Tourist typology in social contact: An addition to existing theories

Daisy X.F. Fan, Hanqin Qiu Zhang, Carson L. Jenkins and Pimtong Tavitiyaman

Tourism Management, 2017, vol. 60, issue C, 357-366

Abstract: Tourist-host social contact, as a unique type of social contact, is not getting sufficient attention in tourism academia considering its remarkable impacts on tourists' travel attitudes, behaviors and long-term perceptions. The objectives of the current study are to explore the dimensions of tourist-host social contact and to contribute to the theory of tourist typology according to their dynamic nature in tourist-host social interaction. Forty-five in-depth interviews were conducted to generate insightful information. The software of NVivo 10 was applied to examine and code the transcripts. As a result, six dimensions were adopted to describe tourist-host social contact, which are purposes, determinants, activities, intensity, impacts and attitudes. Five types of tourists were pinpointed and theoretical and practical contributions of the study were discussed.

Keywords: Social contact; Tourist typology; Interaction; Tourist-host (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.12.021

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