Education Tourism - Linking Pleasure Travel with Tertiary Education in the Youth Market

Pabel, Anja; Prideaux, Bruce

doi:10.1080/10963758.2012.10696678

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“…The study tour context is considered unique, and the role of past experience can be dissimilar. Pabel and Prideaux (2012) addressed students in general who perceive the experience of a study tour as a key element in their strategies to prepare themselves for living and working in the new worldwide political and socio-economic reality. In response, a study tour needs to be designed and implemented by problem-based learning and project-based learning.…”

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Studying the motivations in choosing study tour destinations: evidence from Asian university students

Lau

Mang

2023

CBTH

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Purpose This study aims to explore university students' push and pull motivational factors towards their study tour destination choices and to investigate the differences between experienced and non-experienced students concerning their push and pull motivational factors. Design/methodology/approach The study collected surveys from Hong Kong university students. In total, 248 usable responses were gathered. Among the 248 respondents, 148 university students from various universities did not have experience on a study tour in their university lives while 100 students did. The study also conducted interviews and collected qualitative data to supplement the survey findings. Findings Top push and pull motivational factors were highlighted in the study tour context. This study also indicated that non-experienced students relatively have more concerns about geographic location, political stability and financial budget as pull factors and education as the push factor than experienced students. Education, as a high-level human need and push motivational factor, becomes less important for experienced students. Originality/value A large number of Asian university students participated in study tour programmes each year. Nevertheless, there are few research papers relevant to exploring university students’ motivation to choose study tour destinations. This study provides useful insight for the universities to design and implement appropriate study tours according to students’ motivation.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Studying the motivations in choosing study tour destinations: evidence from Asian university students

Lau

Mang

2023

CBTH

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“…Students who contribute to changes in views and behavior are those who are exposed to foreign cultures longer than their own. (Hottola, 2004;Pabel & Prideaux, 2012). What separates educational tourism from ordinary tourism activities is that learning through experience is personal, memorable, and transformative, contributing greatly to the satisfaction of the experience and the participants' quality of life (Roberson Jr, 2018).…”

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“…Aside from being part of educational tourism, student exchange programs are useful tools to increase collaboration between two universities that benefit both universities and local development (Atalar, 2020). It gives students the opportunities they cannot get or are not available at their home location (Pabel & Prideaux, 2012). Visited cites offers positive factors of exchange activities i.e.…”

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Long-term Impacts of Tourism Student Exchange Program

Priyanto

Andrianto

2022

JTOSPOLBAN

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The student exchange program as part of educational tourism certainly provides added value and benefits that contribute to sustainable tourism development. This study aims to identify the long-term impact of tourism student exchange programs in ASEAN. Student exchanges provide students with the opportunity to gain in-depth insight into global perspectives and cross-cultural understanding especially related to tourism studies. This study uses a qualitative method by interviewing seven informants enrolled in the program in the period of 2018 to 2019 to Thailand and Malaysia. Descriptive analysis of the first code cycle is used to analyze and answer the research objectives. As a result, students sense long-term changes from the program as improving communication in foreign languages, self-confidence, sense of independence, and responsibility in decision-making or participant actions, priorities for the future, and intercultural understanding.

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Education Tourism - Linking Pleasure Travel with Tertiary Education in the Youth Market

Cited by 2 publications

References 24 publications

Studying the motivations in choosing study tour destinations: evidence from Asian university students

Studying the motivations in choosing study tour destinations: evidence from Asian university students

Long-term Impacts of Tourism Student Exchange Program

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