Consumer behavior in tourism and hospitality research / edited by Alain Decrop, University of Namur, Belgium, Arch G. Woodside, Curtin University, Australia.

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ISBN:

9781787146907

9781787430075

Title:

Consumer behavior in tourism and hospitality research / edited by Alain Decrop, University of Namur, Belgium, Arch G. Woodside, Curtin University, Australia.

Author:

Decrop, Alain, editor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 176 pages)

Series:

Advances in culture, tourism and hospitality research ; volume 13

Advances in culture, tourism and hospitality research ; v. 13.

Contents:

Front Cover; Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality Research; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; List of Reviewers; Editorial Board; Preface: Buying, Behaving, and Being: A Portrait of Contemporary Tourists; Introduction; Choice Overload; Mundane Place Consumption; Russian Cultural Influences on Travel Practices; Travel-Related Behavior on Facebook; Visitor's Gaze; Experiences in Natural Parks; Redirection Theory for Reducing Road Rage; Theoretical Issues in Tourist Behavior; References; Chapter 1 What can Tourists and Travel Advisors Learn from Choice Overload Research?

IntroductionChoice Overload and Moderators; A Modified Conceptual Model of the Impact of Assortment Size on Choice Overload; Tourist Decision-Making Models; Choice Overload in Tourist Decision-Making; Implications for Tourists and Travel Advisors; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2 From Tourism Destination to Mundane Consumption of Place: An Asian Introspection of France; Introduction and Background; Methodology; Findings; Discussion and Implications; References; Chapter 3 Russian Women Traveling: A Sociocultural Perspective; Introduction; Russian Culture and Mentality.

Soviet and Russian ConsumersThe Soviet and Russian Contexts; The Soviet Habitus and Nostalgia; Russians Today; Theoretical Framework; Consumer Culture Theory; The Concept of the Study; Method; Findings; Travel Patterns during Soviet and Russian Times; "A Kopeck saves a Ruble," or Typical Soviet Practices; Soviet Norms and Individuality; "Obliko Morale"; The Transition Period; Women's Lives; Russianness and Habitus; Discussion and Conclusions; References; Chapter 4 Gender, Age, and Education Effects on Travel-Related Behavior: Reports on Facebook; Introduction; Literature Review.

Use of Social Media for Tourism PurposesGender, Age, Education, and Travel-Related Behavior on FB; Method; Procedure; Instruments; Sample; Results; Discussion and Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5 The Gaze and Objectives of Townscape Visitors; Introduction; Literature Review; Aspects of a Historical District; Objectives that Can be Achieved in a Historical District; Focus on the Visitors' Gaze; Method; Site Selection; Questionnaire Survey; Findings; Respondents' Profiles; Classification of Respondents; Factor Analysis (Objectives); Comparison between Clusters.

Discussions and ConclusionsAcknowledgments; References; Chapter 6 Experiential Context and Actual Experiences in Protected Natural Parks: Comparing France versus Taiwan; Introduction; Theoretical Framework; Protected Natural Parks as an Experiential Context; Study of Actual Experiences in a Protected Natural Park; Methods; Qualitative Study; Quantitative Study; Validation of Park Experiences in Morvan (France); Validation of Park Experiences in Yangmingshan (Taiwan); Results; Qualitative Analysis Results.

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Subject Term:

Consumer behavior.

Tourists -- Psychology.

Tourism.

Hospitality industry.

Added Author:

Decrop, Alain,

Woodside, Arch G.,

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2017

Publication Information:

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Emerald Publishing Limited,

2017.

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Summary

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.