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Tourist typology in social contact An addition to existing theories.pdf

Tourism Management 60 (2017) 357e366 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Tourism Management journal homepage: /locate/tourman Tourist typology in social contact: An addition to existing theories Daisy X.F. Fan a, *, Hanqin Qiu Zhang a, Carson L. Jenkins b, Pimtong Tavitiyaman b a School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 17 Science Museum Road, TST East, Kowloon, Hong Kong b School of Professional Education and Executive Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 9 Hoi Ting Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong highlights The study explored six dimensions of tourist-host social contact. Five types of tourists were identi?ed according to those dynamic dimensions. The study empirically examined and further developed Cohens work. The results provided both theoretical and practical contributions. article info Article history: Received 30 September 2016 Received in revised form 28 December 2016 Accepted 29 December 2016 Available online 3 January 2017 Keywords: Social contact Tourist typology Interaction Tourist-host abstract Tourist-host social contact, as a unique type of social contact, is not getting suf?cient attention in tourism academia considering its remarkable impacts on tourists travel attitudes, behaviors and long-term perceptions. The objectives of the current study are to explore the dimensions of tourist-host social contact and to contribute to the theory of tourist typology according to their dynamic nature in touristhost social interaction. Forty-?ve in-depth interviews were conducted to generate insightful information. The software of NVivo 10 was applied to examine and code the transcripts. As a result, six dimensions were adopted to describe tourist-host social contact, which are purposes, determinants, activities, intensity, impacts and attitudes. Five types of tourists were pinpointed and theoretical and practical contributions of the study were discussed. ? 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reser