The myth of business tourist idiosyncrasy

Lloyd C. Harris and Andrew Pressey

Annals of Tourism Research, 2021, vol. 91, issue C

Abstract: •Our discipline encourages the view that business tourism is different from other forms of tourism.•We aim explode the notion that business tourists are fundamentally different from leisure tourists.•We highlight that the over-simplifying myth that busines tourists are idiosyncratic and peculiar.•Business travelers routinely undertake leisure activities and often undertake travel for non-work reasons.•We encourage researchers to explore the similarities between business and leisure travel.

Keywords: Business tourism; Business travel; Assumptions of business travel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2021.103186

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