A review of family influences on travel decision making
Worldwide, there are an increasing number of tourists travelling abroad together as a family, with family members ranging from 3 to 7 persons, and 3 to 50 years of age. These groups of family tourists have illustrated some unique needs which entail further investigation if industry players were...
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| author | Osman, Fatin Nurul Atiqah Hashim, Haslinda Nezakati, Hossein Hussin, Siti Rahayu Abdul Aziz, Yuhanis Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina |
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| author_facet | Mohd Radzi, Salleh Osman, Fatin Nurul Atiqah Hashim, Haslinda Nezakati, Hossein Hussin, Siti Rahayu Abdul Aziz, Yuhanis Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina |
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| description | Worldwide, there are an increasing number of tourists travelling abroad together as a family, with family members ranging from 3 to 7 persons, and 3 to 50 years of age. These groups of family tourists have illustrated some unique needs which entail further investigation if industry players were to meet and satisfy their needs more effectively. This paper reviews the existing literature on family decision making, paying attention to specific requirements of family needs while travelling. Specific needs of this type of tourists include children-friendly menus, kids clubs, family travel packages, family-friendly environment, and wellness facilities for family members of different age groups etc. The paper reviews existing
tourism typologies and concluded that there is a need to develop a new typology for family tourists. This paper proposes three new dimensions for tourist typologies, i.e. cultural-influence (religion), customer characteristic (stage in family life cycle) and destination services (family-friendly facilities). |
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| spelling | upm-471022016-09-30T09:06:58Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47102/ A review of family influences on travel decision making Osman, Fatin Nurul Atiqah Hashim, Haslinda Nezakati, Hossein Hussin, Siti Rahayu Abdul Aziz, Yuhanis Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina Worldwide, there are an increasing number of tourists travelling abroad together as a family, with family members ranging from 3 to 7 persons, and 3 to 50 years of age. These groups of family tourists have illustrated some unique needs which entail further investigation if industry players were to meet and satisfy their needs more effectively. This paper reviews the existing literature on family decision making, paying attention to specific requirements of family needs while travelling. Specific needs of this type of tourists include children-friendly menus, kids clubs, family travel packages, family-friendly environment, and wellness facilities for family members of different age groups etc. The paper reviews existing tourism typologies and concluded that there is a need to develop a new typology for family tourists. This paper proposes three new dimensions for tourist typologies, i.e. cultural-influence (religion), customer characteristic (stage in family life cycle) and destination services (family-friendly facilities). CRC Press Mohd Radzi, Salleh Saiful Bakhtiar, Mohd Faeez Mohi, Zuinawati Mohd Zahari, Mohd Salehuddin Sumarjan, Norzuwana Tamby Chik, Chemah Anuar, Faiz Izwan 2015 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47102/1/abstract01.pdf Osman, Fatin Nurul Atiqah and Hashim, Haslinda and Nezakati, Hossein and Hussin, Siti Rahayu and Abdul Aziz, Yuhanis and Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina (2015) A review of family influences on travel decision making. In: Theory and Practice in Hospitality and Tourism Research. CRC Press, Netherlands, pp. 579-582. ISBN 9781138027060; EISBN: 9781315737355 http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/b17390-114 10.1201/b17390-114 |
| spellingShingle | Osman, Fatin Nurul Atiqah Hashim, Haslinda Nezakati, Hossein Hussin, Siti Rahayu Abdul Aziz, Yuhanis Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina A review of family influences on travel decision making |
| title | A review of family influences on travel decision making |
| title_full | A review of family influences on travel decision making |
| title_fullStr | A review of family influences on travel decision making |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review of family influences on travel decision making |
| title_short | A review of family influences on travel decision making |
| title_sort | review of family influences on travel decision making |
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