The Tourist Review: Volume 51 Issue 3

Information and information search behavior of tourists: A cursory review of the literature, preliminary empirical tests and further research questions

Klaus Weiermair, Brigitte Mäser

This article shows first the problems of treating tourism as a product and analyses then the literature about information behavior of tourists, when they are making their decision…

The structure and dynamics of tourism: The Swedish case

Sahlberg Bengt

The possibilities to influence different categories of travellers through marketing, product development etc, are closely related to the options different travellers have, in…

Segmenting the use of a scenic highway

Jens Kristian Steen Jacobsen

This paper explores route‐choice patterns among motorists on a scenic road in south‐western Norway. Factor analysis is used to identify the characteristics of the types of…

You'll better stay at home? Studies on the recreational effects of holidays and holiday tourism

Martin Lohmann

The paper describes the method and the results of a pilot‐study on recreational effects of holidays. The objective of the study was to get first insights in the psychological…

Norwegian and foreign tourists' expenditures in Norway during the summer of 1995

Jan Vidar Haukeland

This study comprises Norwegian and foreign tourists’ expenditures from May to September 1995. The results are based on on‐site surveys in selected Norwegian tourist areas, and the…

Tourism demand segmentation and consumption behaviour: An economic analysis

Maria Manente, V. Minghetti, Paolo Costa

The purpose of this article is to describe the characteristics and the consumption behaviour of tourists coming from different countries and choosing different holiday typologies…