (the most preferred areas of research), and it establishes the theory of ABC golf destinations in the Mediterranean region, i.e. tourism supply elements in a unique spatial arrangement. The research results include the interpretation of Maslow's hierarchy of motivational needs from the golfers' approach, which helps us understand the golfers' decision-making process and the stages thereof. Based on the theory, the author establishes the golf ball model of the interconnected material conditions of tourism in which the layers of the basic, infra- and suprastructure required for golf tourism are interconnected like the concentric shells of a sphere.https://ojs.mtak.hu/index.php/hungeobull/article/view/2886golfmodeltourismsystemgeography
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The geographical position, system and modelling of golf tourism
Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
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title The geographical position, system and modelling of golf tourism
title_short The geographical position, system and modelling of golf tourism
title_full The geographical position, system and modelling of golf tourism
title_fullStr The geographical position, system and modelling of golf tourism
title_full_unstemmed The geographical position, system and modelling of golf tourism
title_sort geographical position, system and modelling of golf tourism
publisher Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
series Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
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2064-5147
publishDate 2014-07-01
description This paper aims to present the spatial assumptions related to the tourism theory and the geographical correlations of golf tourism. It att empts to defi ne the concept and to study golf as a tourism product in a systemic approach: it presents its internal and external environment. In the fi rst place, golf courses being the most important factor of golf tourism and the interconnection of other supply elements are discussed. In the second place, the paper highlights the role of the intermediary sector specialised in satisfying golf-related special needs. In the third place, it describes the characteristic features of golf demand. It presents the Western European, Mediterranean and Central European regions (the most preferred areas of research), and it establishes the theory of ABC golf destinations in the Mediterranean region, i.e. tourism supply elements in a unique spatial arrangement. The research results include the interpretation of Maslow's hierarchy of motivational needs from the golfers' approach, which helps us understand the golfers' decision-making process and the stages thereof. Based on the theory, the author establishes the golf ball model of the interconnected material conditions of tourism in which the layers of the basic, infra- and suprastructure required for golf tourism are interconnected like the concentric shells of a sphere.
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