Tourist Behaviour : Themes and Conceptual Schemes

Tourism is an inherently social phenomenon. Tourists travel with others and experience places and cultures through interacting with both familiar and unfamiliar others. This volume presents a thorough tour of the social psychological processes which underpin contemporary travel. The fascinating phenomenon of tourist behaviour deals with topics such as motivation, destination choice, travellers' on site experiences, satisfaction and learning. This book uses an array of developing and recently constructed conceptual frameworks to both synthesise what is established, and to create new insights and directions for further analysis and, ultimately, management action.

Philip L. Pearce is the Foundation Professor of Tourism and a Distinguished Professor at James Cook University, Australia. He has written and edited 18 tourism books and has around 300 publications. His long-standing interests are studies in tourist behaviour and experience. He is well known for his work on travel motivation, and approaches to tourists’ experience as well as special topics including humour stemming from positive psychology. He works with his PhD students and international colleagues using a variety of methods and approaches. Most studies are done in settings in Asia, Australia and Europe.