China Safety Science Journal ›› 2022, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (4): 23-29.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2022.04.004

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Formation mechanism of safety accidents in domestic drifting tourism based on GT

FANG Xue1(), XIE Chaowu1,2,**(), HUANG Rui1   

  1. 1 College of Tourism, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou Fujian 362021, China
    2 Center for Tourism Safety & Security Research of China Tourism Academy, Quanzhou Fujian 362021, China
  • Received:2022-01-15 Revised:2022-03-12 Online:2022-04-28 Published:2022-10-28
  • Contact: XIE Chaowu

Abstract:

In order to explore formation mechanism of accidents in drifting tourism, 932 cases of such accidents from 2010 to 2019 were analyzed through open coding, main axis coding and selective coding based on GT. The results show that the accident risks cover 4 core categories, namely human, equipment, environment and management risks, and 13 main categories, including tourists' poor physical fitness, staff's lack of expertise, substandard equipment, bad weather, ineffective rescue and treatment. Drifting activities are affected by interaction of multiple risks at various stages. The danger is laid in preparation stage, accidents outbreak during experience stage and continue to spread during termination stage, which leads to more losses.

Key words: grounded theory (GT), drifting tourism, safety accident, formation mechanism, risk type