Destination Recreation : A Generational Exploration of Psychographic Characteristics related to Vacation Recreation Activity Preferences

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dc.contributor.advisorKline, Carolen_US
dc.contributor.authorMerritt, Ryan T.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentRecreation and Park Administrationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-06T12:18:45Z
dc.date.available2013-06-06T12:18:45Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the association between the preferred vacation recreation activities of different generations of travelers and their individual psychographic profile characteristics as based on Stanley Plog's (1972) model. Additionally, an attempt was made to classify recreation activities across the psychographic continuum as either Dependable (Psychocentric) or Venturer (Allocentric) activities, in accordance with respondent scores from Plog's adapted psychographic instrument. The results indicated an overlap between respondent psychographic scores and their projected vacation recreation activity preferences. There were demographic differences in how travelers distributed across Plog's continuum as well, though the data suggested a uniform psychographic distribution across the generational cohorts, providing support for similarly active tourism preferences across the generations.  en_US
dc.description.degreeM.S.en_US
dc.format.extent112 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/1760
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.subjectRecreation and tourismen_US
dc.subjectActive tourismen_US
dc.subjectGenerational cohortsen_US
dc.subjectPlogen_US
dc.subjectPsychographicsen_US
dc.subjectVacation recreation activity preferencesen_US
dc.subject.lcshTourism
dc.subject.lcshRecreation--Research
dc.subject.lcshConflict of generations
dc.titleDestination Recreation : A Generational Exploration of Psychographic Characteristics related to Vacation Recreation Activity Preferencesen_US
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen_US

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