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  title info:
    title: Why People Travel? Examining Perceived Benefits of Tourism
  name:
    name part: Chen, Chun-Chu
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Petrick, James
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: It has been demonstrated that people often feel happier, healthier, and more relaxed after a vacation. However, there is still lack of research on how people perceive the benefits of travel and how these perceptions influence their travel behavior. Thus, the primary purpose of this research was to examine the effects of perceived tourism benefits on travel behavior based on the model of attitude importance. Since existing scales of tourism benefits failed to incorporate some important items or factors, particularly the health benefits of tourism, this dissertation involved three online panel surveys, including: (1) a preliminary study (n=566) to elicit new benefit items, (2) a pilot study (n=434) to trim down the number of items, and (3) a main survey (n=559) to finalize the scale. As a result, several items associated with health benefits were elicited from the preliminary study; in the later stages of scale development, these items were identified and validated as a convergent dimension of perceived health benefits. Further, several hypotheses pertaining to the effect of perceived tourism benefits and the applicability of the attitude-importance model in tourism were tested. The results showed that: (1) the premise of the attitude-importance model that important attitudes can instigate the process of knowledge accumulation was supported; (2) the applicability of the attitude-importance model in tourism was supported; (3) the three factors of perceived tourism benefit -- experiential, health, and relaxation benefits, had positive effects on travel behavior through attitude importance. These results had theoretical and practical implications. First, while previous tourism studies on tourists' information search have tended to incorporate information search behavior in the context of vacation planning, this research demonstrated that the accumulation of product-related knowledge can be on a regular basis. Second, while previous tourism studies have a strong preferenc…
  note: by Chun-Chu Chen.
  note: "Major Subject: Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences"
  note: Includes vita.
  note: Doctor of Philosophy Texas A & M University 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148389
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Dissertation)
  subject:
    topic: Major Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Scale Development
  subject:
    topic: Benefits of Tourism
  subject:
    topic: Attitude Importance
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148389
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 131217
    record change date: 20151206090641.0
    record identifier: in00003424889
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng