"Understanding leisure constraints in tourism context: An investigation of Russian tourists' constraints in participating in recreational fishing in Finland", SPSS dataset

Abstract

SPSS Dataset for journal article titled ""Understanding leisure constraints in tourism context: An investigation of Russian tourists' constraints in participating in recreational fishing in Finland", SPSS dataset". Article abstract Research on leisure constraints brings insight on consumer preferences and benefits tourism service providers and developers. Understanding why people seek or avoid destination activities, such as recreational fishing, helps to develop strategies to address these constraints and to modulate participation. This case study utilizes the conceptual model of leisure constraints and extends leisure constraints research to an international setting, by focusing on Russian tourists’ recreational fishing activities in Finland. It also explores the customers’ views on the role of water quality in fishing activity. A panel data survey with 457 Russian tourists visiting Finland has showed that leisure constraints vary across recreational fishing participants, non-participants and potential participants. While Russian tourists, who have been fishing in Finland, barely express any constraints, intrapersonal and structural constraints related to knowledge about Finnish fishing environment and information about service providers received the highest ratings among non-participants and potential participants. The language barrier has become the most highly rated constraint across all groups. While females are generally more constrained than males, a closer look to gender differences among non-participants and potential participants shows that males are more constrained across several statements. This case study contributes to the leisure constraints literature, particularly applying the constraints framework to the context of international tourism and to water quality.