A Study on Relationships among Leisure Motivation, Involvement Levels, Experience Values and Leisure Benefits in Camping--The Moderating Effect of Equipment Expenditure

• Main Authors: Pin-Chun Chen, 陳品君
• Other Authors: Chih-Wen Ting
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5c6xgp

碩士 === 南華大學 === 旅遊管理學系旅遊管理碩士班 === 104 === 　　Camping is a very popular leisure activity in recent years. The purpose of this study is to comprehend the leisure motivation, the involvement levels, the relationship between the experience value and the benefits of leisure and the moderating effects on equipment expenditures to further understand the current situation of camping. The data is collected from 546 people over twenty years old. It gathers 530 valid responses in a return rate of 97.07%. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to test the hypotheses proposed in the study. The findings are stated as follows: 1.Leisure motivation has some significant positive impact on involvement level. 2.Leisure motivation has some significant positive impact on experience values. 3.Involvement level has significant positive impact on experience values. 4.Experience values have significant positive impact on leisure benefits. 5.Equipment expenditure shows no significant impact on the degree of influences of involvement level and experience values. 6.Equipment expenditure shows some significant impact on the degree of influences of experience values and leisure benefits. 　　This study suggests that when people participating in camping want to purchase their camping equipment, they should follow their own needs. It shows that the more you paid, doesn’t mean the better camping experience and recreational benefits you will get. For further suggestion, there could be some profound research and discussion on the activities in camping and types or brands of the equipment.