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[...]... Product and activity classifications Cultural tourists: • heritage tourists • ethnic tourists Nature oriented tourists: • wildlife tourists • ecotourists Adventure tourists Educational tourists: • science tourists • volunteers Theme park tourists Casino tourists Urban tourists Agricultural tourists: • wine tourists • farm tourists Sex tourists: • romance tourists • companionship tourists Business tourists:... construction and interpretation of market related research in this field Conceptual Schemes, Theories and Tourism Study The subtitle of this book employs the expression conceptual schemes The expression stresses the value of using some level of abstraction and academic organisation to understand tourist behaviour For the purposes of this book the term conceptual schemes refers to the use of well-defined and. .. summary and explanatory tools in elucidating how tourist behaviour arises and functions Conceptual schemes go beyond both description and mere re-statements or re-labelling of the observed world They are not, however, fully functioning theories (Blalock, 1969; Greene, 1994) 15 Studying Tourist Behaviour 13 One important distinction between conceptual schemes and theories lies in the greater formality and. .. member and some of these studies will be relevant to the interest in tourism Nevertheless the focus of the volume will be specifically on tourists and tourist behaviour Tourist Behaviour: To Whom Does It Matter? First, tourist behaviour tends to matter to tourists People are concerned with their life experience – what they do – and they like to understand it So, one answer to the question is that tourists... understanding and a guide to how they will respond In this view tourist stereotypes are not just amusing, not just socially driven attempts to gain status and identity, but powerful shapers of action and interaction The second conceptual scheme that relates to understanding stereotypes is that of tourist roles and the notion of role distance This is a major topic in tourist behaviour analysis and warrants... contexts for the operation of tourism Tourist behaviour matters, but it is a link and a force in understanding tourism; it is not always going to be what matters most in solving tourism problems or developing tourism in a region Tourist Behaviour and Consumer Behaviour There are several critical dimensions that create differences between tourist behaviour and consumer behaviour One such major difference... of tourist behaviour as a consequential and contributing element in tourism systems is rarely treated in a specific way in tourism systems diagrams (c.f Farrell & Twining-Ward, 2004) Nevertheless some of the themes concerning tourist behaviour that are dealt with in this volume (specifically tourist motivation, tourist destination choice, tourist satisfaction and learning) deal with change, growth and. .. 1.1 Approaching Tourist Behaviour Links to other study topics in tourism The topic of tourist behaviour depends upon, interacts with, and occasionally determines other components of tourism Tourist behaviour is powerfully connected to and often contingent upon marketing activities: it strongly shapes the wellbeing of many small businesses, and it can generate considerable socio-cultural and environmental... observations, data and tightly-fashioned and sometimes localised conceptual schemes and explanatory systems (cf Tribe, 2004) This view is very closely allied to the practice and philosophy of grounded theory and its developments (Glaser, 1992; Kushner & Morrow, 2003) Another notable force in tourism that stimulates the value of localised conceptual schemes is the role of practitioners and management personnel... of tourist behaviour 19 20 Figure 1.2 Concept map for understanding tourist behaviour We need to understand these DESTINATION Activities/attractions Setting Facilities Service Hosts Other tourists Management Destination images Choice Motives Culture Demographics Social networks Personality Values Experience Attitudes THE TOURIST Travel to manage these Social, cultural and environmental contacts Tourists’ . . . . . 4 Tourist Behaviour: To Whom Does It Matter? . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Approaching Tourist Behaviour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Tourist Behaviour and Consumer Behaviour. the media may find tourist behaviour noteworthy. In turn political comment Studying Tourist Behaviour 7 Tourists Particularly for personal satisfaction and growth Tourist behaviour matters to Public. developing tourism in a region. Tourist Behaviour and Consumer Behaviour There are several critical dimensions that create differences between tourist behaviour and consumer behaviour. One such major