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Anomie, ego-enhancement and tourism

Graham M.S. Dann
- 01 Mar 1977 - 
- Vol. 4, Iss: 4, pp 184-194
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In this article, a theoretical case is made for concentration on push factors, and, in particular, those stemming from "anomie" and ego-enhancement in the tourist himself, which is conducive to the creation of a fantasy world, one to which he plans a periodic escape.
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This article is published in Annals of Tourism Research.The article was published on 1977-03-01. It has received 1639 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Anomie & Tourism.

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Motivations for pleasure vacation

TL;DR: Crompton et al. as discussed by the authors identified nine socio-psychological motives of pleasure vacationers, namely escape from a perceived mundane environment, exploration and evaluation of self, relaxation, prestige, regression, enhancement of kinship relationships, and facilitation of social interaction.
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An examination of the effects of motivation and satisfaction on destination loyalty: a structural model

TL;DR: In this paper, an integrated approach to understand tourist motivation and attempts to extend the theoretical and empirical evidence on the causal relationships among the push and pull motivations, satisfaction, and destination loyalty is presented.
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Event tourism: Definition, evolution, and research

TL;DR: A conceptual model of the core phenomenon and key themes in event tourism studies is provided as a framework for spurring theoretical advancement, identifying research gaps, and assisting professional practice as mentioned in this paper.
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Residents' perceptions on tourism impacts

TL;DR: This article presented a social exchange process model as a theoretical basis for some understanding of why residents perceive tourism impacts positively or negatively, and derived propositions from the model to test the relationships between the model's components.
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Towards a structural model of the tourist experience: an illustration from food experiences in tourism.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors tried to build a conceptual model, in which both dimension of the tourist experience are integrated as a structured and interrelated whole, and the position and role of each experiential component such as eating, sleeping, transportation and so on in tourism can be more clearly understood in terms of this model.
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