TY - JOUR
TI - Perception of automotive tourism and motivations of visitors to automotive museums and participants of automotive events
AU - Michnicka, Katarzyna
AU - Kołodziejczyk, Krzysztof
TI - Perception of automotive tourism and motivations of visitors to automotive museums and participants of automotive events
AB - 
	The aim of the article is to present the results of research on perception of automotive tourism and tourists’ motivations to participate in this form of mobility. The authors propose to define automotive tourism as a form of tourism in which the aim and travellers’ motivation is to visit places related to the automotive industry, important for its development and history. So far, research on this issue has been insufficient. The survey was conducted in the summer season of tourist movement in 2019 among 194 visitors to automobile museums and 217 participants of automotive events. The most frequently indicated motivations for participation in automotive tourism were interests, curiosity, willingness to spend time with the family and to spend free time generally, but also the willingness to be an active participant in the event was often chosen. The understanding of the definition of automotive tourism proposed by the authors is shared by about half of the respondents, but a large part understands it in the context of traveling by car or motorcycle in order to reach a tourist attraction, which in the literature is usually referred to as car or drive tourism. Automotive tourism shows strong connections with cultural, family and event tourism.
VL - 2021
IS - Issue 165
PY - 2021
SN - 1644-3586
C1 - 2083-3113
SP - 69
EP - 89
DO - 10.4467/20833113PG.21.010.14587
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/prace-geograficzne/article/percepcja-turystyki-motoryzacyjnej-i-motywacje-osob-odwiedzajacych-muzea-motoryzacyjne-i-uczestnikow-wydarzen-motoryzacyjnych
KW - perception
KW - motivations
KW - automotive tourism
KW - automobile museums
KW - automotive events
KW - survey research