Providing fun in the ‘world of tourism’: servicing backpackers in Indonesia

Sörensson, Erika

doi:10.1080/0966369x.2011.625083

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“…Consequently, contemporary backpacker tourism research increasingly addresses backpacker tourism development and management (Hindle, Martin, and Nash 2015; Sörensson 2012) and backpackers’ motivations to travel (Chen, Bao, and Huang 2014a; Larsen, Øgaard, and Brun 2011; Ooi and Laing 2010), as well as customer satisfaction (Nash, Thyne, and Davies 2006). This work has led to a greater understanding of the components, characteristics, and potential of the backpacker tourism market.…”

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Exploring the Tourist Experience

Park

Santos

2016

Journal of Travel Research

147

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The current study explores the central elements comprising memorable tourism experiences. It does so by adopting a sequential data collection process along three main successive travel stages: (a) pre-, (b) during, and (c) posttravel. Findings suggest that while participants vividly recalled the process of collecting and negotiating information for travel planning as well as interactions with others, what they most recalled posttravel (i.e., once their travels were over) were unique and unexpected personal experiences that differentiated their experiences from others’ experiences. The implications of such findings for the understanding of memorable tourism experiences are discussed.

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