WHY DO PEOPLE TRAVEL? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
FOUR TYPES OF TOURISTS 1. ORGANISED MASS TOURIST
ORGANISED MASS TOURIST Familiar destination Familiar foods Previous experiences Packaged trips
2. Individual or Small Group Mass Tourists More of a trip To suit themselves Business, Educational purposes
3. Lone Travellers and Explorers Tourist arrange his or her own trip Seeking new experience Health, religious, business
4. Drifters Plan trips alone Shun other tourist groups Seeks immersion in host culture
PLOG’S PSYCHOGRAPHIC PROFILE Patterns of tourism based on personal characteristics Psychocentric – non-adventurous, familiar destinations Allocentric – naturally adventurous Between psychocentric and allocentric are intermediate categories
PLOG’S PSYCHOGRAPHIC PROFILE