Understanding visitor compliance with cross-country ski trail passes under open access
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| Názov: | Understanding visitor compliance with cross-country ski trail passes under open access |
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| Autori: | Brehmer, Jana, 1995, Heldt, Tobias, 1972, Fredman, Peter |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. 51 |
| Predmety: | Cross-country ski, Open access tourism, Qualitative interviews, Right of Public Access, Tourist behaviour, Trail pass, Centre for Tourism and Leisure Research (CeTLeR), Centrum för besöksnäringsforskning (CeTLeR) |
| Popis: | Providers of open access tourism products depend on visitors' compliance with funding models, a challenge amplified by geographic remoteness and by limited enforcement possibilities in destinations with recreational open access. This study investigates the case of two ski resorts in Sweden providing groomed trails for cross-country skiing under open access through the allemansrätt (Right of Public Access). Ski trail providers that prompt skiers to buy a trail pass operate in a legal grey zone due to the granted open access and are therefore dependent on skiers’ compliance. Hence, understanding compliance with the funding model of open access tourism products becomes crucial for providers to maintain an attractive product. Through 17 semi-structured interviews, the study analyses skiers' compliance with trail pass systems for groomed trails and embed these into skiers’ perceptions of user-fee models in open access contexts. Findings show that compliance often stems from a motivation to avoid conflict and negative emotions during possible spot checks despite undefined legal consequences. Personal interaction with trail providers seems to encourage compliance. Skiers tend to view groomed cross-country ski trails as commercial product rather than a common good. They also view trail passes as a risk of privatising access to nature. © 2025 The Authors |
| Popis súboru: | electronic |
| Prístupová URL adresa: | https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-51326 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2025.100924 |
| Databáza: | SwePub |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | Providers of open access tourism products depend on visitors' compliance with funding models, a challenge amplified by geographic remoteness and by limited enforcement possibilities in destinations with recreational open access. This study investigates the case of two ski resorts in Sweden providing groomed trails for cross-country skiing under open access through the allemansrätt (Right of Public Access). Ski trail providers that prompt skiers to buy a trail pass operate in a legal grey zone due to the granted open access and are therefore dependent on skiers’ compliance. Hence, understanding compliance with the funding model of open access tourism products becomes crucial for providers to maintain an attractive product. Through 17 semi-structured interviews, the study analyses skiers' compliance with trail pass systems for groomed trails and embed these into skiers’ perceptions of user-fee models in open access contexts. Findings show that compliance often stems from a motivation to avoid conflict and negative emotions during possible spot checks despite undefined legal consequences. Personal interaction with trail providers seems to encourage compliance. Skiers tend to view groomed cross-country ski trails as commercial product rather than a common good. They also view trail passes as a risk of privatising access to nature. © 2025 The Authors |
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| ISSN: | 22130780 22130799 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jort.2025.100924 |