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Tourist behaviour : themes and conceptual schemes /

Pearce, Philip L.

Tourist behaviour : themes and conceptual schemes / - Clevedon ; Buffalo : Channel View Publications, 2005. - vii, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Aspects of tourism ; 27 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-231) and index.

Studying tourist behaviour -- Social roles and individual characteristics -- Motivation, the travel career pattern approach -- Perceiving and choosing the destination -- Social contact for the tourist -- The tourists' on-site experiences -- Tourists' reflections on experience -- Synthesis and further analysis.

This volume presents a thorough tour of the social psychological processes which underpin contemporary travel. Concerning tourist behaviour, the book deals with topics such as motivation, destination choice, travellers' on site experiences, satisfaction and learning.

184541022X (pbk) 9781845410223: £24.95 1845410238 (hbk)


Tourism--Psychological aspects.
Travelers--Psychology.
Tourism--Social aspects.

338.4791 / PEA