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Gender Differences In Tourism Destination: Implications For Tourism Marketers, Marie Ryan, Nadine Henley, Geoffery Soutar
Gender Differences In Tourism Destination: Implications For Tourism Marketers, Marie Ryan, Nadine Henley, Geoffery Soutar
Research outputs pre 2011
This paper examines the criteria that males and females use to make tourism destination choices and whether such differences result in different destination preferences. Males and females may apply different criteria to make tourism destination choices. Respondents were asked to rank eight popular WA holiday destinations, using twelve attributes. Comparisons between males and females were conducted using t-tests, perceptual mapping and external preference analysis. Females rated each attribute consistently more important than males and, overall, consistently high. This finding is interpreted with reference to Meyers- Levy’s (1986) selectivity hypothesis and related to other research in the marketing context on information …
Socio-Cultural Impacts Of Tourism, Sherif Mostafa Abdel-Aziz
Socio-Cultural Impacts Of Tourism, Sherif Mostafa Abdel-Aziz
Archived Theses and Dissertations
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The Problem Of Verbal Reports In Recreation Research: Review, Recommendations, And New Directions, Bill Borrie
The Problem Of Verbal Reports In Recreation Research: Review, Recommendations, And New Directions, Bill Borrie
Society and Conservation Faculty Publications
Recent work of cognitive and social psychologists has questioned the ability of subjects to accurately remember and report their experiences. This has particular significance for recreation research as the survey questions we ask of visitors change from more stable visit and group characteristics to reports of conditions, experiences and feelings. Strategies exist to encourage accurate recall, particlarly by minimizing the delay between event and report such as is provided by the Experience Sampling Method.