Sports Tourists and Non-Sports Tourists: Are They Different in Terms of Sociodemographics, Psychographics, or Behavior?

Tasci, Asli D.A.; Hahm, Jeeyeon; Terry, Deborah Breiter

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“…The Internet was found to be the most important information source after prior visit, corroborating the findings of Tasci et al (2018). Culinary fans of both destinations also…”

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Culinary fans vs culinary critics: characteristics and behavior

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Tasci

2020

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PurposeThe purpose of the current study is to profile Orlando and Florida culinary fans and compare them to culinary critics on several factors, including sociodemographics, psychographics, and travel behavior characteristics, and to identify potential factors that explain visitors' tendency to promote or criticize the cuisine of a destination. The study also seeks to identify the image attributes that explain the likelihood to visit for culinary fans and critics.Design/methodology/approachOnline survey responses from 4,082 participants were analyzed using Qualtrics for survey design and Amazon's Mechanical Turk for data collection.FindingsDemographic differences between culinary fans and critics were identified and significant relationships between perceptions of a destination's cuisine and various elements of the visitor experience were found.Research limitations/implicationsThe current study extends the literature on the characteristics of culinary tourists by showing a significant relationship between perceptions of a destination's cuisine and various elements of the visitor experience, such as destination image, satisfaction, number of past trips, and revisit intentions. Future studies should look at a greater number of distinct and geographically diverse destinations to test the generalizability of the current study's findings.Practical implicationsThe results of this study provide implication for destination marketers in general and for those of Orlando and Florida in particular, especially in using cuisine as a potential core offering rather than a peripheral tourism product.Originality/valueThis study is believed to be the first to compare culinary fans and culinary critics, thereby extending the literature and demonstrating several differences between the two groups.

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“…The Internet was found to be the most important information source after prior visit, corroborating the findings of Tasci et al (2018). Culinary fans of both destinations also…”

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“…showed higher emotion-based decision-making traits, which differs from the those of sports tourists, who were found by Tasci et al (2018) to have higher logic-based decision-making traits. This finding shows that different types of tourists differ in their decision-making processes.…”

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2020

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“…Researchers have long argued the influence of sociodemographics and personality traits on consumer behavior (Schiffman et al , 2010). The influence of sociodemographics characteristics has been studied on destination image (Alhemoud and Armstrong, 1996; Joppe et al , 2001; Shankar, 2019; Tasci, 2007; Tasci and Gartner, 2007) satisfaction with and loyalty to theme parks (Milman and Tasci, 2018) destination fun (Tasci and Wei, 2018), destination loyalty (Tasci, 2017a), experiential and utilitarian consumption (Wei and Tasci, 2017), demand for sustainability benchmarks (Tasci, 2017b), pro-gun and anti-gun attitudes (Sönmez and Tasci, 2020), sports travel (Tasci et al , 2018), overall sleep quality satisfaction in hotels (Chen et al , 2018), adjustment to foreign cultures (Ornoy et al , 2014), risk perception (Liu-Lastres et al , 2021), emotional experience and destination personality perception (Šagovnović and Kovačić, 2021), among others.…”

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Characteristics of business, pleasure, and VFR segments who travel during risky times

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Milman

2023

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Purpose This study aims to explore what may have contributed to risk-taking travel behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic and what may be the drivers of satisfaction and intention to travel again. The study compares travelers based on their travel purposes (business, pleasure and visiting friends and relatives [VFR]) and explore the influence of subjective well-being received from their travel activities. Design/methodology/approach Data from a structured survey of 323 US residents who traveled during the COVID-19 pandemic were collected on MTurk. Respondents were asked travel behavior questions related to their favorite trips and to rate several multi-item scales measuring the benefits expected and received from their trip, the trip’s contribution to their positive mental and subjective psychological well-being, as well as their satisfaction with the trip and intention to travel in the future. In addition, personality measures focused on risk-taking, thrill-seeking and self-confidence, as well as additional risk-related concepts of optimism bias, probability neglect and proximity to self. Findings Data analysis revealed some differences among respondents who traveled for business, pleasure and VFR purposes. Business travelers were more risk takers and thrill seekers; pleasure travelers achieved more well-being benefits from their favorite trips during the pandemic; however, VFR travelers’ satisfaction and intention to go on similar trips were explained more by the benefits they received from their favorite trips. Originality/value Although several studies addressed consumers’ travel motivation during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lack of empirical research comparing the characteristics of travelers based on their travel purposes, as well as their sociodemographics, personality traits and the expected and perceived well-being benefits from traveling.

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Sustainable tourism consumer: socio-demographic, psychographic and behavioral characteristics

Tasci

Fyall

Woosnam

2021

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Purpose This study aims to uncover socio-demographic, psychographic and behavioral characteristics of sustainable consumers as a means to advance the demand for sustainability practices by the tourism and hospitality industry. Socio-demographic and psychographic variables were tested for their influence on an individual’s self-assessment as a sustainable consumer, which was then tested for its influence on behavioral outcomes in the form of environmental and social sustainability concerns, objects of sustainability concerns, subjects considered responsible for sustainability and tourism choice vis-à-vis mass vs alternative forms of tourism. Design/methodology/approach Because of the paucity of a well-established and robust theory on the characteristics of sustainable consumers, both content analysis of the literature and quantitative analysis of survey data were used to identify the socio-demographic, psychographic and behavioral characteristics of consumers. Plausible variables identified in the literature were filtered through principal component analysis and ordinary least squares regression analysis to fine-tune the variables a priori to develop a suitable model, which was subjected to partial least squares-structural equation modeling to further trim variables a posteriori by testing their reliability and validity. Findings Understanding who sustainable consumers are and what they are likely to believe and do is imperative for increasing sustainable practices by the industry. The study shows that people who consider themselves to be sustainable consumers are likely to have higher levels of ethical views, be more feminine and more liberal in personality, demonstrate concern with environmental and social sustainability issues, consider all pertinent parties responsible for sustainability and chose alternative forms of tourism over mass tourism. The study implies that general American consumers have the potential to buy into sustainability practices. Originality/value Despite researchers’ sporadic attempts to describe different characteristics of sustainable consumers and sustainable tourism consumers, past research has not substantiated a comprehensive description of who is a sustainable consumer in terms of socio-demographics, psychographics and behavioral characteristics. The literature on sustainable consumer characteristics is scarce and atheoretical; thus, the current study sets the stage for the development of this area of work across all sectors of the global tourism and hospitality industry. The model test results provide a clear profile of sustainable tourism consumers in socio-demographic, psychographic and behavioral domains for the industry to respond to.

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Sports Tourists and Non-Sports Tourists: Are They Different in Terms of Sociodemographics, Psychographics, or Behavior?

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Culinary fans vs culinary critics: characteristics and behavior

Culinary fans vs culinary critics: characteristics and behavior

Characteristics of business, pleasure, and VFR segments who travel during risky times

Sustainable tourism consumer: socio-demographic, psychographic and behavioral characteristics

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