Guests and Hosts Revisited: Prejudicial Attitudes of Guests toward the Host Population

This study evaluates the impact of all-inclusive trip experiences of tourists on their prejudicial attitudes toward their host. All-inclusive German travelers were probed for their attitudes toward their host at the time of arrival and before departure. Reasons for the differences between arrival an...

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Main Authors: Sirakaya-Turk, E., Nyaupane, G., Uysal, Muzaffer
Format: Journal Article
Published: SAGE Publications 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53863
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author Sirakaya-Turk, E.
Nyaupane, G.
Uysal, Muzaffer
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description This study evaluates the impact of all-inclusive trip experiences of tourists on their prejudicial attitudes toward their host. All-inclusive German travelers were probed for their attitudes toward their host at the time of arrival and before departure. Reasons for the differences between arrival and departure attitude scores were explored via multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and regression analyses. As opposed to the intergroup contact hypothesis that tourism would reduce prejudice and increase cross-cultural understanding, the findings indicate that structured, all-inclusive tour experiences of this sample of tourists increase prejudicial attitudes toward their host. Exploring potential reasons for such differences in pre- and post-arrival scores, the study reports that overall satisfaction with the vacation, service quality factors and the nature of all-inclusive tour might be responsible for such results. Enhanced with qualitative data from key informants, likely reasons are cautiously speculated using contact hypothesis and the notion of "cultural bubble."
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-538632017-10-09T05:23:43Z Guests and Hosts Revisited: Prejudicial Attitudes of Guests toward the Host Population Sirakaya-Turk, E. Nyaupane, G. Uysal, Muzaffer This study evaluates the impact of all-inclusive trip experiences of tourists on their prejudicial attitudes toward their host. All-inclusive German travelers were probed for their attitudes toward their host at the time of arrival and before departure. Reasons for the differences between arrival and departure attitude scores were explored via multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and regression analyses. As opposed to the intergroup contact hypothesis that tourism would reduce prejudice and increase cross-cultural understanding, the findings indicate that structured, all-inclusive tour experiences of this sample of tourists increase prejudicial attitudes toward their host. Exploring potential reasons for such differences in pre- and post-arrival scores, the study reports that overall satisfaction with the vacation, service quality factors and the nature of all-inclusive tour might be responsible for such results. Enhanced with qualitative data from key informants, likely reasons are cautiously speculated using contact hypothesis and the notion of "cultural bubble." 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53863 10.1177/0047287513500580 SAGE Publications restricted
spellingShingle Sirakaya-Turk, E.
Nyaupane, G.
Uysal, Muzaffer
Guests and Hosts Revisited: Prejudicial Attitudes of Guests toward the Host Population
title Guests and Hosts Revisited: Prejudicial Attitudes of Guests toward the Host Population
title_full Guests and Hosts Revisited: Prejudicial Attitudes of Guests toward the Host Population
title_fullStr Guests and Hosts Revisited: Prejudicial Attitudes of Guests toward the Host Population
title_full_unstemmed Guests and Hosts Revisited: Prejudicial Attitudes of Guests toward the Host Population
title_short Guests and Hosts Revisited: Prejudicial Attitudes of Guests toward the Host Population
title_sort guests and hosts revisited: prejudicial attitudes of guests toward the host population
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53863