Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Elena-Cristina Mahika
Author-Name-First: Elena-Cristina
Author-Name-Last: Mahika
Author-Email: cristinamahika@yahoo.com
Author-Workplace-Name: Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania
Title: Current trends in tourist motivation
Journal: CACTUS - The Tourism Journal for Research, Education, Culture and Soul
Abstract: Currently, in an evolving economy, the study of tourist behaviour is crucial for the field specialists. Influenced by a variety of factors, tourists tend to change their behaviour in time. An important indicator of tourist behaviour, tourist motivation has the purpose of revealing consumer's desires and apirations when opting for a vacation. The analysis of tourist motivations has the advantage of preparing tourist practitioners, and therefore to prepare and forecast the oferr of tourism products that match the current and future demand. This paper is an exploratory research, based on data and studies on recent evolution of the travelling reasons, in order to identify the changing trends.
Keywords: tourist motivation, consumer behaviour, tourism market, tourist destination
Classification-JEL: D11, L83, P46
Creation-Date: 2011
Year: 2011
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
File-URL: https://cactus-journal-of-tourism.ase.ro/Pdf/vol4/2%20Mahica%20Cristina.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:bum:cactus:cactus-2011-16