Consumer Profile of Hunting Tourism
Keywords:
hunting tourism, consumers, profileAbstract
Knowing the profile of hunting tourism consumers is particularly useful to the administrators of hunting funds or natural parks, and of travel agencies that develop hunting tourism products for the hunting of large game for trophy, of small game as recreational activity and also for the experienced hunting tourists who love adventure and hunting with traditional weapons. The motivation for hunting consists in the existing fauna in a certain area, but there are also cultural, historical reasons or spending time in the middle of nature. Consumers of hunting tourism have a wide range of ages: hunting tourists prefer watching the animals in their natural habitat and are less adventure-oriented, unlike trophy hunting tourists who are self-contended, travel much and wish to know the history, the culture and the behaviour of animals in protected areas. They prefer special accommodation and transport conditions and rely on large incomes: they wish to get the rarest trophies to display back home as a symbol of their hunting skills and courage.
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