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Book SynopsisThis volume presents twenty updated and new theories of travelers’ decisions and behaviors. It describes the advances in theory construction and practical applications of theory in the disciplines of tourism, hospitality, leisure, and entertainment (THLE) research. The chapters all build on the grand models appearing in these four literature streams during 1965-2015.
This approach is comprehensive in both coverage and depth with regard to constructing, testing, and applying theories of travelers’ decisions and behaviors, which includes original work in updating grand theories and micro (algorithm-conscious and non-conscious based) theories of travelers’ decisions and behavior. This volume is the first to fully recognize and construct theories across the THLE discipline.
This volume describes the synergies, symbioses, and serendipity occurring in THLE behavior. It tears down researchers' parochial fences of what is and is not tourism, hospitality, leisure, and entertainment. The time has arrived tor tourism to embrace hospitality, hospitality to embrace tourism, and all to embrace leisure and entertainment, and this volume serves as a catalyst to accomplish this embrace.
Trade ReviewResearchers examine how cultures and behavior of tourists influence decisions by tourism companies and by local and national governments, at the same time that steps by companies and governments are influencing the actions of tourists. The studies reflect the shift in tourism research from studying relationships to studying outcomes using statistical methods. The topics include antecedents to the performance of mountain ropeway companies: empirical evidence for Switzerland, willingness-to-pay versus actual behavior: sustainable procurement at festivals, territorial planning as a creative tool for the upgrading of cultural tourism, and sustainable tourism development and Thai cultural heritage. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *
Table of ContentsChapter 1. 'Sommerfrische' in Times of Climate Change: A Qualitative Analysis of Historical and Recent Perceptions of the Term;
Fabian Weber, Maria Juschten, Carina Fanninger, Wiebke Unbehaun, Christiane Brandenburg, Alexandra Jiricka-Pürrer and Christina CzachsChapter 2. Antecedents to the Performances of Mountain Ropeway Companies: Empirical Evidence for Switzerland;
Philipp Luetolf and Gabrielle Wanzenried Chapter 3. Perceived Social–Environmental and Emotional Well-Being as a Benefit of Sustainable Tourism Products and Services;
Friederike Vinzenz, Werner Wirth, Julianna Priskin, Sindhuri Ponnapureddy and Timo Ohnmacht Chapter 4. Willingness to Pay vs. Actual Behaviour: Sustainable Procurement at Festivals;
Rachel Dodds, Brittany Jenkins, Wayne Smith and Robert E. Pitts Chapter 5. Tourists' Perceptions of and Intentions to Stay at a Capsule Hotel in Bangkok;
Natrawan Amornpornwiwat and Supara Kapasuwan Chapter 6. Territorial Planning as a Creative Tool for the Upgrading of Cultural;
Aleksandra Djukić, Vladan Djokić and Branislav Antonić Chapter 7. A Conceptual Framework of Commercial Hospitality: Perception of tourists in Thailand and Switzerland;
Jürg Stettler, Barbara Rosenberg-Taufer, Lukas Huck, Anna Amacher Hoppler, Julia Huilla, Jürg Schwarz and Chanin Yoopetch Chapter 8. Sustainable Tourism Development and Thai Cultural Heritage;
Roberto B. Gozzoli
