Title: The effects of skills and challenges, perceived risk, and flow experience on experience value and satisfaction - a study on adventure recreation in Taiwan

Authors: Wen-Cheng Chu; Cedric Hsi-Jui Wu; Chen-Hsiung Chou; Yi-Ting Chu; Yi-Chi Chu; Shu-Hui Chang

Addresses: Graduate Institute of Business Administration, National Dong Hwa University, Section 2, Daxue Road, Shoufeng Township, Hualien County, Taiwan ' Department of Business Administration, National Dong Hwa University, Section 2, Daxue Road, Shoufeng Township, Hualien County, Taiwan ' Department of Travel Management School of Geography and Tourism, Huizhou University, Huizhou, China ' National Chengchi University, No. 64, Section 2, Zhinan Road, Wenshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan ' Department of Ball Sports, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan ' National Dong Hwa University, Section 2, Daxue Road, Shoufeng Township, Hualien County, Taiwan

Abstract: This paper utilised a questionnaire to study the impact of experience value and satisfaction linked to adventure recreation for Taiwan's economic development and for policy development in emerging economies. There were 480 participants who took part in adventure recreation in Taiwan. PLS measurement of the model revealed the GOF was 0.369, while the SRMR was 0.051, reaching a significant level. The whole model can explain 56.1% of satisfaction and 59.7% of experience value, showing the model is excellent.

Keywords: adventure recreation; partial least squares; PLS; goodness of fit; GOF; SRMR.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEPEE.2019.099735

International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, 2019 Vol.12 No.2, pp.215 - 226

Received: 18 Mar 2018
Accepted: 17 Oct 2018
Published online: 20 May 2019 *

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