Understanding tourist perspectives in creative tourism

Siow-Kian Tan, Siow-Hooi Tan, Ding-Bang Luh and Shiann-Far Kung

Current Issues in Tourism, 2016, vol. 19, issue 10, 981-987

Abstract: This study explores the interactions of tourists with their surrounding socio-material factors at creative tourism sites in Taiwan. Creativity is generated through the interactions of tourists with the tutor, activity, or the environment; and there is a close relationship between individuals and these socio-material factors. However, how these factors interact has been understudied. Q-methodology was employed to uncover the various perspectives of tourists to determine the important factors that are concerned about when participating in creative activities. Three groups of tourists were identified: relaxers, sensation-seekers, and existential-type. Relaxers emphasize environmental issues and characteristics of the activity, sensation-seekers emphasize tutor-related issues, and existential-type tourists emphasize the characteristics of the activity itself.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2015.1008427

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