Planning the summer vacation - An adaptable process

被引：145

作者：

Decrop, A

Snelders, D

机构：

[1] Univ Namur, Dept Business Adm, B-5000 Namur, Belgium

[2] Delft Univ Technol, NL-2600 AA Delft, Netherlands

来源：

ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH | 2004年 / 31卷 / 04期

关键词：

tourist behavior; decision-making; vacation planning; destination choice; grounded theory;

D O I：

10.1016/j.annals.2004.03.004

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper presents a contextualized study of vacation planning starting from a naturalistic perspective. Series of indepth interviews have been conducted during the period of a year on 25 Belgian households in order to follow their decision-making process for summer vacation. Data were analyzed and interpreted following the grounded theory approach. Findings show that vacation planning is an ongoing process, which entails a lot of adaptability and opportunism. Fantasy and emotions also play an important role in shaping vacation and destination choices. This departs from existing decision-making models that propose a (bounded) rational, problem-solving vacationer. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：1008 / 1030

页数：23