The focus of this chapter is on the factor analysis of a recently published questionnaire targeting restaurant customer satisfaction, followed by the application of these factors in predicting the behavioural intentions of the guests (n=132) of a hotel restaurant in New Zealand. The chapter...

This chapter pays particular attention to sightseeing tours in order to understand better the implications of the new trend for experiential travel and tourism behaviour. Primary data collection was conducted in Budapest (Hungary) to examine whether there are sightseeing tours designed according to ...

This chapter proposes a conceptual model for understanding the impact of attitudes on the intentions of couples visiting coastal areas to purchase local seafood. In this model, it is hypothesized that cognitive and affective attitude and gender have a direct impact on the intention to purchase...

This chapter investigates which factors affect Australian tourists' (n=1231) decision to cancel or not to cancel when facing a critical unexpected event at the destination of their choice. In particular, it examines whether the nature of the crisis, traveller characteristics and trip...

This chapter examines the role and relevance of personal and trip characteristics in the holiday choice of British visitors (n=505) to Alanya, Turkey. The personal and trip related characteristics examined are gender, age, marital status, education, origin country, revisiting patterns, experience...

This chapter uses set theory as a methodological tool to investigate and understand better the structure of destination choice process. Results from a survey of German tourists (n=622) show that choice sets vary in regard to size, composition and the homogeneity of alternative destinations....

This chapter investigates the main motivations that drive couples to celebrate their wedding ceremony outside their hometown as an emerging market segment of the future tourism industry. The findings of in-depth interviews with 37 couples suggest that the theoretical lens of the experiential...

This chapter examines how the image perceptions of Italian and British travelers towards Italian organized crime affect visitor behaviour. In this study, a cross-cultural analysis aimed at assessing the similarities and differences between Italian and UK interviewees was carried out. The results...

This chapter examines the extent to which cultural distance influences tourist behaviour in comparison with travel distance. This is accomplished by examining the profile, travel patterns and activities of eight different markets (Japan, France, Thailand, Australia, Singapore, the USA, Malaysia,...

This chapter presents a brief overview of how consumer behaviour research has developed over the years, and introduces the content of this book on tourist behaviour.