Tourist Behaviour
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This dissertation addresses calls from both tourism and marketing researchers for a holistic framework and comprehensive examination of the role that the country cue plays in consumer behavior (Josiassen and Harzing 2008; Maheswaran et al. 2013). It provides much needed advancement to both the tourism and marketing research discipline by conceptualizing and empirically examining various pathways through which the country cue manifests in tourists’ and consumers’ behavior.
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The purpose of this thesis is to examine the relationship between cultural values and the factors of service quality expectations, perceptions and behavioural intentions among Middle Eastern tourists in relation to Gold Coast accommodation. The literature is relatively silent in terms of examining these issues. Therefore, to address this gap, the present thesis examines the relationship between cultural values and each factor of expectations, perceptions and behavioural intentions of the Middle Eastern tourist in relation to the quality of Gold Coast accommodation services.
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The main objective of the study "Role of beliefs and past experience informing resort accommodation purchase behaviour : a study of Australian tourists" is: To segment the tourists using resorts in Australia; to propose a conceptual model which describes the factors that affect the travellers’ choice of resort hotels based on their beliefs along with the effect of past behaviour and; to test the model across the segments using multivariate data analysis techniques.
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The present study contributed to the body of knowledge by providing a theoretical framework in modelling and predicting host residents’ interactive behaviour towards tourists, and a comprehensive understanding of the roles that psychologic, demographic and socio-graphic factors plays in the different directions of community attitudes towards tourism. It also provided tourism authorities with practical recommendations and implications in terms of tourism planning and a harmonious relationship between the host residents and tourists.
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