Preface ...................................................... viii
Acknowledgements ................................................ x
Part 1 Context
1 Introduction ................................................. 3
Case study - The rise of Trip Advisor ....................... 11
2 The history of tourist behaviour ............................ 14
Case study - The international spa and health wellness
market ...................................................... 40
3 Main concepts in consumer behaviour, including models of
consumer behaviour adapted for tourism ...................... 46
Case study - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA ......................... 56
Part 2 The purchase-decision process
4 Motivators .................................................. 75
Case study - Adventure tourism in New Zealand ............... 86
5 Determinants ................................................ 94
Case study - PGL adventure holidays ........................ 101
6 Models of the purchase decision-making process ............. 108
Case study - Gay and lesbian tourism in Australia .......... 120
Part 3 Typologies of tourist behaviour
7 Typologies of tourist behaviour and segmentation of the
tourism market ............................................. 129
Case study - lrhal.com: the leading travel information
source for Muslims by Saskia Faulk ......................... 149
Case study - Segmenting the leisure shopping market ........ 153
Part 4 Tourism demand and markets
8 The global pattern of tourism demand ....................... 159
Case study - Taiwan: the emergence of a new major
outbound tourism market .................................... 168
9 National differences: domestic, outbound and inbound ....... 170
Case study - The segmentation of the outbound Japanese
market ..................................................... 183
10 The nature of demand in different segments of the tourism
market ..................................................... 188
Case study - The inbound market to the Republic of Cyprus .. 199
Case study - Thomas Cook's Club 18-30 ...................... 206
11 Consumer experience in tourism marketing ................... 214
Case study - Bikes, birds and bullets: niche tourism in
South Africa by Saskia Faulk ............................... 224
Case study - Ragdale Hall health hydro and thermal spa ..... 233
Case study - easyJet: the rise of a no-frills low-cost
carrier (LCC) .............................................. 239
Part 5 Consumer behaviour and marketing
12 Researching tourist behaviour: marketing research .......... 249
Case study - Discovering clients' longings: Kuoni Travel
Compass by Saskia Faulk .................................... 267
13 The marketing mix and tourist behaviour .................... 275
Case study - First Choice Holidays' all-inclusive
package .................................................... 287
Case study - See the bigger picture: positioning Burbank
for tourists as the media capital of the world by Saskia
Faulk ...................................................... 294
Part 6 Topical issues in consumer behaviour
14 The 'ethical tourist': myth or reality? .................... 305
Case study - British Airways: environmental policy ......... 319
Case study - TUI, Germany: environmental policy ............ 328
15 Quality and tourist satisfaction ........................... 338
Case study - The Savoy Hotel, London ....................... 350
16 The emergence of new markets and changes in tourist
demand ..................................................... 357
Case study - The environmental activist traveller: new
dimensions by Saskia Faulk ................................. 375
17 The role of information and communication technologies
in tourism ................................................. 383
Case study - A never-ending process: the role of guest
reviews online in the provision of quality service by
Saskia Faulk ............................................... 401
Part 7 Conclusions and future
18 Conclusions ................................................ 409
Case study - New Zealand's 'Home of Middle-earth'
campaign by Saskia Faulk .................................. 413
19 The future of tourist behaviour ............................ 424
Glossary of terms ............................................. 438
Index ......................................................... 443
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