Ways of conceptualizing the tourism experience: a review of Literature

• Chris Ryan ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Waikato

     University of Waikato

     Nueva Zelanda

     
• Localización: Tourism recreation research, ISSN 0250-8281, Vol. 35, Nº. 1, 2010, págs. 37-46
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The purpose of this paper is to offer a review of past literature relating to ways in which the 'tourist experience' has been conceptualized. The paper includes theories of importance-evaluation, confirmationdisconfirmation, flow and involvement, among others. The implications of these different approaches for the adoption of any research method are also discussed.