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4.Tourism Motivation
The document discusses various theories and frameworks for classifying tourist motivations put forward by different researchers. It outlines motivational factors identified by Sonia Khan, Erik Cohen, Smith, Leiper, Iso Ahola and Pearce, McIntosh and Goeldner, Crampton, Lundberg, Dann, Krapf, Maslow, Pearce, Plog, and Cohen. These motivations include relaxation, escape, recreation, novelty, status, culture, friends/family, physical needs, and more. Plog developed a psychographic model that classified tourists as allocentric, midcentric, or psychocentric based on personality traits like risk-taking, confidence, and preferences for organized vs independent travel
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Explores various motivations for tourism, including recreation, cultural experiences, and escaping routines.
Discusses motivation models by Maslow and Pearce, highlighting needs from relaxation to self-actualization.
Plog’s classification of tourists based on their personality types: Allocentric, Midcentric, and Psychocentric. Examines various types of tourists and their motivations, emphasizing experiential and existential needs.
