Visitor attendance motivations at consumer travel exhibitions

Bongkosh Rittichainuwat and Judith Mair

Tourism Management, 2012, vol. 33, issue 5, 1236-1244

Abstract: This study identifies the major motivations of visitors for attending consumer travel exhibitions and segments visitors based on their motivations. The findings suggest that visitors to consumer travel exhibitions have multiple motivations: acquiring purchase information, being attracted by the theme, or being encouraged to visit by media coverage. Half of the visitors perceived travel fairs to be an important distribution channel through which they could get special deals on travel to desirable destinations (or at least sourcing information on travel). It seems likely that consumer travel show attendance may be closely linked with the individual leisure desires of the visitor. The study suggests two clusters: 1) Shopper cluster whose major motivation is purchasing and 2) Total Visitors whose motivation is to undertake an ongoing information search and attend seminars to maintain their awareness of new trends with the tourism industry.

Keywords: Exhibitions; Consumer show; Visitor attendance motivations; Travel fairs; Thai visitors; MICE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.11.002

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