Lifestyle travellers

Cohen, Scott

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2011.02.002

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“…Defining backpackers and their behavioral characteristics Pearce (1990) defines backpackers as young travelers who are more likely to use budget accommodation facilities, meet other travelers, are independent, have a flexible travel schedule, stay longer at the destination, and focus on participatory holiday experiences. However, the description of backpackers as travelers who satisfy all the above characteristics has led some scholars to argue for a succinct approach that operationalizes backpackers as travelers who self-identify to be so (Cohen, 2011;Dayour et al, 2019). The present study uses this operationalization.…”

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Understanding backpacker sustainable behavior using the tri-component attitude model

Agyeiwaah

Dayour

Otoo

et al. 2021

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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Research on sustainable practices of backpackers lacks a comprehensive model for understanding their sustainable behavior. This paper argues that the contribution of backpacker tourism to sustainable consumption can be achieved if backpackers' attitudes and behaviors are understood and managed. Predicated on the tri-component attitude model that conceptualizes attitude as a complex relationship among cognition (backpacker motivations and perceived impacts of backpacking), actions (backpacker sustainable and unsustainable behavior), and affection (backpacker satisfaction), this paper proposes a model for understanding backpacker sustainable behavior. We surveyed 400 backpackers in Ghana and tested 12 hypotheses using SPSS and AMOS software. The findings demonstrate that perceived positive impacts of backpacking predict backpacker sustainable behavior, suggesting that backpackers perceive their impacts positively, and hence engage in sustainable behaviors to reaffirm such perceptions. The results, however, reveal an insignificant relationship between the perceived positive impacts of backpacking and backpacker unsustainable behavior. The results also show that backpacker motivations explain the tendency to behave unsustainably. Based on these findings, we draw implications for promoting "intentional sustainability" by global organizations and destination management organizations.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding backpacker sustainable behavior using the tri-component attitude model

Agyeiwaah

Dayour

Otoo

et al. 2021

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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“…This study considered travel motivations, demographics, travel behaviors, information channels, and payment preferences of Chinese tourists to Pacific SIDS. Building on the concept of cultural determinism adopted by Steigerwald (2005) and Cohen (2011), travel motivation is an internal driving force that critically determines an individual's preferred lifestyle and travel behaviors (Iversen et al, 2016;Zhou & Huang, 2016). where Asian visitors who are interested in exploring different cultures and experiencing the local way of life while trying to shop even in local markets, store or malls.…”

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“…This covers a variety of different realms, including how people live, what they eat, and how they think and communicate (Steigerwald, 2005). Specifically, a person's values, attitudes, and orientation are determined by their lifestyle (Cohen, 2011). A recent study by Iversen, Hem, and Mehmetoglu (2016) on nature-based travelers to Norway found that travel motives and cultural values could differ between different lifestyles.…”

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Chinese venturers to Pacific Small Island Developing States: Travel and lifestyle

Lau

Fan

Milne

et al. 2019

Journal of Tourism Research

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This study emphasizes the necessity to understand the needs of the growing Chinese market, while also assessing how ready Small Island Developing States of the South Pacific are for these new visitors. Through a mixed method approach, combining individual visitor surveys and focus groups, this study investigates the lifestyle characteristics of outbound Chinese tourists to the Cook Islands and the motivation and travel behavior of these travelers. We refine a model for the travel lifestyle of Chinese tourists that has applicability to Small Island Developing States elsewhere around the world.

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“…Backpackers, however, are very heterogeneous: the above profile cannot be generalized to the whole segment, elements of which are strongly effected by their social and national backgrounds [127,130,131] and lifestyles [132]. Larsen et al [121] also point out that some characteristics, a desire to discover new cultures, for example, are not peculiar to backpackers, but rather are shared by other segments of demand.…”

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Young Tourists and Sustainability. Profiles, Attitudes, and Implications for Destination Strategies

Buffa

2015

Sustainability

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Global trends highlight the growing tourist interest in authentic and sustainable holiday experiences. Designing strategies that enable destinations to catch this tourist segment is, therefore, becoming more and more important for competitiveness. A long-term outlook calls into question the "next generation" of actual and potential tourists, i.e., young people: understanding their attitude towards sustainability is paramount to drive tourism development in a direction which is coherent to the forthcoming demand. Drawing from an ad hoc survey of 1156 members of the largest Italian association of student and youth tourism, this contribution (a) discusses youth attitudes towards sustainability, their travel motivations and behavior (b) identifies different profiles of young tourists with reference to sustainability. By using characteristics and dimensions linked with "harder ecotourists" we identify hard path young tourists (HPYT) and soft path young tourists (SPYT). The findings confirm young people's interest in certain dimensions of sustainability and the influence this interest has on their decision-making processes, motivations, and behaviors. HPYT and SPYT are profiles which should be considered in destination strategies: the strong sensitivity of HPYT to sustainability suggests the possibility of creating offers that optimize the unique features of a territory.

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Lifestyle travellers

Cited by 182 publications

References 58 publications

Understanding backpacker sustainable behavior using the tri-component attitude model

Understanding backpacker sustainable behavior using the tri-component attitude model

Chinese venturers to Pacific Small Island Developing States: Travel and lifestyle

Young Tourists and Sustainability. Profiles, Attitudes, and Implications for Destination Strategies

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