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German travel behavior and its influence on international tourism trends
- Date Issued:
- 2001
- Summary:
- Germany, with respect to tourism departures, spending, and propensity, is a very strong market in the global tourism arena. German tourism has been increasing steadily over the past few decades, following the world trend. The objective of this paper is to assess the influence of Germans on world patterns during this era of tourism growth. The central focus is to determine to what extent the Germans act as allocentric trendsetters in world patterns. Arrival ranks of the most popular current and historic destinations of world tourists and Germans were compared, and destination choices were analyzed with respect to tourist behavior theory. It was found that the Germans demonstrate several types of tourism motivations, and are influential both regionally and globally.
Title: | German travel behavior and its influence on international tourism trends. |
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Name(s): |
Zappi, Mary Katherine Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor Ivy, Russell L., Thesis Advisor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Issued: | 2001 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 146 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | Germany, with respect to tourism departures, spending, and propensity, is a very strong market in the global tourism arena. German tourism has been increasing steadily over the past few decades, following the world trend. The objective of this paper is to assess the influence of Germans on world patterns during this era of tourism growth. The central focus is to determine to what extent the Germans act as allocentric trendsetters in world patterns. Arrival ranks of the most popular current and historic destinations of world tourists and Germans were compared, and destination choices were analyzed with respect to tourist behavior theory. It was found that the Germans demonstrate several types of tourism motivations, and are influential both regionally and globally. | |
Identifier: | 9780493238876 (isbn), 12811 (digitool), FADT12811 (IID), fau:9686 (fedora) | |
Note(s): | Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001. | |
Subject(s): |
Travelers, German Tourism Travel |
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Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12811 | |
Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |