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International CHRIE Conference-Refereed Track 2009 ICHRIE Conference

Jul 31st, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Dream Destination: A concept of perception of leisure travellers
BO (Wendy) GAO [e-mail] Hanqin Qiu Zhang
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, [e-mail]

BO (Wendy) GAO and Hanqin Qiu Zhang, "Dream Destination: A concept of perception of leisure travellers" (July 31, 2009). International CHRIE Conference-Refereed Track. Paper 26. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/refereed/Sessions/Friday/26

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DREAM DESTINATION: A CONCEPT AND PERCEPTION OF LEISURE TRAVELLERS GAO and Zhang: Dream Destination: A concept of perception of leisure travellers GAO, BO (Wendy) PhD candidate The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Hotel and Tourism Management Hong Kong, China Email: [e-mail] ZHANG, Qiu Hanqin The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Hospitality and Tourism Email: [e-mail] ABSTRACT: This exploratory study adopted grounded theory approach to investigate the concept of dream destination and its perception by travellers. The data were collected through three methods: Online travel forum, in-depth interview and focus group. Triangulation of data collected from the above three methods were used to prove that whether several independent sources converge on them, or at least do not oppose them. Based on the iteration of data analysis, the dream destination was classified into six categories and the conceptual framework of dream destination was generated. KEY WORDS: Dream destination,

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