This document discusses different types of tourists based on their personalities and preferences. It identifies four main types: organized mass tourists who prefer fixed itineraries on guided tours; individual mass tourists who have some control over schedules but still prefer packages; explorers who independently plan trips to unusual places while seeking basic comforts; and drifters who have no set plans and try to live as locals do. It also categorizes tourists as allocentric (outgoing and adventurous), psychocentric (conservative and preferring familiarity), or mid-centric (between the two).

1. AN IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR
TOURISM
TOURIST

2. Types of tourist
• THE ORGANISED
MASS TOURIST
• THE INDIVIDUAL
MASS TOURIST
• THE EXPLORER
• THE DRIFTER

3. THE ORGANISED MASS TOURIST
. The organised mass tourist are the
least adventurous and spend most of
their time in their comfortable
“environmental bubble” throughout
their trip.

4. • EXAMPLE: A guided tour in an air-
conditioned bus travelling through
the country side, the itineraries
decided in advance, and all the
attractions and stopping points are
well fixed and guided. Tourist have
almost no decisions on the trip.

5. THE INDIVIDUAL MASS TOURIST
• This type of tourist is similar to the
organised mass tourist, except that
the tour is not entirely fixed. The
tourist have certain amount of
control over his/her time and
itinerary ,and is not bound to a
group.

6. EXAMPLE :
• An independent package to a resort in
kasauli for a week. flights, hotel, transfers
areare all booked ahead of time.

7. THE EXPLORER
• This type of tourist
arranges their trips
alone.
• They try to go
somewhere unusual,
but still look for
comfortable sleeping
places and reliable
means of
transportation.
• They retain some of
the basic routines
and comforts of
their.
• They always try to
explore new
destinations.

8. EXAMPLE:
• A self-organised
self-drive tour to
rohtang. Tourist
plan their own
itinerary and
stay in locally
recommended
bed & breakfast
establishments
like tourist
lodges, or new
establishments.

9. THE DRIFTER
• This type of tourist go further away
from the “environmental bubble” and
from their day to day life in their home
countries. They keep away from any
kind of connection with the tourism
establishments. They are happy to live
with locals and try to live the way the
locals live and speak their language.
Drifters have no fixed itinerary or time
tables.

10. EXAMPLE :
• A back-packer who
tours around
unknown
destinations.
• Stays at new place.
• Picks up jobs to
earn some money.

11. THREE MAIN TYPES OF TOURIST
ACCORDING TO THEIR
PERSONALITIES
•ALLOCATION TYPE.
•PSYCHOCENTRIC TYPE.
•MID-CENTRIC TYPE.

12. ALLOCATION TYPE
• An allocentric tourist is a person
who seeks new experiences and
adventure in a variety of activities.
This person is outgoing and self-
confident in behavior. An allocentric
person prefers to fly and to explore
new and unusual areas before
others do so. Allocentrics enjoy
meeting people from foreign or
different cultures. They prefer good
hotels and food, but not necessarily
modern or chain-type hotels.

13. • For a tour package, an allocentric would like to have the
basics such as transportation and hotels, but not be
committed to a structured itinerary. They would rather have
the freedom to explore an area, make their own
arrangements and choose a variety of activities and tourist
attractions.

14. PSYCHOCENTRIC TYPE
• Psychocentrics are more conservatively oriented. They tend
to be inhibited and non-adventuresome. They prefer to
return to familiar travel destinations where they can relax
and know what types of food and activity to expect.

15. • Psychocentrics prefer to drive to destinations, stay in typical
tourist accommodations, and eat at family-type restaurants.
When arranging a package tour, psychocentrics would prefer
a heavily structured itinerary so that they know what to
expect. Safety and security are very important to this group.

16. MID-CENTRIC TYPE
• There is a large number of
people falling between the
allocentric and the
psychocentric types of tourists.
This type of tourists is called
mid-centrics. Mid-centric
tourists are not particularly
adventurous, but they are
receptive to new experience.