Getting ready to work: adventure tourism guides’ eating and drinking behavior
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https://doi.org/10.32870/jbf.v2i1.25Keywords:
hiking, feeding behavior, national parks, adventure tourism guidesAbstract
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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