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TOURIST BEHAVIOUR

Themes and Conceptual Schemes

Philip L. Pearce

(James Cook University)

 

Key features

-         A comprehensive tour of the psychological processes underpinning contemporary travel

-         Of interest to tourism researchers, students and practitioners

-         Explores our current understanding of tourism behaviour and sets out paths for future research

 

Tourism is an inherently social phenomenon. Tourists travel with others and experience places and cultures through interacting with both familiar and unfamiliar others.  This volume presents a thorough tour of the social psychological processes which underpin contemporary travel. The fascinating phenomenon of tourist behaviour deals with topics such as motivation, destination choice, travellers' on site experiences, satisfaction and learning.  This book uses an array of developing and recently constructed conceptual frameworks to both synthesise what is established, and to create new insights and directions for further analysis and, ultimately, management action.

 

Contents

Chapter 1               Studying Tourist Behaviour

Chapter 2               Social Roles and Individual Characteristics

Chapter 3               Motivation: The Travel Career Pattern Approach

Chapter 4               Perceiving and Choosing the Destination

Chapter 5               Social Contact for the Tourist

Chapter 6               The Tourists’ On-Site Experiences

Chapter 7               Tourists’ Reflections on Experience

Chapter 8               Synthesis and Further Analysis

 

Philip L. Pearce is the Foundation Professor of Tourism at James Cook University, Australia and the Founding Editor of the Journal of Tourism Studies. He is an original member of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism and is particularly known for his studies in tourist behaviour in general but especially motivation, backpacker research and  market niches as well as community views of tourism and tourism education. 

 

Aspect of Tourism

27^th September 2005                            Format: 234 x 156mm                          246 pp

Hbk ISBN 1-84541-023-8  / EAN 9781845410230                                       £54.95 / US$99.95/ CAN$125.95

Pbk ISBN 1-84541-022-X /  EAN 9781845410223                                       £24.95 / US$44.95 / CAN$59.95

Ebook ISBN 1-84541-024-6 / EAN 9781845410247 (Adobe format)                        £54.95 / US$99.95/ CAN$125.95

 

Subject (BIC): Tourism Industry  (KNSG ) /   Psychology (JC) / Behavioural theory (JCAD)

Level: undergraduate/ postgraduate/ research/ professional

Territory: world

MM series code: AoT  MM subject codes: Tourism and environmental studies 1300

 

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