Del 13 i serien Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research

Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality Research

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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This portrait of contemporary tourists proposes that these travelers create consumption audio-portraits and self-explanations (identity constructions) through their purchases and use of travel-related services. Their configurations of destinations, accommodations, travel modes, in-route and destination activities, meal choices, sites/attractions visited, and their travel companions inform others and themselves about who they are. These understandings of self through travel are statements of being—where I’ve been and what I’ve done tells me and others who I am. Also, one’s definition of self (being) affects tourists’ future configurations of travel-related buying and consumption. Thus, tourism-related behavior and being represent virtuous and sometimes vicious consumption systems. Consequently, most tourists are identifiable by who they are and what they know about where they have been and what they have done via their summaries of their trips. The chapters in this volume provide tools and evidence useful for deep understanding of tourists’ buying, consumption, and being through examinations of consumers’ self-descriptions of personal markers of their trip configurations. This volume’s core tenet is that thick descriptions and case-based models are essential steps for highly useful research and deep understanding of tourism behavior.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-08-09
Mått152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt372 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAdvances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research
Antal sidor200
FörlagEmerald Publishing Limited
ISBN9781787146914

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PREFACE; Alain Decrop and Arch G. Woodside WHAT CAN TOURISTS AND TRAVEL ADVISORS LEARN FROM CHOICE OVERLOAD RESEARCH?; Nguyen T. Thai and Ulku Yuksel FROM TOURISM DESTINATION TO MUNDAE CONSUMPTION OF PLACE:AN ASIAN INTROSPECTION OF FRANCE; Wided Batat and Sakal Phou RUSSIAN WOMEN TRAVELING: A SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE; Ekaterina Miettinen GENDER, AGE, AND EDUCATION EFFECTS ON TRAVEL-RELATED BEHAVIOR: REPORTS ON FACEBOOK; Sanja Božić and Tamara Jovanović THE GAZE AND OBJECTIVES OF TOWNSCAPE VISITORS; Taketo Naoi, Akira Soshiroda, and Shoji Iijima EXPERIENTIAL CONTEXT AND ACTUAL EXPERIENCES IN PROTECTED NATURAL PARKS: COMPARING FRANCE VERSUS TAIWAN; Anne-Marie Lebrun, Che-Jen Su, Lhéraud Jean-Luc, Marsac Antoine, Bouchet Patrick REDIRECTION THEORY AND ANTI-SOCIAL TRAVEL BEHAVIOR:CONFIGURAL ANTECEDENTS TO NASCENT ROAD-ROAD SIGNALING; Laura Herbst, Dominik Reinartz, and Arch Woodside SOLVING THE CORE THEORETICAL ISSUES IN CONSUMER BEHAVIOR IN TOURISM; Arch G. Woodside

In these papers from the 2015 Consumer Psychology of Tourism, Hospitality, and Leisure Symposium, international contributors provide tools for understanding tourism-related behavior and consumption cycles. As a whole, the book demonstrates that detailed descriptions and case-based models are better methods for researching tourism behavior. Emphasis is on the tourism consumer’s understanding of self and identity through travel choices such as destinations, means of transportation, accommodations, meals, sites visited, activities, and purchase of travel-related services. Some specific subjects examined include choice overload research, Russian women travelers, and travel-related behavior on Facebook. B&W charts and screenshots are included.