Tourist Behaviour : : Themes and Conceptual Schemes / / Philip L. Pearce.

Tourism is an inherently social phenomenon. Tourists travel with others and experience places and cultures through interacting with both familiar and unfamiliar others. This volume presents a thorough tour of the social psychological processes which underpin contemporary travel. The fascinating phen...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
Series:Aspects of Tourism ; 27
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Studying Tourist Behaviour
  • Chapter 2. Social Roles and Individual Characteristics
  • Chapter 3. Motivation: The Travel Career Pattern Approach
  • Chapter 4. Perceiving and Choosing the Destination
  • Chapter 5. Social Contact for the Tourist
  • Chapter 6. The Tourists' On-Site Experiences
  • Chapter 7. Tourists' Reflections on Experience
  • Chapter 8. Synthesis and Further Analysis
  • References
  • Index