The business tourism ‘destination’, as we saw in Chapter 2, dates back to pre-history. Individual business trips linked to trading have been taking place for, literally, thousands of years. In the Middle Ages we saw the rise of trade fairs in Europe, with their own infrastructure of services. However, it is only in the last hundred years that we have seen the rise of convention tourism, beginning in the USA. This was an innovation because business tourism was no longer simply trade-related. In this case the destination was central to the trip rather than just being a ‘backdrop’ for the…
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Student exchanges, where young people travel to other countries to study and learn more about the culture and language of other people. Such exchanges have developed strongly between educational institutions in North America and Europe. For example, many Americans travel to Aix-en-Provence in France to attend special courses put on for them by the local university. Sometimes the relationship goes even deeper, as in the case of the Université Canadienne Française which operates a campus for inbound Canadian students, at Villefranche-sur-Mer on the French Riviera.Exchanges are also well developed between member states of the European Union, thanks to the ERASMUS…
Introduction We do not know the name of the first tourist or the era in which the first holiday was taken. This may be because it is so difficult to define what is meant by the words ‘tourist’ and ‘holiday’. Or does it reflect the fact that chroniclers did not believe that the phenomenon of tourism was significant enough to be worth recording? Perhaps, but we know that for centuries tourism has existed in one form or another and has given us a legacy of travel writing, dating back to Roman times. It has also stimulated some of the world’s…
The desire to view spectacular natural scenery has stimulated tourists since time immemorial. However, it perhaps really came of age in the nineteenth century, through the influence of the Romantic Movement in the arts. Artists and writers drew inspiration from the natural environment and created popular interest in landscapes. Tourists then began to come to view these same landscapes for themselves, and to follow in the footsteps of the artists. An example of this phenomenon in the UK is the way in which Wordsworth, through his poetry, stimulated tourism to the Lake District. Today, his houses in the heart of…
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Every tourist is different, and so are the factors which motivate them. The main factors which determine individual tourists’ motivations are probably: Their personality, in other words, are they: (a) gregarious or a loner? (b) adventurous or cautious? (c) confident or timid? Their lifestyle which provides the context for their purchase decision. The motivations are likely to be different for people who are very concerned with being fashionable, or are preoccupied with their health, or live alone and want to make new friends, or enjoy partying. Read More: World Latest News Website wikifollowers.com and ezwebblog.com/ also check tech social blog…
The tourism industry plays a major role in effecting the determinants of tourist behaviour. For example, it: develops products specifically to match the determinants of some tourist behaviour; for example, it can offer packages designed for tourists who have particular health problems such as mobility difficulties provides information to prospective tourists on everything from health problems to visa requirements, destination climate data to the destination’s cultural attractions designs its promotional messages to fit the key determinants of the behaviour of different groups of tourists. This might include emphasis on discount deals for those with limited incomes or those who like…
Introduction Having considered the motivators and determinants of tourist behaviour in the previous two chapters, it is now time for us to look at the purchase decision-making process as a whole. Before that, we need to spend a little time looking at the characteristics of the product that tourists purchase. Tourism products are complex because they exist at two different levels: The package holiday which is a combination of the products of individual sectors such as accommodation, transport, destinations and visitor attractions the products of these individual sectors which can be sold as stand-alone products such as an air ticket…
Globalization and the development of economies in Asia, Africa and South America, means that business travel and tourism is more and more a truly cross-cultural activity, in terms of the demand side. Yesterday’s stereotypical business traveller was American, German or Japanese. Today he or she is increasingly likely to be from Malaysia, Korea or Russia. Tomorrow they may come from China or Brazil. This development has great implications for the business tourism industry in terms of the product and how it is marketed. The product needs to take account, for example, of different religious beliefs about diet and the practise…