Getting ready to work: adventure tourism guides’ eating and drinking behavior

Authors

  • Martha Leticia García-Solano Instituto de Investigaciones en Comportamiento Alimentario y Nutrición, Universidad de Guadalajara
  • Claudia Llanes Instituto de Investigaciones en Comportamiento Alimentario y Nutrición, Universidad de Guadalajara https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4095-395X
  • Fatima Ezzahra Housni Instituto de Investigaciones en Comportamiento Alimentario y Nutrición, Universidad de Guadalajara http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0660-609X
  • Joe Pavelka Department of Health and Physical Education, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/jbf.v2i1.25

Keywords:

hiking, feeding behavior, national parks, adventure tourism guides

Abstract

The main challenge for adventure tourism guides’ is group management in wilderness environments. Eating studies of mountaineers have linked physiological changes to environmental conditions. Research on tourist guides described their role in tourism activities and on tourist-guide, employer-guide or guide-guide interactions. Although studies on food and mountaineers have addressed issues such as the influence of food intake on hikers’ bodies, guides’ strategies to prepare themselves to work have seen little research. This qualitative study used in-depth interviews with six male professional mountain guides, on drinking and eating behavior prior to ascent to the Volcán Nevado de Colima National Park. Results indicate mountain guides avoid fatty foods and alcoholic beverages and stay hydrated days prior to any expedition.

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Published

2021-12-30

How to Cite

García-Solano, M. L., Llanes, C., Housni, F. E., & Pavelka, J. (2021). Getting ready to work: adventure tourism guides’ eating and drinking behavior. Journal of Behavior and Feeding, 2(1), 24–32. https://doi.org/10.32870/jbf.v2i1.25

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