Motivation and Tourism
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948.
Article 24.
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
(www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#atop)
[March 18, 2011] [Online UN website]
Introduction
As it is a human right to have a holiday, this report discus the motivating reasons and the appeal factors why people choose their tourist destination. The report will start with definitions of tourism and motivation, followed buy a few theories of motivation, and ending with a conclusion. Theses theories are relating to the push of individual/s to embark on a holiday, and the pull of the tourist destination.
Definitions
• According to the UK Tourism Society and cited in the BTEC National Travel and Tourism book, by Elise James, Joanne Thirlaway and Ursula Woodhouse. (2007, pg3) Their defection of tourism is as follows. “ The temporary, short-term movement of people to destinations outside the places where they normally live and work, and their activities during their stay at these destinations.”
• Motivation as defined in the in the book Tourism: Principles and Practices. By Cooper, Fletcher, Gilbert, Shepherd and Wanhill, 2nd edition. (1998, pg32) Is “ Derives from the word ‘motivate’, which is to course a person to act in a certain way, or to stimulate interest”.
Definitions of Tourism and Motivation
There’re as many different types of holidays and tourists destinations, as there are people. Personality traits have a lot to account for in the decision making process, of where we choose to go on holiday. Mr Stanley Plog in 1974 (Holloway 6th ed, 2002) developed a theory, which classified the general US public into two desictive groups.
• Psycho-centric
A tourist that is more concerned with himself or herself, more than often is anxious about the security of travelling. They enjoy a resort or group package style holiday. Would more than
Article 24.
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
(www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#atop)
[March 18, 2011] [Online UN website]
Introduction
As it is a human right to have a holiday, this report discus the motivating reasons and the appeal factors why people choose their tourist destination. The report will start with definitions of tourism and motivation, followed buy a few theories of motivation, and ending with a conclusion. Theses theories are relating to the push of individual/s to embark on a holiday, and the pull of the tourist destination.
Definitions
• According to the UK Tourism Society and cited in the BTEC National Travel and Tourism book, by Elise James, Joanne Thirlaway and Ursula Woodhouse. (2007, pg3) Their defection of tourism is as follows. “ The temporary, short-term movement of people to destinations outside the places where they normally live and work, and their activities during their stay at these destinations.”
• Motivation as defined in the in the book Tourism: Principles and Practices. By Cooper, Fletcher, Gilbert, Shepherd and Wanhill, 2nd edition. (1998, pg32) Is “ Derives from the word ‘motivate’, which is to course a person to act in a certain way, or to stimulate interest”.
Definitions of Tourism and Motivation
There’re as many different types of holidays and tourists destinations, as there are people. Personality traits have a lot to account for in the decision making process, of where we choose to go on holiday. Mr Stanley Plog in 1974 (Holloway 6th ed, 2002) developed a theory, which classified the general US public into two desictive groups.
• Psycho-centric
A tourist that is more concerned with himself or herself, more than often is anxious about the security of travelling. They enjoy a resort or group package style holiday. Would more than
Cited: in Holloways; the Business of tourism. 2nd edition, 2002. Pg65. [pic] Source: Gilbert (1992) cited in Tourism: Principles and Practice [pic] Figure 3, Wells and Gubar (1966) citied in Tourism: Principle and Practices, 2nd edtion, Cooper et al pg 41 1998.