Contributors

Preface

Introduction: theory and research on the consumer psychology of tourism, hospitality and leisure

A.G. Woodside

Part One: DESTINATION IMAGES AND DESTINATION CHOICE

Where psychology and geography interface in tourism research and theory

M. Oppermann

A tale of three cities: perceptual charting for analysing destination images

S. Dolnicar

K. Grabler

J.A. Mazanec

A path-analytical model of visitation intention involving information sources, socio-psychological motivations and destination images

S. Baloglu

Part Two: TOURIST BEHAVIOUR

Playing on the post-modern edge: action leisure as self-identity

J.B. Kernan

T.J. Domzal

Holland's personality theory and the prediction of tourism behaviour

E.A. Frew

R.N. Shaw

An analysis of consumers' risk approach and risk behaviour in the context of gambling

K. Weber

W.S. Roehl

Tourism constraints: the neglected dimension of consumer behaviour research

S. Hudson

D. Gilbert

Part Three: MOTIVATIONS AND DECISION PROCESSES

The relationship between emotions, mood and motivation to travel: towards a cross-cultural measurement of flow

J. Gnoth

A. Zins

R. Lengmueller

C. Boshoff

A hedonic perspective on independent vacation planning, decision-making and behaviour

K.F. Hyde

Tourist motivation, values and perceptions

I. Ateljevic

The problem of motivation in understanding the demand for leisure day visits

S. McCabe

Personal aspects of consumers' decision-making processes revisited through a grounded theory of Belgian vacationers

A. Decrop

Part Four: MEASURING ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS

The Myers-Briggs type indicator and leisure attribute preference

R.L. McGuiggan

Deciphering day-trip destination choice using a tourist expectation/satisfaction construct

P. Schofield

The application of the Guttman scaling procedure in the measurement of consumer behaviour: a marketing myopia

Y. Ekinci

M. Riley

Part Five: ECONOMIC AND HERITAGE ISSUES

Determinants of tourism spending

V.B. Agarwal

G.R. Yochum

Elasticities of tourism demand for selected European countries

M. Fish

Yi Xia

The Pacific heritage tourism interpretation `sham'

G. Russell

C. Walters

Applying theories of program evaluation to implemented goverment tourism marketing strategies

A.G. Woodside

M.Y. Sakai

Index