Handbook of Tourist Behavior: Theory & Practice (Routledge Advances in Tourism)

Resource Added For The Business Management Program 101023. 1. Interpretive Consumer Research : Uncovering The Whys Underlying Tourist Behavior / Bodil Stilling Blichfeldt And Ines Kessler -- 2. Antecedents And Consequences Of Prestige Motivation In Tourism : An Expectancy-value Motivation / Antonia Correia And Miguel Moital -- 3. Tourism Destination Image Formation / Robert Govers And Frank M. Go -- 4. Tourist Information Search / Kenneth F. Hyde -- 5. Decision Strategies In Tourism Evaluation / Alain Decrop And Metin Kozak -- 6. Planning And Exploratory Buying Behavior / Karin Teichmann And Andreas H. Zins -- 7. Understanding Tourist Experience Through Mindfulness Theory / Gianna Moscardo -- 8. Unlocking The Shared Experience : Challenges Of Consumer Experience Research / Michael Morgan And Pamela Watson -- 9. Processes And Performances Of Tourist (dis)satisfaction / Clare I. Foster -- 10. Service Failure, Tourist Complaints, And Service Recovery / Teoman Duman And Metin Kozak -- 11. What Determines Tourist Loyalty? : In Search Of A Theoretical Explanation / Xiang (robert) Li And James F. Petrick -- 12. Tourism Segmentation By Consumer-based Variables / Sara Dolnicar And Byron Kemp -- 13. Emotions And Affective States In Tourism Behavior / Juergen Gnoth And Andreas H. Zins -- 14. E-tourist Behavior : The Influence Of It On Consumers / Christine Petr -- 15. Role Of Media Products On Consumer Behavior In Tourism / Maria Mansson -- 16. Cross-cultural Differences In Tourist Behavior / Yvette Reisinger. Edited By Metin Kozak And Alain Decrop. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In today's highly competitive and global economy, understanding tourist behavior is imperative to success. Tourist behavior has become a cornerstone of any marketing strategy and action. Choosing, buying and consuming tourism/travel products and services includes a range of psycho-social processes and a number of personal and environmental influences that researchers and managers should take into account. This book provides an overview of such processes and influences and explains the basic concepts and theories that underlie tourist decision-making and behavior. It also incorporates a number of cases studies in order to aid readers to better appraise the application of those concepts and theories. "The Handbook of Tourist Behavior" will be of significant interest to researchers and students in tourism, leisure, marketing and psychology, and also to practitioners in the tourism industry In today's highly competitive and global economy, understanding tourist behavior is imperative to success. Tourist behavior has become a cornerstone of any marketing strategy and action. This book provides an overview of such processes and influences and explains the concepts and theories that underlie tourist decision making and behavior.