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Over the past three decades, two bodies of literature have developed relatively independently: Quality of Life research in Psychology and Travel Motivations research in Tourism. Yet, the constructs underlying these two bodies of research are strongly interrelated. This book chapter: (1) reviews the Quality of Life research area with a specific focus on the role of vacations as a Quality of Life domain; (2) reviews prior work in the area of Travel Motivations with a specific focus on motivational segments which may be associated with differences in the importance people attribute to vacations in general; and proposes a conceptual model, referred to as the Grevillea Model, that integrates heterogeneity in the population with respect to both the importance attributed to vacations and Travel Motivations. Abstract Over the past three decades, two bodies of literature have developed relatively independently: Quality of Life research in Psychology and Travel Motivations research in Tourism. Yet, the constructs underlying these two bodies of research are strongly interrelated. This book chapter: (1) reviews the Quality of Life research area with a specific focus on the role of vacations as a Quality of Life domain; (2) reviews prior work in the area of Travel Motivations with a specific focus on motivational segments which may be associated with differences in the importance people attribute to vacations in general; and (3) proposes a conceptual model, referred to as the Grevillea Model, that integrates heterogeneity in the population with respect to both the importance attributed to vacations and Travel Motivations.
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Annals of Tourism Research, 2012
The contribution of vacations to people's life satisfaction and Quality of Life (QOL) has recently attracted substantial attention among tourism researchers. Yet, most QOL scales do not include vacations: 7% explicitly measure vacations whereas 42% only include items relating to vacations within the broader Leisure domain. Leisure and vacations, however, differ substantially in nature with leisure referring to regular home-based activities and vacations being infrequent leisure activities away from home. As a consequence of the common amalgamation of vacations with leisure, there is limited knowledge about the specific contribution of vacations to people's QOL. The present study (1) presents empirical evidence for the contribution of vacations to QOL, (2) determines the extent of this contribution, and (3) investigates variation in the extent to which vacations contribute to the QOL of different people. Results indicate that vacations contribute to the QOL of the majority of people, are as important a QOL domain as Leisure and People, and that QOL means different things to different people at different points in their life, representing an individual and dynamic concept.
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Third age persons are an increasingly developing segment of tourist demand in the world. A healthier and longer life, more free time, a realized social status and personal development are the key pull factors for the persons in third age to decide to go on a tourist trip. The research used the model of motivation in tourism for the persons in third age established by Astic and Muller (1999), and developed by Hsu, Cai and Wong (2007). The measured categories were wellbeing or a subjective assessment of the quality of life. Sažetak Osobe treće životne dobi sve više utječu na segment turističke potražnje u svijetu. Zdraviji i duži život, više slobodnog vremena, realizirani društveni status i osobni razvoj ključni su čimbenici za osobe u trećoj životnoj dobi da se odluče ići na turističko putovanje. Istraživanje koristi model motivacije u turizmu za osobe u trećoj dobi utvrđenih od Astica i Muller (1999), te razvijen od Hsu, Cai i Wong (2007.) Izmjerene kategorije su bile blagostanje ili subjektivna procjena kvalitete života.
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