Essays about: "Tourist Motivation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 20 essays containing the words Tourist Motivation.

  1. 11. Towards an Understanding of Long Stay Motivation: Case of Swedish Tourists in Thailand

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Parityada Punthapong; Canisorn Kingkanjanathorn; [2013]
    Keywords : social demographic; motivation; pull; push; long stay; tourist; tourism; trinity model; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper provides a comprehensive understanding the Swedish long stay tourism in Thailand. The motivation approach was the main approach to this research through highlighting the major push and pull factors. The participation involved the total of 120 respondents. READ MORE

  2. 12. Towards an Understanding of Long Stay Motivation: Case of Swedish Tourists in Thailand

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Canisorn Kingkanjanathorn; Parityada Punthapong; [2013]
    Keywords : social demographic; motivation; pull; push; long stay; tourist; tourism; trinity model; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper provides a comprehensive understanding the Swedish long stay tourism in Thailand. The motivation approach was the main approach to this research through highlighting the major push and pull factors. The participation involved the total of 120 respondents. READ MORE

  3. 13. Identity Development through Volunteer Tourism : A qualitative study of WWOOF volunteers’ identity formation

    University essay from Institutionen för studier av samhällsutveckling och kultur; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Linnea Börjars; [2012]
    Keywords : volunteer; tourism; identity formation; WWOOF; volontär; turism; identitetsarbete; WWOOF;

    Abstract : Tourism is a fast growing phenomenon. As every person has a different motivation to travel new and alternative forms of tourism are continuously developing. Depending on form of tourism and the tourist’s motivation to take on a certain trip, the experience has a smaller or bigger impression on the individual. READ MORE

  4. 14. Understanding Tourist Motivation and Behavioral Intention to Visit a New Chinese Beach Destination- A case study of potential Swedish tourists’ intention to travel to Nordic Village of Hainan Island, China

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Che Xiaona; Yang Weiwei; [2011-08-11]
    Keywords : Theory of planned behavior; Past travel experience; Push and pull motivations; Swedish tourists; Hainan Island of China;

    Abstract : In our thesis, we examined the motivation and travel intention potential Swedish tourists to a new beach destination in China. Two models were developed in this study: one named TBE that was based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and past travel experience to explore whether a modified model could predict tourists’ intention of visitation to a new beach destination; another alternative model named PPA was proposed to test whether tourists’ motivation applied in push and pull framework could be taken used as influencing factors toward attitude construction of the TPB model. READ MORE

  5. 15. Does who we are count? A study of the role that a community’s culture can play in sustainable heritage tourism development

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Sally Deffor; [2011]
    Keywords : sustainable tourism; culture and heritage; commmunity involvement;

    Abstract : Heritage tourism has taken deep roots over the last decade with several destination management areas effectively carving a niche for themselves as places that offer products that help people to relive history. For Ghana, with its various forts and castles spread along its coastline; inhabitants of such communities have taken it for granted that tourists visit. READ MORE