A pleasure-tourism behaviors framework

Tourists' behaviors often differ from those in the home environment, yet researchers have also found that tourists retain some home behaviors in the pleasure-tourism environment. These differences have been explained in the literature, although researchers have not attempted to predict individuals' actions while engaging in tourism. The LIP behaviors framework was developed from the literature to predict individuals' behaviors while on pleasure travel in relation to their home-based behaviors. Four concepts (compensatory, spill-over/familiarity, liminal, and liminoid) were used to construct the framework, which may serve as a basis for future study. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.