Tourist typology in social contact: An addition to existing theories

被引：58

作者：

Fan, Daisy X. F. ^{[1
]}

Zhang, Hanqin Qiu ^{[1
]}

Jenkins, Carson L. ^{[2
]}

Tavitiyaman, Pimtong ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Sch Hotel & Tourism Management, 17 Sci Museum Rd, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

[2] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Sch Profess Educ & Execut Dev, 9 Hoi Ting Rd, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

来源：

TOURISM MANAGEMENT | 2017年 / 60卷

关键词：

Social contact; Tourist typology; Interaction; Tourist-host; INTERGROUP; EXPERIENCE; ATTITUDES; SOCIOLOGY; EMPATHY; IMPACT;

D O I：

10.1016/j.tourman.2016.12.021

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Tourist-host social contact, as a unique type of social contact, is not getting sufficient attention in tourism academia considering its remarkable impacts on tourists' travel attitudes, behaviors and long-term perceptions. The objectives of the current study are to explore the dimensions of tourist-host social contact and to contribute to the theory of tourist typology according to their dynamic nature in tourist host social interaction. Forty-five in-depth interviews were conducted to generate insightful information. The software of NVivo 10 was applied to examine and code the transcripts. As a result, six dimensions were adopted to describe tourist-host social contact, which are purposes, determinants, activities, intensity, impacts and attitudes. Five types of tourists were pinpointed and theoretical and practical contributions of the study were discussed. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：357 / 366

页数：10

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