Tourist motivation is the reason why a tourist will make the decision to choose one destination over another and the attributes that governs that behavior. This is important to the tourist professional for a number of reasons. The tourist professional must have an understanding of what drives the tourist to initiate the vacation and then match a destination that fits with the tourist’s travel motives. A good fit may ensure that the guest will enjoy the vacation and either come back year after year
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important industries of export of goods and services. This is the main reason why many times tourism is characterized as an "industry". Tourism as an industry has one basic characteristic that makes the difference with all other industries: the points of production and consumption coincide spatially. Another basic and important characteristic of tourism is its correlation with the globalisation in many productive sectors and in the field of goods and services. This way it can assist economic growth in regions
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Outline Describe the typical social‚ cultural and environmental impacts experienced by tourist destinations in developing countries Social impacts * Increase in variety of jobs available * Seasonal employment * Price inflation * Economic leakage Cultural impacts * Market for traditional crafts and/or rituals grows * New patterns of dress and behaviour may cause problems Environmental impacts * Provision of new intrastructure‚ e.g. roads * Increased pressure
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Tourist Behaviour ASPECTS OF TOURISM Series Editors: Professor Chris Cooper‚ University of Queensland‚ Australia Dr C. Michael Hall‚ University of Otago‚ Dunedin‚ New Zealand Dr Dallen Timothy‚ Arizona State University‚ Tempe‚ USA Aspects of Tourism is an innovative‚ multifaceted series which will comprise authoritative reference handbooks on global tourism regions‚ research volumes‚ texts and monographs. It is designed to provide readers with the latest thinking on tourism world-wide and in
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“What do destination marketers need to know about tourists/visitors in order to best market a tourism destination?” Tourism destinations face many challenges in a competitive marketplace. A tourism destination can be defined as a place which attracts visitors from a wide range of destinations globally to spend at least one overnight (Pike‚ 2004). With tourism destinations a highly perishable commodity marketing strategies have changed to become less mass market and more consumer orientated. As identified
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Tourist motivations Content: Introduction P:2 Definition P:3 Nhatrang P:3 Maslow’s hierarchy P:4 Push and Pull P:5 Conclusion P:5 Introduction. Travelers always have a motivation or more to travel‚ whether they travel as in groups or individuals. What motivates tourists is different from each tourist to another‚ due to age‚ sex and so on. Because of that‚ It’s not easy to set all the motivations in one theory. Tourist motivations became an
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THREE DESTINATIONS IN ANTIPOLO : IT’S ANALYSIS BY: JEHN MARIE P. BONTO Chapter I The Problem I. Introduction: This chapter presents the background of the analysis‚ its significance and scope. Over the years‚ there had been growing concerns regarding the tourist destination in the Philippines. This study will be focusing on the three major destinations in Antipolo City‚ the famous Antipolo Cathedral‚ Hinulugang Taktak and the Via Dolorosa. The main reason why most tourist visit this
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Tourist Motivation Introduction: Nowadays‚ many destinations try to attract more international tourists and take advantage in tourism industry. Therefore‚ many researchers conduct a lot of reach to explore tourists’ behavior. Tourists’ motivation is one of the most popular reach topics to identify the behavior of the tourists. Although motivation is only one variable explaining tourist behavior‚ it is regarded as one of the most important variables because it is a force behind all behavior
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Destination Branding March 2010 Definitions Destination Marketing “’...destination marketing covers all the activities and processes to bring buyers and sellers together; focuses on responding to consumer demands and competitive positioning; is a continuous coordinated set of activities associated with efficient distribution of products to high potential markets; and involves making decisions about the product‚ branding‚ price‚ market segmentation‚ promotion and distribution’.” WTO (2004:
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Tourist attractions in Malaysia Malaysia is a country blessed with innumerable natural tourist attractions. Located in the East Asia‚ the country is developing at a great pace. Noteworthy fact about Malaysia is that it contains a diverse population which comprises people following religions such as Islam‚ Buddhism‚ Hinduism‚ etc. Nonetheless‚ with governmental efforts various tourist attractions in Malaysia such as Langkawi‚ Genting and Cameron Highlands have become a known name among travelers
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