Turismo deportivo femenino como herramienta de empoderamiento y permanencia en la práctica deportiva

Autores/as

  • Rafael Robina-Ramírez Universidad de Extremadura
  • Ana Leal-Solís Universidad de Extremadura

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v80.118803

Palabras clave:

Permanencia deportiva femenina, empoderamiento, motivación intrínseca, turismo deportivo, adherencia, género y deporte

Resumen

Introducción: El abandono deportivo femenino continúa siendo un desafío persistente, pese al incremento de la participación en actividades de turismo deportivo. La Teoría del Turismo Deportivo Transformativo (TSTT) plantea que las experiencias desafiantes y significativas pueden generar procesos de empoderamiento y favorecer la permanencia deportiva.

Objetivo: Analizar cómo las experiencias transformativas de turismo deportivo contribuyen al empoderamiento y a la permanencia en la práctica deportiva femenina, examinando la interacción entre motivación intrínseca, calidad de la experiencia, beneficios percibidos, apoyo social, identificación grupal y empoderamiento previo.

Metodología: Se aplicó un diseño cuantitativo con una muestra de 491 empleados hoteleros pertenecientes a la base de datos Ecostar (1.200 hoteles). Los datos fueron analizados mediante Modelos de Ecuaciones Estructurales con mínimos cuadrados parciales (PLS-SEM) y análisis multigrupo (MGA) comparando contextos de aventura/riesgo y bienestar/ocio activo.

Resultados: La calidad de la experiencia se identificó como el predictor más robusto, influyendo significativamente en la motivación intrínseca, los beneficios percibidos, el apoyo social y la permanencia deportiva. La motivación intrínseca predijo directamente la permanencia, mientras que la identificación grupal y el apoyo social reforzaron las vías de adherencia. El análisis multigrupo mostró que los contextos de aventura potencian los mecanismos motivacionales, mientras que los de bienestar enfatizan el apoyo relacional.

Conclusiones: Las experiencias transformativas de turismo deportivo pueden funcionar como entornos estructurados de empoderamiento que favorecen la continuidad en la práctica deportiva femenina. La permanencia emerge de la interacción entre factores motivacionales, relacionales y experienciales, condicionados por el contexto de práctica.

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10-04-2026

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Robina-Ramírez, R., & Leal-Solís, A. (2026). Turismo deportivo femenino como herramienta de empoderamiento y permanencia en la práctica deportiva. Retos, 80, 13-30. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v80.118803