The Resilience of Tourism Recreation Companies in a Pandemic Context
The Case of Canyoning in the Azores
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5933832 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francisco Silva (0000-0002-9742-7339, Centro de Estudos em Geografia e Ordenamento do Territorio, corresponding author), Tiago Lopes (0000-0002-1548-1287, Centro de Estudos em Geografia e Ordenamento do Territorio), Mário Silva (0000-0002-2434-4356), Mário J Silva (0000-0002-5452-6185, Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 558 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci11120558 |
| OpenAlex | W4310380710 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on the tourism sector. Economies with a large weight of external tourism were especially affected, as was the case with the Azores region. This paper aims to analyse the level of this crisis and the resilience of tourism recreation companies specializing in canyoning in the Azores region, and whether these reactions led to more sustainable business models. The adopted methodology considered the analysis of recent statistical data on tourism and the available information on COVID-19 pandemic-related impacts. In parallel, questionnaires were applied to all tourism recreation companies in Portugal, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with all the canyoning providers in the Azores region. Results show that all companies survived the crisis, and some have made significant changes to their business models. Furthermore, some degree of success was observed in how services adapted to new demand characteristics, given the small size of most of these businesses and the specialization of their products
Business · Context (archaeology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Economic geography · Geography · Pandemic · Political science · Psychological resilience · Recreation · Resilience (materials science · Tourism · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Marketing
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |