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Backpacker Motivations: A Travel Career Approach [PDF]
Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, 2010 The main purpose of this study was to conceptualize backpacker motivation within the framework of the travel career pattern (TCP) theory of travel motivation. An online survey was administered to backpackers targeted in backpacker-specific online communities in order to obtain a diverse sample.
Paris, Cody Morris, Teye, Victor
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2018 Our study investigates the self-determined travel motivations of Chinese visitors and explores the association between their motivations and environmentally responsible attitudes and behaviours.
Anson T.H. Ma +3 more
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The appearance of sport as a travel motivation in traveling habits
Geosport for Society, 2020 Traveling habits and tourism motivations are constantly changing and re-shaping. Because of this reason their examination is indispensable for the tourism industry, as the response to these changes is one of the defining elements of competitiveness and product innovation.
Jordan TÜTÜNKOV-HRISZTOV +2 more
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Wheels of Escape: Seeking Nature, Well-Being and Gratitude on the Road [PDF]
Journal of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-beingThis study examines individuals’ motivations for escaping and seeking in the context of nature-oriented sightseeing travel, with a specific focus on bus travel as the primary mode of transportation.
Özgür Koyun, Gökçe Yüksek
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Exploring Chinese millennials’ experiential and transformative travel: a case study of mountain bikers in Tibet [PDF]
Journal of Tourism Futures, 2019 Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore domestic experiential travel by Chinese millennials, a group of consumers who will increasingly influence the global travel and tourism industry.
Akke Folmer +3 more
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Investigating air travellers’ travel motivation during a pandemic crisis
Journal of Air Transport Management, 2021 The growth of the air transport industry has been accompanied by various crises including aircraft incidents and accidents, terrorist attacks, and pandemics such as COVID-19. These crises to a great extent affect air travelers' motivation, which in turn affects the air travel demand that justifies airlines' legitimate existence and sustainability ...
Yi-Hsin Lin, Chrystal Zhang
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Tourism and Hospitality ManagementPurpose – This study aims to provide empirical evidences on how post-pandemic travel intentions are formed in relation to the influences of travel motivations and pandemic-related factors (i.e., pandemic anxiety, health consciousness, and pandemic ...
Dila MAGHRIFANI, Wulan PERMATASAR
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Travel Motivations of Seniors: A Review and a Meta-Analytical Assessment [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015 Over the past decades, leisure travel has become increasingly popular in older segments of the world population, as a consequence of global factors such as a rise in life expectancy, improved health conditions, a higher disposable income and increased availability of discretionary time in retirement age.
Patuelli, Roberto, Nijkamp, Peter
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Segmenting travel situations on the basis of motivation and information‐collection by the traveller [PDF]
The Tourist Review, 2000 In the study presented here, travellers from Switzerland are segmented on the basis of their information collection, with respect to their motivation structure derived in a study earlier this year. The study illustrates the important role of information in tourism.
Bieger, Thomas, Laesser, Christian
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Profiling and Examining Travel Patterns Pertaining to Domestic Tourism in Lesotho [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2020 While some studies have examined aspects of tourism in Lesotho, there is limited research examining domestic tourist profiles and travel patterns, crucial to unlocking Lesotho’s domestic tourism potential. There is a need for such research to enable the
Urmilla Bob +3 more
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