Based upon a social science approach to understanding the significance of tourism in
contemporary society, Andrew Holden's fascinating book highlights tourism as a …

Recognizing the gap between experience and the representation of it, this essay explores
the interpellation of the tourist-as-subject in a serendipitous moment—the tourist moment …

Backpackers have shifted from the margins of the travel industry into the global spotlight.
This volume explores the international backpacker phenomenon, drawing together different …

This chapter will present an outline of how to better understand best practice in volunteer
tourism by examining the focus and motivations for volunteer tourists and the dynamic social …

The senior travel market may be segmented and profiled with a combination of
psychological characteristicstravel motives; travel risk perceptions; cognitive age-as well as …

This article discusses the sociological studies of tourist attitudes and behavior. The main
purpose of this article is to outline a tourism and gastronomy model, inspired by applied …

This study aims to explore the motivations for tourists' choice of diverse tourism
environments in a Third World country, Nigeria. Results obtained from a questionnaire …

Motivation is about the causes of personal action, in tourism and in other activities. Our
understanding of tourists' motivations is surprisingly limited in view of the potential …

The purpose of this study is to explore household tourism decision making. There is an
extensive literature on consumer choice in general. 1-3 In terms of tourism, the main focus …

The school trip is relatively under-researched. In the present study the aim was to explore 14–
15 year-old children's reasons and motivations for going on such a trip. In the first part of the …