Geography 2144A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: World Tourism Rankings, Love Actually, Walter Mitty
19 Dec 2017
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Monday, October 2 2017
Lecture Four
What motivates us to go where we go and why?
Why are some spaces and places attractive to some and less appealing to others?
What are the most popular tourist destinations? Why?
•World tourism rankings 2010
Youtube: Love Actually - trailer
•interconnecting different stories
•at an airport, everyone is either leaving or welcoming someone home
•love is the strongest emotion
•in terms of our motivation to travel : love is one of our strongest emotion to travel
Youtube: Nights in Rodanthe - Original theatrical Trailer
Folly Beach
The Consumer as Decision Maker
•Socio-economic influences - motivation
•Cultural influences - perception
•Reference group influence - personality and attitude
•Family influence - learning
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
•Self-actualization - tourism fits into this
•no constraints of the day to day stresses
Consumer Behaviour Model (after Schmoll)
An Activities Based Model of Destination Choice
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Document Summary
Youtube: nights in rodanthe - original theatrical trailer. The consumer as decision maker: socio-economic in uences - motivation, cultural in uences - perception, reference group in uence - personality and attitude, family in uence - learning. Maslow"s hierarchy of needs: self-actualization - tourism ts into this, no constraints of the day to day stresses. Postrel (2013) suggests glamour has three essential elements: a promise of escape and transformation, letting people project themselves into a desired situation, grace, hiding or removing aws and distractions, and, mystery, leaving some things to the audience"s imagination. Tourism is a primary manifestation of glamour in people"s lives: an opportunity to escape, the chance to be different, new + uncon ned, a trail run of change, situational backstory, time curtailed. Youtube video: the secret life of walter mitty (2013: beyond adventurous and glamour - unreal, look at all life"s experiences and adventures.
