Trip experiences and tourists' motivation

Joseph S. Chen; Alan R. Graefe; Deborah L. Kerstetter

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Trip experiences and tourists' motivation

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Joseph S. Chen, Alan R. Graefe, Deborah L. Kerstetter

Year:

1998

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Vogelsong, Hans G., comp, ed. Proceedings of the 1997 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 1997 April 6 - 9; Bolton Landing, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-241. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 106-107.

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Abstract

Little evidence exists to support the proposition that travel experiences may affect tourists' motivations. This study found that there was a significant difference in travel motivation between tourists who had an experience visiting other routes similar to the route they currently visited and tourists who did not have this experience; "interest in the site" represented the largest difference in the reason for visiting.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 1997 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

Chen, Joseph S.; Graefe, Alan R.; Kerstetter, Deborah L. 1998. Trip experiences and tourists'' motivation. In: Vogelsong, Hans G., comp, ed. Proceedings of the 1997 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 1997 April 6 - 9; Bolton Landing, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-241. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 106-107.