Travel Motivation and Tourist Typologies

Camp #1: One group of authors are motivated to travel to investigate cultures and for their own self betterment. This group of authors travel and record their experiences to share them with those who are unable to do as they do due to the reader’s circumstances or mindsets towards travel. These authors defend travel to be a positive experience and corrects the false assumptions that travel is dangerous and only there for crocked tourism schemes.

In “It’s A Nomad Nomad World”, Bruce Chatwin explains the value of travel in a human’s life and how one can benefit from it. A thesis to take away from the text is that humans are travellers at heart. When humankind is presented with a challenge, they are not prone to shying away; furthermore, once humans have started a journey they are admirably resilient to quitting, and finally; humans are constantly searching to experience new sights and sounds. Because of these traits, it is evident why humans are often found on journeys. As John Steinback once said, “People don’t take trips, trips take people”, emphasizing that although humans believe they are the ones who decide to embark on a trip, it is actually the opposite: they are unable to

Tourism has always been apart of us in different ways, shapes, and forms. It has greatly evolved due to technology and transportation advances, which have made traveling efficient and quick and given us the proper resources to be prepared prior to “adventuring” away from home.

Travel literature displays local colours, climates and culture. It has almost assumed a metaphysical and semi-religious significance. Elizabeth Waterson says that “a travelogue is a diary and narrative of travel, sport and adventure”. It is, she states, “a blend of description, anecdote and personal commentary” ( Waterson 10).

Throughout history, the progressions of mankind has given way to a perpetually globalizing world. Globalization, the “process of interaction and integration among peoples of different nations, has strengthened human ties while our race has formed societies in every corner of the globe. As our world becomes more interconnected, the resulting blend of cultures has led numerous societal features to be shared between peoples, blurring cultural division lines. Globalization’s tying binds may frustrate many modern travelers seeking unique and special travel experiences due to the standardization of destinations resulting from increasingly cozy international social relations, but continued and extensive human travel has demonstrated that the essential human urge to move is a product of our search for fulfillment in what is unfamiliar and will not be suppressed by global interconnection.

In this document I am going to be looking at factors that affect both inbound and domestic tourism deciding to travel to the UK or travel within the UK. Some examples of factors that I will be reviewing include the following; health, safety and security, accessibility, marketing campaigns, availability of products and services, quality of good and services, economic recession in the UK/and or tourist generating countries, exchange rate, travel restrictions, emerging of new markets, competition from other destinations and finally weather.

In this section I will explain the different development in the tourism industry since the 1960’s and what the effect it has on the travel industry.

Which of the following would be internal (“push”) factors in terms of influencing people’s decisions to travel?

Additionally, It is also assumed that tourists travel for pleasure, “that cannot be found within the life-space and how this makes traveling worthwhile” (Cohen, 93). This is connected to tourists because, it is assumed that tourists travel to get-away from the stressors of their own lives, perhaps have a mini-break away from work or from the chaos within their own lives. It is assumed that tourists with a family, wants to travel and enjoy bonding time with family to create new memorable memories that one may not be-able to create in their own town and/or city. Or, it is assumed that young travelers want a romantic get-away to get hitched, or

Within travel and tourism inbound and domestic tourism are frequently changing, there are many internal and external factors which have a major impact and contribute to these changes. In this assignment I am going to analyse 3 internal and 3 external factors which affect the travel and tourism industry.

Travel has always been associated with relaxation and enjoyment. People travel to explore new or revisit favorite places. The idea that travel could also be a conduit for self growth and awareness,as discussed in the article Transformative Travel,is a very new concept but old tradition. Various religious groups send people across the world as missionaries. Missionary work was identified as a group involvement. everyone on the mission fulfilled the same purpose. Transformative travel is a combination of mission work and travel of leisure except it is based on an individual's personal goal.

The main goal of this proposal is to find out the information of the leisure traveller of the UK, about why they are choosing to go there and what is their reasons and to find out what type of people are going to visit this destination (gender) in what type of age ?

How does Best Western craft messaging and activations that appeal to the target audience’s aspirational and practical motivations for bleisure travel?

Thomas and Peterson, both who are in favor in traveling, has accumulated many reasons why one should travel. They both believe that traveling allows people to "stretch the limits of [their] comfort zone" (Thomas). The authors think that this is beneficial to people because even though they may be immersed in an unfamiliar and uncomfortable surrounding, they will often find something positive to make out in the situation. Ultimately, people will discover new things, be exposed to new cultures and make new connections and friends. Through zip lining through the forests of the Amazon to navigating the streets of Hong Kong, traveling brings adventures and

With world travel market having undergone significant changes over the last few years a new type of tourist has emerged known as the Free Independent Traveler or Tourist (FIT). The definition is broad but tends to refer to people over 35, often, though not necessarily, of above average income who like to travel in small groups, usually couples. They eschew mass tourism and the holiday package concept promoted by Travel operators, in favour of a more individualistic approach to travel. There are two implications to the idea of the Free Independent Traveler. One is important in the context of a marketing niche with a distinct economic behavior whilst the other concentrates more on the philosophy of travel. This distinction can be summarized in how they are described. For the economic importance of tourism and for marketing purposes they are Free Independent Travelers (Upper