Tourists' reasons for visiting industrial heritage sites

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 19-31

  Chen, Joseph S ^a   Kerstetter, Deborah L ^b   Graefe, Alan R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritage tourism; Industrial heritage attractions; Reasons for travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951558025     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v08n01_03     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Cass, G., and Jahrig, S., 1998. Heritage tourism, Montana's hottest travel trend. Montana Business Quarterly, 35(2):8–18.
2. Chen, J., 1998. The tourists' cognitive decision making model. The Tourist Review, 53(1):4–9.
3. Ditton, R., Loomis, D., and Choi, S., 1992. Recreation specialization:Re-conceptualization from a social worlds perspective. Journal of Leisure Research, 24(1):33–51.
4. Glasson, J., 1994. Oxford:A heritage city under pressure. Tourism Management, 15(2):137–144.
5. Kerstetter, D., Confer, J., and Bricker, K., 1998. Industrial heritage attractions:Types and tourists. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 7(2):91–104.
6. Kerstetter, D., Confer, J., and Graefe, A., 2001. An exploration of the specialization concept within the context of heritage tourism. Journal of Travel Research, 39(1):267–274.
7. Mazursky, D., 1989. Past experience and future tourism decision. Annals of Tourism Research, 15(3):333–345.
8. McIntyre, N., and Pigram, J., 1992. Recreation specialization reexamined:The case of vehicle based campers. Leisure Sciences, 21:167–179.
9. Phuket looks to future with ecosystem and culture tourism. 2000. Business Day (Thailand), January 5
10. Prentice, R., 1993. Motivations of the heritage consumer in the leisure market:An application of the Manning-Haas demand hierarchy. Leisure Sciences, 15:271–290.
11. Schreyer, R., Lime, D., and Williams, D., 1984. Characterizing the influence of past experience on recreation behavior. Journal of Leisure Research, 16(1):35–50.
12. Schul, P., and Crompton, J., 1983. Search behavior of international vacationers:Travel-specific lifestyle and sociodemographic variables. Journal of Travel Research, 22(3):25–30.
13. Silberberg, T., 1995. Cultural tourism and business opportunities for museums and heritage sites. Tourism Management, 16(5):361–365.
14. Solomon, P., and George, W., 1977. The bicentennial traveler:A life-style analysis of the historian segment. Journal of Travel Research, 15:14–17.
15. Thomas, C., 1989. “The roles of historic sites and reasons for visiting”. In Heritage sites:Strategies for marketing and development, Edited by:Herbert, D., Prentice, R., and Thomas, C., Hants:Avebury.
16. Travel Industry Association. 1999. Fast facts [on line] www.tia.org/press/fastfacts8. stm
17. Unruh, D., 1980. The nature of social worlds. Pacific Sociological Review, 23:271–296.