Demographic profiles of young travelers using the internet for information search

Ngelambong, Anderson; Tahir, Mohd Subri; Rahman, N F Abdul; Hadi, Arnieyantie Abdul

doi:10.1109/cssr.2010.5773715

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“…The results of the questionnaire survey show that the vast majority of respondents (86.3%, 369 persons) of the total number of respondents (n = 428) organize and plan their travel activities in some form via the Internet. Ngelambong et al (2010) presented similar findings and reported that young people attribute great importance to the Internet as an information medium and most often search for specific websites of direct tourism service providers when planning and organizing their holidays. Tippelt and Kupferschmitt (2015) predict that, due to new technological innovations in communication, more and more classic Internet profile pages will be replaced by direct, immediate form of communication and say that according to their research 80% of young people aged 14 to 29 use mostly daily Instant Messenger WhatsApp, while Facebook is used by 71% of respondents in this age category at a lower frequency (Tippelt, Kupferschmitt, 2015).…”

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Economic aspects of consumer behavior in tourism for a selected population group in the Czech Republic

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Tourism is currently an important branch of the global economy. However, the democratization of travel and tourism, together with the intensifying globalization processes and mass movements of the world’s population, brings with it some accompanying adverse effects that influence the shape of the contemporary world. The paper aims to evaluate the impact of the security and safety factor on the consumer behavior of young people aged 19–29 in the Czech Republic when choosing a destination for tourism. The age categorization was carried out concerning the theoretical definition of youth travel participants according to UNWTO and WYSE Travel Confederation. Attitudes and opinions of the monitored group of consumers were gathered through primary research attended by 428 respondents. Quantitative studies were used to obtain the necessary data using a questionnaire technique of data collection. The results show that, in terms of general preferences, the vast majority of respondents prefer an active way of spending time during their trips. The results show that young people consider the situation in their place of residence as the most important safety factor when choosing a destination (84.8%); the local political situation and potential health risks in the country are considered as significant ones by less than 70.0% persons. The majority of respondents (65.7%) identified the Internet as the predominant way of obtaining information when traveling.

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Demographic profiles of young travelers using the internet for information search

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Economic aspects of consumer behavior in tourism for a selected population group in the Czech Republic

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