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Travel career or childhood travel habit?

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  • MacInnes, S.
  • Ong, F.
  • Dolnicar, S.

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This study investigates a popular theory of tourist motivation – the travel career pattern – and contrasts it against an alternative explanation – that childhood travel habits repeat throughout life. The key distinction is that the travel career pattern predicts change, whereas habit predicts repetition. This study tests competing hypotheses, using self-reported childhood and adulthood travel experiences, behaviours and motivations. Results point to childhood travel behaviour repeating as adult travel behaviour, supporting the key role of habit as a driver of travel behaviour. These findings represent a paradigm shift in our theoretical understanding of determinants of travel behaviour, which implies that habits could be used as leverage points for behavioural change in tourism.

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  • MacInnes, S. & Ong, F. & Dolnicar, S., 2022. "Travel career or childhood travel habit?," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:anture:v:95:y:2022:i:c:s0160738322000640
    DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2022.103413
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