Consumer behavior in tourism and hospitality research

Author

Additional Author(s)

• Decrop, Alain
• Woodside, Arch G.

Publisher

Bingley BD: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2017

Language

English

ISBN

9781787146914

Series

Advances in culture, tourism and hospitality research vol. 13

Subject(s)

• CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
• HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY-CUSTOMER SERVICES
• TOURISM-CUSTOMER SERVICES

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 166-168. Index: p. 169-176

Abstract

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.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xx, 176 p.

Dimension

24 cm.

Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

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
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

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