Tourists' Motivations to Travel during Financial Crisis |
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| Authors: | Bongkosh N Rittichainuwat Goutam Chakraborty Suphaporn Rattanaphinanchai |
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| Institution: | 1. International Program in Hotel and Tourism Management , Siam University , Bangkok , Thailand;2. Spears School of Business , Oklahoma State University , Stillwater , Oklahoma , USA |
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| Abstract: | This study aims to describe the motivations of tourists to travel during financial crises and to identify the impact of those travel motivations on the likelihood that tourists would travel during financial crises. The findings suggest short-distance destinations, novelty, and culture would motivate tourists during financial crises; but tourist recreation would deter them from traveling domestically. This study enriches the literature on the travel motivations of domestic tourists, particularly Thai tourists, to travel during financial crises. |
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| Keywords: | domestic tourists financial crisis Thailand's tourism travel motivations |
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