Modeling Vacation Destination Decisions:

Sirakaya, Ercan; McLellan, R.W.; Uysal, Muzaffer

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“…Also, the process of purchasing tourism products has some peculiarities (Gursoy & Gavcar, 2003): consumers buy and consume the products outside the places where they live (Sirakaya et al, 1996); the decision-making process used is longer than in much of the tangible products (Gursoy & Gavcar, 2003); more often tourists don't receive anything tangible in return for their investment (Seabra et al, 2007); tourists deal with a high level of perceived risk due to their personal investment of time, effort and money (Teare, 1990); consumers plan and save money over a long period of time to be able to travel (Moutinho, 1987), which leads them to have a greater level of involvement in the decision making, selection and purchase of such products (Gursoy & Gavcar, 2003).…”

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The influence of motivations in tourists’ involvement

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One of the main aspects in the consumer behavior is the concept of involvement because it influences the decision rules used by tourists to reach the final decision. An empirical study of 600 international tourists reveals that motivation to relax, influences tourists' involvement with the trip. A structural model shows that when tourists are motivated to relax they get directly more involved with their trip (pleasure and information seeking). The motivation to relax also influences indirectly the tourist involvement with the evaluation and quality perception of the trip through its influence on involvement with the trip planning. Discussion centers on the implications of this model to theory and management specifically to the development of tourism and services strategies.

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“…The effects that motivational influences of this nature have on individuals have also been labeled as push factors [23][24][25][26][27]. Many studies have attempted to identify push and pull motivational factors in different settings, such as nationality (e.g., [28][29][30]), destinations (e.g., [31,32]), satisfaction (e.g., [19,33,34]), destination loyalty (e.g., [35]) and events (e.g., [36,37]).…”

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An Examination of the Relationship between Rural Tourists’ Satisfaction, Revisitation and Information Preferences: A Korean Case Study

2014

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Abstract:To encourage the sustainability of rural tourism and to achieve success in the tourist industry, an understanding of the factors by which tourists are motivated to visit rural areas is required. This study aims to measure factors affecting rural tourists' satisfaction in relation to different aspects of a destination and to increase the likelihood of revisitation and recommendation. This study also attempts to examine differences in relation to satisfaction depending on the information source preference. Overall satisfaction was influenced by physical infrastructure, service quality and satisfaction level with tour programs. However, the quality of services was more related to tourists' intentions to revisit and recommend, suggesting that its qualitative improvement can contribute to vitalizing stagnant domestic tourism. The findings revealed that tourists' satisfaction was high when people mainly gained tourist information through formal government sources, word-of-mouth and Internet advertising, suggesting that the positive correlation between tourists' satisfaction and information sources reflects the reliability and credibility of those sources.

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“…Changes of tourism motives are significant, and elements that mattered decades ago are losing importance today, with new ones appearing. The theory of consumer behaviour, which deals with motivations representing individual drivers of action (SCHIFFMAN & KANUK 1978), contributes to the understanding that tourist motivations are determined by individual decisions and choices of destination (MOUTINHO 1987, SIRAKAYA, MCLELLAN & UYSAL 1996, KIM & LEE 2002, which in turn shape tourism space.…”

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Tourism space: an attempt at a fresh look

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2014

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In this article, the author is trying to answer the fundamental question: what is present-day tourism space like at a time of highly increasing flows of people or even a shift from the space of a 'place' to the space of a 'flow'? The article puts special stress on how to define the current unique multi-functional space. The author attempts to define tourism space as a new entity, founded on poly-functionality (i.e. different functions and use of the same space both at the same time and in different seasons), multi-scale (overlapping of tourism spaces depending on the scale concerned), multi-layer, as well as the multi-motivation of its creators and users, or even multi-relativity.

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Modeling Vacation Destination Decisions:

Cited by 132 publications

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The influence of motivations in tourists’ involvement

The influence of motivations in tourists’ involvement

An Examination of the Relationship between Rural Tourists’ Satisfaction, Revisitation and Information Preferences: A Korean Case Study

Tourism space: an attempt at a fresh look

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